Prosecutor Argues Teen Mass Shooter Needs Life In Prison, No Parole — ENTIRE CLOSING ARGUMENT

Описание: A prosecutor in Wake County, North Carolina, urged a judge today to ensure a teenager who murdered five people in a shooting spree in 2022 never has a chance to leave prison.

Assistant District Attorney Patrick Latour began his 90 minute summation (they are called closing arguments in other areas of the country) by displaying photos of the victim.

You can watch the defense closing here:    • 'Austin Is Different': Defense Urges Judge...  

01:07 "I don't want us to forget the people that were most affected by this, and I put them all up here, and it's been about a week until the end of the day today, when we heard most of these people's names."

02:23 "It was the defendant's knowing, researched, well thought out, planned, decisive actions. This was not a youthful indiscretion."

05:52 "And so let's talk about what they have presented as why, and it's this drug induced depersonalization. But where do they get this from? They get it from this idea of minocycline."

09:20 "You saw the videos. They speak for themselves. This is not somebody walking around like a zombie with their arms out. This is a person that is running."

14:20 "He's in all camouflage. He's got a rifle that's as big as he is, and a 22 pound backpack, and he goes to the front door, you don't think, you don't think James is going to look at him and say, Hey, buddy, what are you doing?"

15:26 "And so what does he do? He does exactly what he had researched. He shoots him in the back of the head, and then he cuts his throat, stabbing him and injuring his voice box."

21:31 "Austin had put on this brilliant disguise for everybody around him, because he was a smart guy. He is a smart guy. He knew better not put make this public, because somebody's going to try and stop me."

27:19 "name a single study that involved a 15 year old on this where they suffer from depersonalization. couldn't do it. And I would submit to you, if this is being used for acne medicine, there are far more 15 year old people that are being prescribed this medicine than there would be 40 year old adults. And if it ain't happening, if it isn't being reported, it's not being reported because it's not happening."

35:13 "if he's wearing a face mask, he you can't really pass off as a innocent, 15 year old Hunter when you're trying to get away from the police at that point."

"All of the killings that he does are close up in person and on his path to safety in the woods so he can carry out whatever the next portion of the plan is."

40:43 "He was smart enough to bypass computer systems to get to the games while he's in school. He is able to essentially fend for themselves for several hours a day. We let 15 year olds drive cars and learn how to drive cars for a reason. He's not a 10 year old that we're talking about here. He's a 15-year-old young man at this point who is on the mature end."

44:23 "your deepest, darkest secrets are on your cell phone. We see it every day in this courtroom and in this courthouse, right? That's where people tell the truth."

49:13 "he's throwing things and getting into altercations to some degree with people on the basketball court. whenever he has to be corrected, he's mumbling under his breath, angry about it."

"When someone shows you who they are, finally they take that mask off. Take their word for it."

Goes through his internet history...

01:01:20 "He's never been interested in the environment? He's got a lot of searches, and these are just a few, because when you go back through there's a lot of searches about hurricanes. I would submit to you: He's a hunter. Hunters tend to care about conservation and the environment."

01:04:17 "So let's talk about the notes that don't make any sense, but weirdly, make a lot of sense when you spend time with them."

01:10:12 "He knew what he was doing. I don't have to show you this whole video again. I'll skip through it for time's sake."

01:17:34 "He entered into the thick, heavy woods and evaded police for at least 45 minutes before he sneak attacked on them in the woods again."

Thompson was 15 when he murdered five people on Oct. 13, 2022.

The victims were Thompson's 16-year-old brother, James Roger Thompson; Nicole Connors, 52; Susan Karnatz, 49; Mary Marshall, 35; and Gabriel Torres, 29, a Raleigh police officer who was on his way to work. Connors' friend Lynn Gardner and Officer Casey Clark of the Raleigh Police Department were injured.

Thompson pleaded guilty on Jan. 21 to all charges, including five counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. He’s being sentenced pursuant to a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said people who committed a homicide when they were under 18 can’t be sentenced to life in prison without parole unless their youthfulness at the time of the offense is considered.

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