Justice is served
From Wisconsin's
Sheboygan Press:
Gunman's restitution to pay for victim's funeral
The 22-year-old gunman in a fatal shooting outside the south-side Sheboygan Walmart earlier this year has been ordered to pay a $36,429 bill for the victim�s funeral.
The restitution amount was set Friday by Sheboygan County Circuit Court Judge L. Edward Stengel. It will cover nearly all costs associated with the January funeral of shooting victim Pheng Lee, 20, who was given a traditional Hmong funeral that lasted three-and-a-half days and included food, drinks and other amenities for the 500 guests who attended.
In issuing his ruling, Stengel said that there was little precedent in state statutes or case law regarding what constitutes, for restitution purposes, a reasonable funeral expense.
Following earlier testimony by the victim�s family, Stengel indicated that he did not believe the family held the funeral with the idea of recouping its cost. Nor did he think the funeral was excessive or outside what�s called for in Hmong culture.
�(The funeral) was to ensure Mr. Lee had a proper celebration of his life and an appropriate funeral in accordance with Hmong culture,� Stengel said.
And this little tidbit in the next to last paragraph:
Yang had earlier pleaded no contest to possession of a firearm by a felon.
So the little turd was already a convicted felon. Serves him right -- he is also behind bars for eighteen years. You take a life, you pay the price. He got off easy...
I really like Judge Stengel's ruling.
Posted by DaveH at December 2, 2012 7:03 PM