Richmond, California (CNN) -- Four teenagers were arraigned Thursday on charges connected to the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on a high school campus after a homecoming dance.

Cody Ray Smith, described by the court as over 14 years old, pleaded not guilty to charges of rape with a foreign object and rape by force.

Two other juveniles, Ari Abdallah Morales and Marcelles James Peter, appeared with Smith at the Contra Costa County Superior Court, but did not enter a plea. The court described Morales as under 16, and did not give an age for Peter.

All three juveniles, who wore bulletproof vests at the hearing, were charged as adults.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/...raignment/index.html

Doesn't matter what race they are, I hope they pay with prison time. The 20 people that stood & watched should also pay.

It does matter if we have people in this country committing violent crimes who don't belong here. Isn't it your government's responsibility to protect the borders? They can't do that and they want to take on health care.


Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."

You're making it sound like it's ok to commit a violent crime as long as you're a US citizen.
The article isn't talking about our governments responsibility to the border's or Health Care, it's talking about a girl that was raped & almost killed while people watched & did nothing.

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Originally posted by semiannualchick:
Doesn't matter what race they are, I hope they pay with prison time. The 20 people that stood & watched should also pay.

As sad as it is, there is generally no duty to report a crime and you can't be held criminally liable unless you are a participant or are encouraging the act. See this very good article on the "Genovese syndrome."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/...bystander/index.html

This is a bad assumption, just because they have hispanic last names does not mean they are illegal. My maiden name was a hispanic one and I was born here, as were my parents, and my grandparents. All are very productive members of society, this should be about the crime committed and the poor girl. It should be about how we are raising our children and why there is a loss of compassion and sense of right and wrong with our youth. I do not care about what ethnicity committed the crime, it would have been no better if it had been a group of anglos.

Frankly, "Abdellah" and "Marcelles" are NOT hispanic names. Perhaps the "Morales" threw you. Or you are simply stuck in the idiocy position.

They may be illegal I do not know but I also do not understand why one would assume they are illegal either.