Black on White Crime: Rancho High School

Four #LasVegas teenagers accused in the fatal beating of their high school classmate, #JonathanLewis , was caught on film agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a deal that will keep them from being tried as adults, lawyers said.

The teens originally were charged in January 2024 as adults with second-degree murder and conspiracy in the November 2023 death of 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis Jr. Cellphone video of the fatal beating was shared across social media.

The deal announced during a hearing before #ClarkCounty District #Judge TierraJones calls for the four to be sent to juvenile court and face an undetermined length of imprisonment in a juvenile detention center. The deal was first reported by the #LasVegasReview-Journal.

Should any of the teens back out of the deal, then all four would again be charged in adult court, Chief Deputy District Attorney #JohnGiordani said.

“The offer is contingent on everyone’s acceptance,” #Giordani said.

The Associated Press is not naming the students because they were juveniles at the time of the November 1, 2023, attack. They black teenagers had robbed a smaller, younger student whom Lewis stood up to defend. They then beat him to death a few blocks from #RanchoHighSchool .

Associated Press, "4 Las Vegas teens", https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/02/us/las-vegas-teens-plead-guilty/index.html

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