Eric Rivera Jr. and his buddies came up with a plan. One of them, Jason Scott Mitchell, had attended a birthday party for Sean Taylor back in September of 2007 and witnessed the Redskin holding some bags of cash.
So, the decision was made to rob Taylor's home on November 26th. After all, the Skins were on the road so he wouldn't be home. Apparently, these young men didn't follow sports or they would have known that Taylor was injured and didn't go with the team to Tampa Bay.
Upon entering the premises, they were alarmed to find Taylor home, and Rivera allegedly shot him in the upper leg. Taylor died the next day.
Rivera was 17 that night, and according to the U.S. Supreme Court, anyone who is a minor at the time of the crime cannot receive the death penalty. It's also a law that anyone involved in the same case but less directly responsible who is a minor also cannot be executed.
The trial isn't until this August, but I wanted to go ahead and take some time to suggest some punishments for the judge to ponder before the sentence is handed down to any of those thoughtless individuals who get convicted.
10. Sent to a federal penitentiary whose constituency are full-blooded Redskin fans.
9. Participate in a July training camp conducted by Bill Parcells in a desert.
8. Dropped from a plane over the Amazon with only a parachute ---- naked.
7. Locked in a room with Hilary Clinton listening to her talk about foreign policy.
6. Taken to a Redskins home game with seats on the bench.
5. Strapped to a chair with head phones on listening to nothing but Michael Bolton.
4. Placed in a dunking booth above a pool of acid facing Joe Theismann.
3. Receive broken knee caps and then forced to run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
2. Lowered down and left on Abraham Lincoln's nose on Mount Rushmore right before a
thunderstorm.
1. Attend the next Taylor family reunion.
