Comments on: Minor in larceny?

By: di

di — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:18:33 +0000

The boy never got out of the car. The kid that did the robbery is a troubled youth. Pat wasn’t convicted of a previous felony.
Don’t believe everything you read

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:03:17 +0000

This young man sets a shining example to the youth who follow in his footsteps. I hope he makes national news and becomes a movie star, in the OJ tradition.

By: steve sturm

steve sturm — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:47:27 +0000

Mark: when the kid was arrested there was mention that the clerk was in on the robbery, that the gun was there to ‘impress’ other customers to keep them from interfering. If so, this is a bit less severe than a straightforward armed robbery. I second your point about how to treat him.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:54:05 +0000

I like how the coaches hope he can “take care of the problem” and that ESPN will be providing live coverage of — I can’t tell — his decision on schools or the jury’s verdict.
But take heart, this is the jurisdiction that made Mike Tyson do time after he exercised his athletic talents on the driver of a car that was involved in a minor accident with his vehicle. MT’s defense team realized it had no defense so they bought off the other driver, who testified against sending MT to jail. The prosecutor and the judge would have none of it. So there’s hope that Lazear will spend some time having to think about what he did in some other kind of uniform.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:48:45 +0000

Is there a list of these schools so I can add them to the list of schools I will not be considering for my daughter?

By: JR

JR — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 23:11:17 +0000

This is his second felony. He was just coming off probation for credit card fraud. The judge who decided to have him tried as an adult was quoted in the WaPo, and he is pissed.

By: Michael Connolly

Michael Connolly — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:17:53 +0000

Hmm, let’s see. The choice is between financial gain and fame (or possible notoriety) on the one hand, and integrity, intellectual consistency, and commitment to the greater good on the other. Which way will our “collegiate” athletic leaders and their “academic” sponsors turn?
This will be a short-lived reality show, I predict.

By: Prup (aka Jim Benton)

Prup (aka Jim Benton) — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 07:09:26 +0000

Or a Maurice Clarett-type. A bit closer analogy. And he went to school in Ohio too. Wonder if Ken Blackwell will have any comment about this. Ohioans may love Jesus, but I wonder if he thinks they love football more.
Do they?