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To: longnshort who wrote (5006)	5/14/2010 6:25:15 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

"he says everyone in prison plays that game" I guess it is not a "game" for those 99% Christians, eh!!!

To: longnshort who wrote (5006)	5/15/2010 12:29:26 AM
From: average joe	Respond to of 69300

He should have been caught in Canada and would have only served a couple of weeks. Dead girl's ecstasy dealer sent to prison A teenage drug dealer who sold ecstasy pills at West Edmonton Mall that killed a 14-year-old girl was handed a four-month jail sentence in youth court Friday. The 18-year-old, who cannot be identified because he was 17 at the time of the April 24, 2009, incident, will serve 80 days in custody at a youth facility and the remaining 40 days in the community under supervision. Youth court Judge Janet Franklin ruled a jail term was appropriate to “bring home to this young person that his criminal behaviour in April 2009 was unacceptable.” Franklin said it was aggravating that the teen was selling ecstasy “in a place frequented by young persons” — the West Edmonton Mall Rock ’n’ Ride dance party — and the drugs were sold to a young person. Prior to being sentenced, the teen told the judge he is now a different person and apologized in court to the mother of the girl who overdosed, Cassie (Eyre) Williams, and asked that she and her family forgive him. Outside court, the grieving mother, Angela Eyre, accepted the apology, saying she does forgive him, and said she was happy the case was over and she can now get on with her life and properly mourn her daughter. She was accompanied by two of Cassie’s good friends, including the “miracle child” who also overdosed, but survived, after taking the high-strength ecstasy pills. The 15-year-old said she still feels like “it didn’t happen,” and has mixed emotions about forgiveness. “Part of me says forgive him and another part says he is a big reason why you wake up every morning and realize your best friend is no longer there,” said Ashley Morin. Eyre, who described Cassie as a typical 14-year-old, also said their hearts go out to the family of 19-year-old Anna Maria Blikowski, the University of Alberta law student who died after taking ecstasy at a May 1 rave party. “I know how they feel,” said Eyre. Crown prosecutor Ian Fraser called the teen’s jail sentence a “landmark decision” due to a term of custody being given to a youth convicted of trafficking in ecstasy. The teen pleaded guilty on Jan. 25 to one count of trafficking and one count of breaching a probation condition. According to agreed facts, the teen sold 12 ecstasy pills for $50 to a female friend of the two girls after they asked her “to hook them up with some E.” The friend gave the pills to the girls and left after advising them not to take them all at once. Once in the Rock ’n’ Ride, the girls ingested six pills each while accompanied by two boys, who warned them not to take them. The girls then went on the dance floor and Williams was dancing at one of the poles when she became dizzy and was feeling sick and was helped off by Morin. Morin then also began feeling the effects of the ecstasy and was staggering. A male friend took both girls out of the Rock ’n’ Ride and an ambulance was called. The girls were taken to University hospital. Williams died the next day while Morin was released three days later. An autopsy revealed Williams died from acute ecstasy toxicity, which caused liver, heart and kidney failure. edmontonsun.com