Nation : Teen Jailed 38 Years for Stoning
A teen-ager convicted of hurling rocks at passing motorists on the Capital Beltway last May has been sentenced to 38 1/2 years in prison.
Prince George’s County Circuit Judge William Missouri on Monday sentenced John L. Burgess, 18, of Forest Heights, on a total of eight felonies and 28 misdemeanors.
“You are young, and it grieves me now that I must impose this sentence upon you,” Missouri said.
“But it also grieves me that Destiny Morris will never rise above the (mental abilities) of a third- or fourth-grader,” Missouri said. Morris, now 16, was among 30 people in 24 vehicles who were injured in the May 27 attack.
Burgess, who could have been sentenced to a maximum of 415 years, confessed that he and two others threw dozens of rocks at motorists for fun.
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