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NC State coach's son was scared, his lawyers say
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Published: July 24, 2008
GREENSBORO
Lawyers for the jailed son of North Carolina State's basketball coach say Sidney Lowe II was scared and made a homemade knife to protect himself.
The News & Record of Greensboro reported today that attorneys for Lowe said in a statement their client had been threatened by other inmates.
Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes said a knife made from a plastic spoon and pieces of metal were found in Lowe's cell.
The younger Lowe was sentenced earlier this month to 15 months confinement on guilty pleas from a robbery in Greensboro.
Barnes said Lowe pleaded guilty to a disciplinary charge and that another infraction could lead to disciplinary measures.
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Posted by ( tennisbuff ) on July 24, 2008 at 8:45 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
You know what else is scary? That inmates can fashion knives so easily.
Here's a kid who has all the resources in the world yet chooses a life of crime. There's no excuse.
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Posted by ( TBS ) on July 24, 2008 at 8:51 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I see jail is not going to help this boy, he is already planning to hurt others! He wasn't scared, he was planning his next robbery! Maybe his father should have spent more time with his son, than trying to be in the spotlight all the time and helping the ball players, when his own son was crying for help!!!!!
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Posted by ( weh ) on July 24, 2008 at 10:37 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Not a very good start following a measly sentence by a liberal judge. Prison is not supposed to be fun and games, so he should have thought about this before he committed all those felonies. Weren't his victims scared? This is poetic justice working.
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Posted by ( nativeheel ) on July 24, 2008 at 12:47 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
It is little wonder why the average law-abiding citizen has very little respect for the court systems, for the sleazy lawyers who account for many of the problems or by inept judges who use their own rule of thumb rather than the legal sentencing guidelines in place. This entire case is a legal sham!
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Posted by ( VoxPublicus ) on July 24, 2008 at 6:31 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
This was nothing more that the old saying, "Money Talks."
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Posted by ( bemery ) on July 24, 2008 at 6:31 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
poor little rich kid. they have all the bad luck.
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