Earlier this month Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was denied a new trial after his conviction for shooting Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion [click here if you missed that].
Now the prosecutor wants Tory's sentence to reflect his callous disregard for human life...
Prosecutors say Tory Lanez “demonstrated a high level of callousness” when he fired five rounds at Megan Thee Stallion “without any justifiable provocation or reason,” and he deserves more time in prison because of it.
“Victim was dressed in only a bikini, shoeless and on foot in a neighborhood completely foreign to her. It was late at night. She was unarmed and completely defenseless,” according to a new filing Tuesday from Deputy District Attorneys Kathy Ta and Alex Bott. They say Lanez “posed a significant danger to everyone (witnesses and neighbors) in the vicinity of this shooting.”
“The brazenness of Defendant’s conduct is alarming but the conscious disregard for the well-being and safety of all those around him signifies a high degree of indifference for human life,” according to the five-page motion.
Prosecutors are asking Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Herriford to conclude that three circumstances aggravate Lanez’s crimes and warrant a longer prison sentence: 1) Lanez’s callousness and the great bodily harm he caused Megan 2) His use of of a semi-automatic firearm and 3) Megan’s vulnerability as a victim.
The motion does not recommend a specific number of years in prison. That recommendation will be made in a more expansive memorandum that prosecutors expect to file by June 6.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 13. Legal name Daystar Peterson, 30-year-old Lanez has been in jail without bond since Dec. 23 after a jury convicted him of first-degree assault with a firearm, discharge of a firearm with gross negligence and having a concealed firearm in a vehicle - unregistered.
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