Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
A deputy grabs hold of Cody Fohrenkam's shirt as he's walked out of the courtroom following sentencing.
A maximum 38½-year prison sentence was handed down Tuesday for the man convicted of murdering Deshaun Hill Jr., the rising football star and honor roll student at North High in Minneapolis who was randomly gunned down last February while walking home from school.
In courtroom outbursts and unscripted victim impact statements, the rage and grief felt by Hill's loved ones was on full display for the sentencing of 30-year-old Cody Fohrenkam. Some had to stand outside because all gallery seats were taken. A half-dozen Hennepin County sheriff's deputies tried controlling the crowd, but the pain was still palpable more than a year after the Feb. 9, 2022, shooting.
At one point, Hill's parents were briefly escorted out by deputies after hurling profanities and insults at Fohrenkam, but they returned as family and friends also expressed their anger over the slaying.
Reader Comments(2)
WayneK writes:
I don’t know when “victim impact statements” became a part of a trial, but they’re a bad idea! The victim’s parents had to be escorted out of the courtroom for hurling profanities at the defendant? That’s not an “impact statement.” That’s plain crazy. He was already sentenced to the maximum for a horrendous crime. Allowing family members to act like thugs themselves serves no useful purpose. Of(a former
03/01/2023, 8:23 am
Wayneguy writes:
I don’t know when “victim impact statements” became a part of a trial, but they’re a bad idea! The victim’s parents had to be escorted out of the courtroom for hurling profanities at the defendant? That’s not an “impact statement.” That’s plain crazy. He was already sentenced to the maximum for a horrendous crime. Allowing family members to act like thugs themselves serves no useful purpose.
03/01/2023, 8:23 am