Charlottesville Circuit Judge Claude Worrell recently decided he was going to spend some time thinking about what kind of sentence to give an 18-year-old charged with live-streaming himself on Facebook last November at the playground at Westhaven with a pistol and a semi-automatic rifle that resembled an AR-15. On the one hand, he’s a teenager who has made mistakes, and witnesses have testified about his kindness and good character; even prosecutors have acknowledged that he’s an “incredible, young individual.” On the other hand, those same prosecutors are recommending a 12 to 18 months jail sentence. “We’ve had way too many cases, your honor, with young individuals who shouldn’t have them [guns],” said the prosecutor, according to a story about the latest hearing in the Daily Progress.
“Mr. Hill, I’m at a loss for what to do,”…
