At Last! Some Justice for Steve Amenhauser!
It has been nearly two years since Steve Amenhauser was doused with flammable liquid by two teenage feral urban humanoids. With second and third degree burns over 70% of his body, from which he succumbed four days later. It has taken two years to bring his murderers to trial. And it has taken two years for the local news media to comment on it, albeit it ever so briefly. In an insultingly brief statement, News 10 NBC announced that Monroe County Family Court Judge Stacy Romeo could announce her verdict regarding Adriel Riley today. This was a bench trial, as the defendant's request, and not a jury trial Adriel Riley, who was 14 at the time he and his buddy, Zayvion Perry, set Steve Amenhauser ablaze, was charged with murder, arson and criminal possession of a weapon. If Judge Romeo finds him guilty, he could spend up to 25 years behind bars. Or maybe not, since the latest fad in "justice" doesn't permit people to serve their full sentences, regardless of an extensive