Prosecutors said the teenager showed no remorse afterward. kill her friend Controversy over sweet and sour sauce at McDonald’s fast food restaurant in Washington, D.C.
A 16-year-old man was found guilty of stabbing Naima Rigon, also 16, in August. rear The house party they attended. On Thursday, she was sentenced to the maximum sentence allowed, which will keep her in custody until she turns 21.
Prosecutors said text messages she sent after the stabbing showed she had no remorse for her actions. He also said surveillance video shows the girl may have returned to McDonald’s for sweet and sour sauce.
The defense tried to argue that the girl acted only in self-defense because the two of them were attempting to jump. They also claimed to have experienced trauma in the past, which triggered a fatal reaction.
Naima’s mother, Joy Ligon, responded to these claims in an interview with WRC-TV outside the courtroom.
“I don’t know what this young woman went through,” she said. “She doesn’t know what life experiences she’s been through, but she knows she committed a crime. And she took someone from my family.”
“She called a friend,” added the victim’s father, Wallace Ligon.
The teenager gave a statement to the Ligons in court.
“I’m sorry to my friends and family. I’m sorry for causing this pain,” she said in part, adding, “I still think about the victims and want to apologize to Naima’s mother. I’m a very honest person and I’m not a bad person.”
Joy Ligon went on to say she was relieved the girl received the maximum sentence, but added that it was not enough. She had asked prosecutors to press charges of first-degree murder, but instead prosecutors agreed to a plea deal with the girl to reduce her charges.
“Children need to understand that they have free will and free choice to do what they want, so keep encouraging them to do the right thing,” she continued. “Stay away from conflict. Some things are not that serious – definitely a sweet and sour sauce.”
The details of this statement are as follows:
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