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Summary of Case Background Information:**__

In July of 2007 Blair Holt was murdered by the 18 year old, Micheal Pace in Chicago. Pace pleaded guilty for Holt's murder and wounding four other people. The victims were on a bus home from school, when Pace fired his gun. Pace was aiming at a man part of gang that Pace was against. After it he feld the scene. Pace was sentenced to 100 years in prison, A 17 old man, named Kevin Jones had given Pace the gun used, and was sentenced 10 years in prison. The victims that survived went to school with Blair Holt and had testified agaist the gunman. It is said Pace had a learning disability that made it so it was difficult for him to make rational decisions. In the county jail after he had been arrested Pace tried to commit suicide, however he faied and was sentenced for 100 years in prison.

​ **__Defendent's Side of the Story: __**  The defendent was Michael Pace, 17 years old. Pace pleaded guilty for the death of Blair Holt and the injuries of four other victims. It is also said that Pace's IQ was a low 77, and that he had a learning disbility that prevented him from making the right and rational decisions. It is also said that if Kevin Jones had not given Pace the gun, the whole situation would probably not have taken place.


 * __Prosecuter's Side of the Story: __**

Because of the death of Blair Holt he was unable to be the prosecuter. In turn the state was the one who sentenced Michael Pace to Jail.


 * __The Outcome of the Case:__**

Michael was sentenced to 100 years in prison for the murder of Blair Holt and the attacks on the four other people, some of which were students in highschool.


 * __Relating it to Adolescents and Justice:__**

This story releates to Adolescents because both the murderer and the victim were teenagers. It realtes to Justice because even though Holt was murdered the gunman was sentenced to 100 years in prison, which gave the parents of Blair Holt sense of Justice. I believe the ruling was fair. In my opinion it showed be required for a person to have life in prison if they commited a murder, especially if he didn't even hav ea specific reason. Factors that contribute to the trial being just is that the gunman had shot a boy for no reason and that he had wounded four others. All of the victums in the crime were innocent and had nothing to with the gang member that Pace had originally tried to kill. It would not have been a different situation if the defendent had not been an adolocent because it would still be a murder against a harmless innocent victim. I would not change anything about the court's ruling. It would not be right to sentence Pace to death, but i do believe 100 years in jail is the best punishment for the crime that he commited.

__**Resources:**__

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WGN-AM (radio station), Initials. (2009, July 20). Blair holt's teen murderer sentenced to 100 years in prison. Retrieved from http://www.wgnradio.com/news/top/wgnam-blair-holt-killer-sentencing-072009,0,3099968.story