You have to be a special kind of evil to smile murder another person and smile in that family's faces.
That is exactly what Danta Wright did as he was sentenced after pleading guilty to the second degree murder of a 17 year old high school student.
A 17-year-old who admitted to robbing and killing a man smiled and chuckled during his sentencing Monday.
The behavior angered the judge so much that he asked prosecutors to take the case to trial instead of accepting a plea deal.
Danta Wright sat in court smiling and nearly laughing as Jordan Klee’s mother shed tears for her son, shot and killed by Wright.
Wright addressed the court, showing no remorse.
“I just want to tell you all I’ll be home soon,” Wright said. “I love my family.”
The judge, clearly fed up with the defendant’s attitude, stopped the proceedings and asked the prosecution to consider taking this case to trial. Wright would face a stiffer punishment if found guilty by a jury.
“I’ve been watching you sit there, smile and laugh and shake your head like this was no big deal,” said Washtenaw County Court Judge David Swartz. “I’m very tempted to just say I’m not going to accept this sentence agreement. You will go to trial, and if you’re convicted of felony murder, you’ll go to prison for the rest of your life and that means you’ll die there.”
This is not the first time the teen had shocked the courtroom. During a June pretrial hearing, he admitted he shot and killed 18-year-old Jordan Klee.Wright said he and two other friends were trying to rob the victim in October 2016, when he shot Jordan Klee in the back of the head, killing him. -(CBS North Carolina)