Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Basketball Star Tony Farmer Faints After Receiving Prison Sentence
(Via WJW)
CLEVELAND –Tony Farmer, one of the most highly recruited basketball players in Ohio, collapsed in court on Tuesday after receiving a three-year prison sentence.
Farmer plead guilty to charges of robbery, assault, kidnapping and intimidation of the victim, related to an April incident where he confronted his ex-girlfriend, Andrea Lane. The crimes took place at her home near Rockside Road.
As Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Pamela Barker announced Farmer’s sentence he collapsed in court. 18-year-old Farmer remained on the ground for a short time before being pulled to his feet by Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Deputies.
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This sentence and conviction is ridiculous! He should be heavily warned and given probation but to destroy a young mans entire life when he had the potential of contributing to society positively, and obtaining a good life and being more of an asset than burden; where now he may to struggle with a conviction that will hold him back from being a good citizen and achieving any form of success. It situations like this that destroy good people that may have made a poor choice at some point in their life, but not even be a serious threat or danger to our society. We all have made a bad choice here and there. I also think race may have played a role in this case. Had he shown a pattern of this behavior, during and/or following probation, then maybe a sentence to jail may have been appropriate....but wow! And look at all the folks who have done far worst things, yet they are serving very little or no time at all. Is this how we keep the population of successors dwn, with race being the factor? Hmmm, I wonder? The judge should be ashamed. She seemed pretty heartless and a bit disrespecful toward the family and their pain.
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