A judge said the student, now 18, showed no remorse for the beating. His mother said he has mental health conditions and needs help.

A judge said the student, now 18, showed no remorse for the beating. His mother said he has mental health conditions and needs help.

A Florida student accused of beating a school employee unconscious after she confiscated his Nintendo Switch last year was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday, court records show.

Brendan Depa, 18, pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated battery on an elected official or education employee, according to sentencing documents from the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court in Flagler County.

Depa, who was 17 at the time of the assault, was also sentenced to 15 years of probation.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    it’s clear that the kid has some major issues that aren’t going to be solved by a few years of prison time

    Correct. Imprisonment of a 17yo with mental health issues is guaranteed to make things worse. He needs psychiatric treatment and behavioral therapy, not caging, to become able to properly function in civilized society.

    Prison life will only reinforce his violent impulses, making SURE that he’s fucked up for life.

    I can’t imagine this doesn’t make him even worse. He needs to be hospitalized, otherwise in 5 years we’ll probably see his name in the news again.

    Agreed.