Words are the demise for teenager Justin Carter who’s been in jail for months and also beaten in jail.
Granted, Carter's words were wicked and tasteless, but none the less, just words. If the wrong authorities don't like what you say on Facebook, as was the case for Carter, you could end up in federal prison for several years.
Carter has been in jail since February 21, accused of making terrorist threats. He's looking at eight years in jail if found guilty. While joking around with a friend on Facebook, Carter wrote the following to a friend. ...I'm sick. Shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat the beating heart of one of them." This was followed by lol.
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These words from Carter who has no criminal history have landed him in a Texas prison and a $500,000 bail. His court date is July 16.
Doug Gross's article on CNN, "Jailed Teen Finally Getting Day in Court" on the web site;
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/tech/social-media/facebook-teen-jail/index.html?hpt=us_t4 illustrates the loss of free speech in America.
Since Carter has been in prison, he's been beaten to the point of having concussions and black eyes according to the article by Gross. The wrong or so called wrong combination of words splatted innocuously on Facebook have sent an innocent young man to prison. Meanwhile in Santa Rosa, a double murder, Mathew Beck roams free, never severing any jail time, just a decade a so in a Looney bin, and now he's free with certain stipulations.
Carter serving time in federal prison is as wise as making Jerry Sandusky a Scout Leader in the Boy Scouts of America. What more injustices lie ahead for mere words?
