best justice money can by: 'Hearing charge, neighbors ask, 'That's it?''

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Those touched where they live by the death of two boys wonder aloud if a high-priced lawyer wins special treatment.
By BRADY DENNIS and MARCUS FRANKLIN
Published April 29, 2004

TAMPA - On Wednesday, in the neighborhood where the two boys lived and died, anger filled the space once reserved for sadness.

By midmorning, news of Jennifer Porter's arrest in the hit-and-run accident that killed 13-year-old Bryant Wilkins and his 3-year-old brother, Durontae Caldwell, began seeping into homes near N 22nd Street and E 143rd Ave.

Residents shook their heads and frowned. Some mumbled under their breath. Several cursed aloud.

"That's all?" said Vivian Limton, 40, when she learned that Porter will not face a charge of vehicular homicide. "That ain't right. That ain't right at all."

Even Lisa Wilkins, mother of the two dead boys, said she was angry when she learned from her attorney Tuesday night that Jennifer Porter would not be charged with vehicular homicide.

She said she prayed about it and talked with her attorney, Tom Parnell, who explained the legal reasons why investigators brought only the charge of leaving the scene of an accident with death.

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be sure to read the back story here. you can rest assured that if the driver was a resident of the neighborhood where this happened, they wouldn't be treated so gently....

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1. 1 shameless

:kick:

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2. With liberty and justice for all...

What a crock.