A jury is set to begin deciding the punishment for an Arlington teenager who admitted to killing a classmate at school.
A jury is set to begin deciding the punishment for an Arlington teenager accused of killing a classmate at school.
Ja’Shawn Poirier was shot to death outside Lamar High School back in March. A second student was hit in the face by shrapnel.After jurors were selected on Monday, he pleaded "true" to capital murder, which is similar to a guilty plea.16-year-old Ja'Shawn Poirier was shot and killed on March 20 as the school day was about to begin.
It is now up to a jury to decide the length of his sentence. It could range from probation to 40 years in prison. "It just depends on what were the circumstances. What were the aggravating factors? What were the mitigating factors and then after the offense happened, were you remorseful? You know, have you learned your lesson? Have you proven to the people at the juvenile facility that you're ready to change your life because again at the end of the day, we're still talking about a kid," said Health Harris, an attorney who is not involved in the case.
The teen's father, a convicted felon, was sentenced this month to six years in federal prison for illegal possession of the firearm used in the shooting.The father of an accused school shooter in Arlington received six and a half years in federal prison for gun crimes.Trending Now
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