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07-19-2007, 01:45 AM
LONG BEACH, California (AP) -- A mother charged with driving her 14-year-old son and six other juveniles to a skate park so they could attack another teenager pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder.
Eva Daley is being held on $1 million bail.
Police said Eva Daley knew her son and the others planned to kill Jose Cano when she drove them to the park June 26. Cano, 13, died of stab wounds. Police said he had previously been involved in a dispute with the youths.
An angry confrontation between supporters of Daley, 30, and the slain boy broke out in the hallway outside the courtroom shortly after she entered her plea.
As people screamed at one another, one of Daley's supporters punched a television news cameraman.
Daley, who was ordered held on $1 million bail, blew a kiss to her family and friends as she left the courtroom. She is to return August 22 for a pretrial hearing.
About a dozen friends and relatives of the victim were in court, including Cano's mother and a cousin, Samantha Maradiaga, 24, who wore a T-shirt with his picture on it.
Maradiaga disputed reports that her cousin was a gang member, although she acknowledged some of his friends were. In his neighborhood, Maradiaga said, it is impossible to avoid gangs.
"He was a good boy and he wouldn't go out to hurt anybody," she said, adding his attackers had tormented him and other neighborhood boys repeatedly.
If convicted, Daley faces 25 years to life in prison plus an additional 10 years for committing murder as part of gang activity, said Deputy District Attorney John Lonergan.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/18/skatepark.killing.ap/index.html
Damn. So what if he was a gang member doesn't mean he has to be killed. 6 or 7 on 1 is a cowards way to handle something. What ever happened to the good old days of fighting one on one. This mother should be ashamed of her self. She knew there was a problem and instead of trying to help calm the situation he drove her kid and several others to a confrontation. She is obviously trash and so is her friends and family. I mean cmon one of them oven punched a reporter at the courthouse, great people I tell ya.
Eva Daley is being held on $1 million bail.
Police said Eva Daley knew her son and the others planned to kill Jose Cano when she drove them to the park June 26. Cano, 13, died of stab wounds. Police said he had previously been involved in a dispute with the youths.
An angry confrontation between supporters of Daley, 30, and the slain boy broke out in the hallway outside the courtroom shortly after she entered her plea.
As people screamed at one another, one of Daley's supporters punched a television news cameraman.
Daley, who was ordered held on $1 million bail, blew a kiss to her family and friends as she left the courtroom. She is to return August 22 for a pretrial hearing.
About a dozen friends and relatives of the victim were in court, including Cano's mother and a cousin, Samantha Maradiaga, 24, who wore a T-shirt with his picture on it.
Maradiaga disputed reports that her cousin was a gang member, although she acknowledged some of his friends were. In his neighborhood, Maradiaga said, it is impossible to avoid gangs.
"He was a good boy and he wouldn't go out to hurt anybody," she said, adding his attackers had tormented him and other neighborhood boys repeatedly.
If convicted, Daley faces 25 years to life in prison plus an additional 10 years for committing murder as part of gang activity, said Deputy District Attorney John Lonergan.
Full Story.........
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/18/skatepark.killing.ap/index.html
Damn. So what if he was a gang member doesn't mean he has to be killed. 6 or 7 on 1 is a cowards way to handle something. What ever happened to the good old days of fighting one on one. This mother should be ashamed of her self. She knew there was a problem and instead of trying to help calm the situation he drove her kid and several others to a confrontation. She is obviously trash and so is her friends and family. I mean cmon one of them oven punched a reporter at the courthouse, great people I tell ya.