Tyler Edmonds

	Press Release
	Opinion

July 24, 2004 15-year-old's murder trial now in hands of jury
Steven Griffin, The Clarion-Ledger

July 25, 2004 Jury hands down murder conviction to West Point teenager
Associated Press, Sun Herald

Press Release

Free Tyler Edmonds

While we are greatly disappointed with the verdict in the case of Tyler Edmonds, the fight will continue for this child. We stand by our belief that children are not adults and should NEVER be adjudicated as such for any reason. While it is obvious that the lack of credibility in the judicial system assuredly exists in the Starkville court system, we know that within Mississippi, there exists a credible and untainted system of justice that will allow the truth in this case to be realized; and will allow Tyler Edmonds to once and for all, go home and be the kid that he still is.

We, as a concerted group from across the nation and around the world, will continue to fight for Tyler and all children adjudicated as the adults they are not, in order to once and for all, set every state within this great nation back on the right course of caring and helping our children and not throwing them away. We will always believe in Tyler. We will continue to support Tyler through the next round and will continue to let everyone know of the atrocities witnessed within Mississippi this week. Until the day comes that we have no more worries for Tyler and the rest of the children across America, we will continue to fight. We hope that Mississippi and all other states will open their eyes and not stoop to the incredible maneuverings witnessed this week in Starkville.

Please contact Donna Gallegos by E-Mail at justiceforjuveniles@yahoo.com or visit http://www.justiceforjuveniles.org or http://tyleredmonds.proboards12.com/index.cgi if you want to help

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Opinion

A very bad taste

The entire Tyler Edmonds case has left a very bad taste in my mouth, but Judge Kitchens' comments at sentencing have got to hit an all time low.

According to an Associated Press News Report, right after Kitchens sentenced Tyler to a term of life with no chance of parole for 50 years, he said "Before I can let you go I can only think of what might have been. I think (Kristi Fulgham) led you down somewhere you didn't want to go and you have to live with it."

Now I want you to think of how cold those remarks are.

26-year-old Kristi Fulgham led a naive, 13-year-old - her loving 13-year-old half-brother - to "somewhere he didn't want to go" and yet he, as a child, has to live with the consequences.

That is an outright cold remark and signifies why the governor must grant Tyler clemency and why the law needs to change.

I mean imagine if a 26-year-old woman manipulated your son into having sex and he got the AIDS virus or imagine if a 26-year-old man tricked and conned your 13-year-old daughter into having sex and she ended up pregnant.

Then imagine if the pediatrician told your child: "I think the person led you down somewhere you didn't want to go and you have to live with it."

Pretty horrifying remark, if you ask me.

Brian E. Oliver, Maplewood, MO

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