Man sentenced to 19 years for throwing a 5-year-old boy from a balcony at Mall of America

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

(CNN) — A man was sentenced Monday to 19 years in prison for throwing a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at Minnesota's Mall of America.

Emmanuel Aranda, 24, pleaded guilty last month to attempted premeditated first-degree murder.

Aranda said he intended to kill the boy April 12 when he threw the child over a railing at the mall in Bloomington. The boy fell 40 feet and suffered extensive injuries.

Aranda told police he had been frustrated by women rejecting him at the mall, and that he had intended to kill an adult there the day before.

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By Melissa Alonso and Jay Croft, CNN
Updated 1835 GMT (0235 HKT) June 3, 2019


Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/03/us/mall-of-america-boy-sentencing/index.html

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[dameatball]

1. So leaving water in a desert is punishable by up to 20 years and this guy only gets 19?

I get the mental illness part, but still.

[Bengus81]

3. About 13 if he "behaves"..........

Talk about BS,this asshat should be locked up for a 25+ for attempted MURDER.

[Polybius]

13. Wait what?

Leaving water in a desert? Do you mean like bottled water in a desert is illegal if you forget it? 20 years for forgetting your water? I’m confused.

[wolfie001]

14. It's in reference to....

....the person who was helping the migrants on the border. Cheers

[dameatball]

15. A preson was arrested for leaving water for immigrants crossing the border in the desert. It is

illegal. Apparently it carries a sentence of up to 20 years, although it is hard to believe. I don't know where the case stands at this time, but I think it is due to go to trial soon.

[JudyM]

2. Too short a sentence.

[Tactical Peek]

4. Need moar years.

SIFUABS

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. The man was upset because women weren't attracted to him,

so he threw a child off a third story balcony.

Did he think this was going to suddenly make him more attractive to women ?

This makes absolutely no sense to me.

Was he high ? Hallucinating ?

[Skittles]

7. he is obviously very mentally ill

[warmfeet]

6. Life in prison,

without the possibility for parole. That would be appropriate. This person has demonstrated that they cannot live in free society.

[dchill]

8. Agreed.

[Lucky Luciano]

9. Yup. Simple really. nt

[customerserviceguy]

12. Absolutely

If the child had died, he would have gotten a stiffer sentence, no doubt. Intent to kill was always there, it was just a matter of luck that this child didn't die.

[forgotmylogin]

10. "Attempted" premeditated murder?

So that means the child survived?

[karin_sj]

11. Yes, he survived, thank God

"The boy's family said in a statement April 26 that he was "alert and conscious" after two weeks in critical condition."