On Saturday, Devonni Maunel “Devo” Benton was sentenced to life plus 25 years for the murder of Spelman College sophomore Jasmine Lynn. Benton was found guilty of murder and two counts of aggravated assault for the shooting that took place in September of 2009. The additional 25 years given to Benton, 21, are credited to […]
The trial for the Spelman college student killed on the campus of Clark Atlanta University has begun. As previously reported 20-year-old Jasmine Lynn was killed September 3 walking on the University’s campus. According to police two men were fighting when shots rang out leaving Lynn struck fatally in the chest. Devonni Manuel Benton was arrested […]
After writing that heartbreaking story about 16-year-old Fred Couch losing his life in Chicago, the only question that kept racing through my mind was, Does it ever stop? By it, I mean violence. The society we live in today has become so violent that we have become desensitized to the magnitude of this tumultuous world […]
The parents of a Spelman student killed by a stray bullet on the campus of Clark Atlanta University are filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the institution. 19-year-old Jasmine Lynn was killed September 3 leaving her friend’s dormitory after shots were fired during a fight. Lynn’s mother Constance Franklin blames the University’s poor security for […]
