2 charged in slaying of USC graduate students

[The Northerner]

Two men were charged on Tuesday in the slaying of two USC graduate students from China in what officials are calling a botched robbery.

Both face capital murder charges that could result in the death penalty. They are scheduled to appear in court later today.

The cellphone of one of the grad students slain last month helped lead police to their alleged killers, law enforcement sources told The Times.

Bryan Barnes, 20, of Los Angeles and Javier Bolden, 19, also face charges in an Dec. 3, 2011 attempted murder at a South L.A. party. Shell casing from that shooting were connected to the USC student shootings, according to prosecutors. Barnes also faces a third count of attempted murder in connection with a shooting at another party in February.

Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/2-charged-in-slayings-of-usc-graduate-students.html

[DCKit]

1. Poverty sucks, and leads to all kinds of crime. nt

[CBGLuthier]

4. Bullshit. I am poor as fuck and have never robbed nor killed anyone.

no excuses for murderers.

[Romulox]

6. Those poor kids. nt

[wilt the stilt]

2. no excuse for murder n/t

[Marengo]

5. Is there a "Dem scandal" somewhere in this story?

An incident, by the way, of great interest and concern to the Chinese and foreign student community in the USA.

[pinboy3niner]

7. Not in this story...

...but in many other Northener posts.

I've followed this story, as I live in L.A. and was in that area, on the way to a political protest, shortly after that happened.

If you're not aware of the history, you can search Northener's posts and reach your own conclusions.

[Marrah_G]

8. Your post was made solely to take a swipe at someone you obviously don't like

Everyone here has people they can't stand. I suggest putting the person on ignore if you dislike his posts so much.