Comments on: Cantonment Man Convicted In Traffic Death Case

By: wayne

wayne — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:28:29 +0000

i hope the family of Christopher Holland will be able to forgive Jacob for his actions. I also hope that when he gets out of prison that he will use better judgement in his life to become a productive member of society and stay away from the demons that brought him to this point in life. He has received twelve years for this charge when he could have avoided it totally by making a thirty second phone call or just giving Chris the same consideration that any one of us would have afforded a animal that we thought we hit with our car. And that would have been to stop and check to make sure that they were ok. But he made the decision not to on his own free will and even though you can place blame on the dope or on the dope dealer or the moon in the sky. In reality it is only ourselves to blame when we take that hit or drink or whatever. It is just a damn shame to see so many lives hurt by this situation and i truly hope Jacob will realize that there is a better way to live and I also hope his kids will be ok and have a happy life if and when there dad decides to step up and be just that there Dad. 12 years less the 440 days already served should see him out in like three years or less if the other charges don’t add more time. Again just a damn shame and I hope for Peace and Happiness for Chris Hollands family. You can not believe how this has affected my life by being on the jury it truly has shaken my very soul as i feel for the both of them Wayne

By: nO Excuses

nO Excuses — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:08:17 +0000

Stay away from those drugs young people! They’ll kill you, get you put in prison if you use/sell them, or both.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:50:36 +0000

REGARDING:
“maybe charge with a lesser charge?”

But if he’s innocent, why compromise and charge him with a lesser charge?

And what would the lesser charge be? littering?

He wasn’t even charged with causing the death, it was charged as an accident and his only charge was leaving, which all agree he did. Brent assures us Christopher James Holland didn’t fall out but jumped out; that wasn’t even an accident.

David wondering at compromises for justice
and insistence jury was wrong

By: kevin enfinger

kevin enfinger — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:55:34 +0000

i understand what your saying david but you have to understand our court system is not reliable as people think. i feel he is innocent of this charge maybe charge with a lesser charge?

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:57:49 +0000

Brent,
What reliable witnesses do we have to the facts of this case?

From what you say, I’m assuming they found the gun Christopher James Holland was holding on the driver.

From what you say, Christopher James Holland was in the middle of an armed robbery and kidnapping and carjacking when he died.

From what you say, Christopher James Holland’s friends must have testified that they were following the pair with the intent of harming him.

From what you’re saying, we must have some proof that jumping out is what happened and that it was because of fear of an imaginary firearm while holding a real firearm.

From what you say, it was not an accident, just a bad decision to jump out of a moving vehicle.

From what you say, the jury was just being mindlessly vindictive in punishing the true victim.

From what you say, the state was just being mindlessly vindictive in punishing the true victim.

From what you say, dealing in illegal drugs is dangerous due to the people you associate with.

David for justice for the innocent

By: kevin enfinger

kevin enfinger — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 02:37:11 +0000

BRENT

Thank you so much i believe you are absolutely correct. thank you so much

By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:56:34 +0000

The judge who is sentencing Jacob threw out the “Leaving the scene of an accident involving death” because of the facts that were involved. Unfortunately, the state kicked the charge back and demanded a trial. The state also threw out the charge of “manslaughter” because they didnt have a case. I believe that the jury got it wrong in this case of leaving the scene. The young man that died pulled a firearm on Jacob and demanded him to start driving because he thought that Jacob had robbed him a few nights earlier. Also, he had a few of his friends or cousins following him down the street. There is no idea what they were planning on doing to Jacob. Whenever Jacob tried to defend himself, that didnt work, so he acted like he also had a firearm (even though he didnt). When this happened, the young man obviously wasnt prepared to take Jacob’s life, and feared for his life. The young man jumped under his own free will out of that vehicle. Who can drive, defend themselves physically, open the door and push someone out of a moving vehicle all at the same time? That doesnt make sense, and I would challenge you to try and do that yourself. I know for sure you wouldnt be able to do that to me while I’m beating on you. Who would turn around after their life being threatened with a firearm, and check on the person that jumped out of the vehicle, especially when you know that other people are chasing you? The jury got it wrong, and I believe that he shouldnt spend any time in prison for this charge. The judge didnt want this charge to begin with. I believe the jury made their decison on speculation, not facts.

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:51:52 +0000

i havnt heard what his sentence is going to be but i feel sure the right verdict was handed down. and to place blame with the excuse of no seatbelt is plain silly as the kid was not planning on leaving the parking lot with jacob .just a ripoff dope deal that turned very sad and bad and both parties lost as there was no winners that night.

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:47:52 +0000

well i was on the jury and neither kid was a saint but for sure the one didnt deserve to die over a dope deal gone bad. jacob should have stopped and called 911 instead of going home and then heading back out that day to buy more dope.hopefully the young man will get his life together and make a decent parent to his kids.for sure the other the other kid wont have that chance.

wayne

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:20:33 +0000

REGARDING:
“I know this guy personally and so what if he has a criminal record?”

True, criminal records are just passed out like candy.
Who hasn’t shoved a person out of his vehicle to his death?

Okay, enough sarcasm. There are criminal records and there are criminal records. Getting a criminal record indicates one has done something bad enough to call oneself to the attention of law enforcement and convinced a judge it was bad enough to be dealt with.

I know lots of people I like. That doesn’t mean I would leave valuables around them or ride with them or — well you probably get the idea.

Meanwhile you’re passing harsh judgment on people who passed harsh judgment against him for killing someone. I forget, are you the pot or the kettle?

David for black pots