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<p>Sounds like the high pressure world of club soccer in North Texas, and I’m not kidding.</p>
<p>yes, I was going to say the same thing, but about northern illinois, especially for the girls teams and the girls on the teams. We play in texas sometimes. Some good soccer.</p>
<p>I never really cared all that much about it, except that it was fun to watch, and made my kid happy. (though, truly, she is burned out, now, and probably won’t play in college despite some really great offers.)</p>
<p>Does anyone else find it odd that we believe 19 years in prison is a “reasonable” amount of time for having “maliciously” taken someone else’s life from them? I’m a little alarmed by this, for some reason.</p>
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Yes, I do, Poetgrl. “Well, he didn’t plan to do it so let’s not be too hard on him”. I think he’s an animal and should be put away forever. But that’s me. </p>
<p>Something that goes through my mind a lot when I read about these cases is how I would be feeling if I was the perpetrator of the crime or the family of the perpetrator. If I took somebody’s life in the heat of the moment, I would not want to be free. I would want to curl up and die. How do you go on pursuing a sense of normalcy knowing that you were responsible for the death of someone that you loved? I know that many of these people are probably sociopathic and don’t have the same internal response as the rest of us, but still, it baffles me.</p>
<p>Why does it take 6 months for someone to be sentenced for committing a homicide?</p>
<p>[George</a> Huguely Sentencing Scheduled For Aug. 30 For Yeardley Love’s Murder](<a href=“George Huguely Sentencing Scheduled For Aug. 30 For Yeardley Love's Murder | HuffPost Latest News”>George Huguely Sentencing Scheduled For Aug. 30 For Yeardley Love's Murder | HuffPost Latest News)</p>
<p>Apparently in this case the judge has sentencing discretion, and probably requested a pre-sentencing report that analyzes Hugely’s history (criminal, educational, work, substance usage/abuse, ties to the community & family,…) A lot of things that are not allowed to be brought up at trial are allowed to be considered during the sentencing phase. – They might also be waiting on some results from his appeal.</p>
<p>Don’t know if I’d agree that UVA’s influence in Charlottesville is an irresistible force in civic affairs, to use a metaphor. Like the case with many universities, I’d imagine that community organizations and individual citizens successfully confront and oppose UVA influence when the issue merits confrontation. I don’t see the similarities in the Charlottesville and State College PA comparison that you do.</p>
<p>[UPDATE:</a> Huguely to be sentenced this afternoon | The News & Advance](<a href=“http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2012/aug/30/8/huguely-sentencing-afternoon-uva-lacrosse-slaying--ar-2160346/]UPDATE:”>http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2012/aug/30/8/huguely-sentencing-afternoon-uva-lacrosse-slaying--ar-2160346/)</p>
<p>Testimony in sentencing phase going on now.</p>
<p>Huguely is a narcisist who had been pampered and tolerated all through his indulgent young life. Yet, I’m uncomfortable with the Love family suing the UVA athletic department. Is the lawsuit truly an attempt to right wrongs and make it better for future potential victims at the university or is this a deep pockets strategy?</p>
<p>Why does it have to be an either/or? Money is the language most large institutions understand.</p>
<p>Prosecution wants 26 yrs. Defense 14.</p>
<p>23 years. Win for good guys</p>
<p>Sentence reduced from 26 to 23 years.</p>
<p>Edited - didn’t see your post Barrons.</p>
<p>I saw that his parents testified. Does anyone know what they said?</p>
<p>Huguely sentenced to 23 years: [George</a> Huguely V sentenced to 23 years for Yeardley Love murder - The Washington Post](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/george-huguely-sentencing/2012/08/30/517821a4-f2b8-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story.html?wpisrc=al_national]George”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/george-huguely-sentencing/2012/08/30/517821a4-f2b8-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_story.html?wpisrc=al_national)</p>
<p>His brain made him do it.</p>
<p>In a prepared statement, Huguelys family said they love George and will always support him and that they believe Loves death was an accident.</p>
<p>Before Thursdays sentencing, the pleas for leniency sent as letters to Hogshire included testimonials from Huguelys mother, grandmother and more than a dozen other people who describe him as loyal, protective and religious, even though some also described the impact alcohol abuse had on him.</p>
<p>hard to know, but surely seems to me his family still did not get how brutal his actions really were. If he had harmed her accidentally why then leave her to die, why then take her computer. </p>
<p>I can understand the Love family suing UVA Athletics if they believe they had the ability to intervene and did not. </p>
<p>may Yeardley rest in peace…</p>
<p>entitled rich people think they aren’t responsible for their actions… not shocking.</p>
<p>(not saying all rich people are entitled)</p>
<p>There are plenty of “poor” criminals that don’t think they are responsible for their actions.</p>
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<p>I know it’s natural to want to believe the best of a relative or friend, but I always feel a little repulsed when I read something like this.</p>