This is outrageous!
The U.S. Marshals Service arrested three men last year accused of fatally beating 17-year-old high school student Ethan Liming to death outside the school founded by LeBron James in June.
The three men beat Liming to death and later bragged about it to friends.
According to reports, Ethan Liming, whose father is a pastor, was trying to calm the situation in the parking lot when he was jumped from behind and hit on the head. The suspects broke his neck.
From the police report, we learned that the suspects took Liming’s car and prevented his friends from taking him to the hospital.
Liming was later pronounced dead in the parking lot.
Through Jack Posobiec.
It was later reported that the attackers broke Liming’s neck and that Ethan Liming had a shoe print on his chest when he died.
The killers stomped on him so hard that they left a shoe print on his chest.
Last July, an Ohio grand jury indicted three suspects on lesser charges after they murdered Liming and stole his car.
On Monday, a jury convicted the two brothers – DeShawn Stafford, 20, and his brother, 19-year-old Tyler, on lesser charges of assault!
The two brothers were acquitted of involuntary manslaughter!
Deshawn Stafford was found guilty of aggravated assault and one misdemeanor count of assault. His brother was found guilty of one misdemeanor charge.
Deshawn faces just 2.5 years in prison after fatally beating an underage teenager.
WJW reported:
Jurors returned their verdict Monday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of two brothers for a fight that ended in the death of 17-year-old Ethan Liming.
Deshawn and Tyler Stafford were acquitted of involuntary manslaughter. Deshawn was found guilty of aggravated assault and battery. Tyler was also found guilty of assault.
A third-degree first-degree felony charge of involuntary manslaughter against Deshawn was dismissed because jurors were unable to reach a verdict. Summit County Common Pleas Judge Tammy O’Brien declared a mistrial.
During Monday’s hearing, Deshawn’s bond was revoked. He could face up to 2.5 years in prison because of his convictions, prosecutors said Monday. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 26.
Prosecutors responded to the verdict.
Brad Gessner, chief prosecutor for the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, told reporters that his office could retry the involuntary manslaughter charge.
“The jury took its time. You see how long they deliberated. These are decisions that the jury could tell us about. We’ll have to wait and see if we get a chance to hear from them,” Gessner said.
“The family has experienced something that no one should ever have to deal with: the emotions that come with it, the loss of a child. We respect their grief,” Gessner said. “There is nothing that can be done to bring their child back. This is something that would never have happened under better circumstances.”