Carjacking Is a Crime
I fail to understand why Leshawn Cummings will not be tried for carjacking with a minimum 15-year prison sentence (“Manslaughter Charges Filed in Carjacking,” April 24).
I have a problem with the prosecutors’ statement that “there is no evidence Cummings was intending to commit a carjacking.” What constitutes a carjacking if not the fact that Cummings jumped in the truck and drove off? What good is our “tough” carjacking law if prosecutors are allowed to render it ineffective?
PAT BARLOG
Granada Hills
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