I wonder if this thug can hear the world’s smallest violin playing just for him?

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — One of the teenagers responsible for beating a Holly Hill homeless man to death asked a judge to reduce his 22-year prison sentence Monday. Warren Messner and three other teens pled guilty to killing the man because they were bored, but Messner said prison is too hard.

That kid should be happy to be alive.  Killing a person - even a homeless person - out of boredom or for nothing more than pure joy is one of the most heinous crimes I can think of and the perpetrators would have been permanently removed from society if I were king.

“Did you feel bad when you are doing it?” Messner was asked during questioning.

“Not really, no,” he replied.

He didn’t feel bad then, but he does now. He has been in juvenile detention for eight months, locked in a small cell and occasionally allowed to go to class.

Messner and his attorney said he has already learned his lesson and is ready to go home to help others.

“I want to be an inspirational speaker for troubled teens,” he said Monday.

Translation: I hate this place and I’ll agree to anything if you’ll let me out!

I think Mr. Messner would be the most service to troubled teens if they were paraded past his tiny prison cell.  Letting him out of prison after serving less than a year for killing someone is not the kind of motivation I want troubled youths to have.

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