Fatal Delaware school Bathroom attack conviction overturned by Supreme Court

 

For the life of me I do not understand how this could happen. If you don't know the backstory about Amy Inita Joyner-Francis, she was a 16-year-old girl who got into a fight with another girl over a boy.  She was then suddenly jumped by a gang of girls in the bathroom of Howard High School of Technology. Joyner was knocked out which lead to her hitting her head against the sink. Amy was flown by helicopter to A.I. DuPont Children's Hospital in critical condition where she was later pronounced dead.

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Now today, the Supreme Court overturned a ruling that found one teen culpable in the death of another after she died from a rare heart condition while being attacked in the school bathroom. 

The 17-year-old, who has not been identified because of her age, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2016 death of Amy Joyner-Francis.

On Thursday, Delaware’s Supreme Court found that the girl could not have acted with criminal negligence or, even if she did, it would be unjust to blame her for Joyner-Francis’ death, given how unforeseeable it was that the fight would lead to her dying of cardiac arrest.

An autopsy revealed Joyner-Francis had a rare and undetected heart condition that let to sudden cardio death, aggravated by stress from the fight.

A Family Court judge originally convicted the teen of conspiracy for helping plan the attack that took place at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington. She also was seen on video kicking Joyner-Francis as she laid on the floor.

The Supreme Court definitely got this wrong. This is the definition of injustice right here. If it wasn't for the attacker(s) then Amy would still be here. Their actions alone provoked her death, so therefore they're responsible for her death.