Tj Persuasive Case

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Imagine that you could be sent to jail for life or even killed for something that you did not do. This is what could happen to a fourteen year old boy, TJ Avery. TJ should not be charged with murder for apparently killing Jim Lee Barnett. While yes, TJ was there in Mr. Barnett’s store at the time of his death and was helping to steal stuff from the store, TJ did not kill Mr. Barnett. Tj should not be charged with murder because as I already mentioned, he is a fourteen year old boy that’s parents didn’t raise him correctly. TJ also is subject to racial prejudice, as most black people are. As mentioned before, TJ is a big victim to racial prejudice. When Mr. Barnett was waiting on him at his store in Strawberry a few weeks ago, if a white person asked for help Mr. Barnett would leave TJ and go wait on someone else. Also Mrs. Barnett had no way of knowing that the other two people with TJ during the robbery were black. They were wearing black stockings over their heads so Mrs. Barnett assumed that the other people with TJ had to be black. The other people with her were actually RW and Melvin Simms. I interviewed some witnesses that saw RW and Melvin take TJ down to Strawberry. And yes, most of the witnesses were white people that are trustworthy. …show more content…

He lacked proper parental support from his parents because they were always working. TJ’s parents didn’t really pay attention to TJ enough and that allowed him to get into a lot of trouble. TJ was ‘befriended’ by two older white boys, RW and Melvin. They only wanted to use TJ to help steal things. Melvin even said, “All right, TJ, we come down here like you asked. Now you come on into Strawberry with us like you promised.” TJ was forced by RW and Melvin to go with them to get the pearl handled pistol that he wanted and was blinded by how much he wanted it. RW and Melvin never planned on buying the pistol, they were going to steal it and money that Mr. Barnett

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