2 teens get about a year for Roger Trindade's beating death

WEBVTT OVER THIS OUTCOME. AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF -- >> AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF HEARINGS, DEPOSITIONS, AND DISTRESS FOR ROGER TRINDADE’S FAMILY, AN ORANGE COUNTY JUDGE SENTENCED THE TWO BOYS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH. BOTH SIMEON HALL AND JESSE SUTHERLAND WILL SERVE TIME IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE AVERAGE TIME SERVED, PER THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, IS NINE TO TWELVE MONTHS, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON BEHAVIOR. IT COULD BE MORE, OR IT COULD BE LESS. AFTER THAT, THEY’LL BE ON CONDITIONAL RELEASE. THE EXACT CONDITIONS ARE UP THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE. THE TWO SENTENCES ARE ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL, IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT HALL WAS ARRESTED FOR A SEPARATE BEATING, WHILE HE WAS OUT AWAITING TRIA >> DO YOU THINK THE SENTENCE IS APPROPRIATE? DAVID FUSSEL: I DO BECAUSE OF THE MISSTEPS THAT SIMEON HAD I THINK IT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR HIM TO GET THE SENTENCE AND JESSE YOU KNOW HE’S THE ONE WHO THROUGH THE PUNCH. >> THE TWO TEENS WERE TRIED AND CONVICTED AS ADULTS. THE JUDGE’S DECISION LAST MONTH TO SENTENCE THEM AS JUVENILES INFURIATED ROGER TRINDADE’S FAMILY, PROMPTING HIS MOTHER TO SEND A SCATHING LETTER TO THE JUDGE. THE JUDGE READ THAT LETTER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN COURT TODA OVER FACETIME, HIS FAMILY TOLD ME THEY FELT THE JUDGE DOESN’T CARE, AND THAT JUSTICE WAS NOT SERVED >> THEY NEVER SAY SORRY. SUTHERLAND NEVER SAY SORRY TO US. HE KILLED ROGER. >> I’VE LEARNED FROM THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE THAT HALL AND SUTHERLAND ARE BOTH IN CUSTODY NOW, AND WILL BEGIN THEIR SENTENCES AS SOON AS BEDS OPEN UP IN THEIR PROGRAM. REPORTING IN ORANGE COUNTY

Two Winter Park teenagers convicted of manslaughter in the beating death of 15-year-old Roger Trindade were sentenced on Monday. Simeon Hall and Jesse Sutherland will serve about a year in a high-risk juvenile program. The average amount of time served in the program is 9-12 months, but it all depends on behavior. The teen's could serve more or they could serve less time. The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice will determine the exact length of their sentences. The 16-year-old boys were each found guilty in May of manslaughter.Trindade's family said justice wasn't served in the death of their son.A jury found Jesse Sutherland and Simeon Hall guilty of manslaughter and two counts of battery involving the beating death of Trindade in May."We have the last picture of Roger, remember that," Adriana Thome, Trindade's mother, said in court as she showed the picture of the teenager in a hospital bed.On Oct. 15, 2016, Trindade was lying on the ground unconscious near Central Park on Park Avenue.The Orange County medical examiner's office ruled that Trindade's cause of death was blunt force trauma.A judge has ruled that the two teenage defendants, Hall and Sutherland, will be sentenced under juvenile sanctions, meaning both will avoid prison time."I think this is a shame. I think this is a shame on the state of Florida. This is a bad joke," Rodrigo Trindade, Roger's father, said.The Department of Juvenile Justice will decide on Monday how long the boys' sentences will be.Roger Trindade's mother strongly disagreed with Judge Jennifer Harris' decision and sent a letter expressing her dismay.It reads in part, "I feel as if to you the fact that these people have ruined Roger's life is not an important thing and it ashames me.""I feel there's no justice on your side.""While my son was dying on the ground they spat on him and went to celebrate."Sutherland and Hall will be sentenced at 8:30 a.m. Monday morning in a Juvenile Justice Center courtroom in Orlando.

WINTER PARK, Fla. —

Two Winter Park teenagers convicted of manslaughter in the beating death of 15-year-old Roger Trindade were sentenced on Monday.

Simeon Hall and Jesse Sutherland will serve about a year in a high-risk juvenile program.

The average amount of time served in the program is 9-12 months, but it all depends on behavior. The teen's could serve more or they could serve less time.

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice will determine the exact length of their sentences. The 16-year-old boys were each found guilty in May of manslaughter.

Trindade's family said justice wasn't served in the death of their son.

A jury found Jesse Sutherland and Simeon Hall guilty of manslaughter and two counts of battery involving the beating death of Trindade in May.

"We have the last picture of Roger, remember that," Adriana Thome, Trindade's mother, said in court as she showed the picture of the teenager in a hospital bed.

On Oct. 15, 2016, Trindade was lying on the ground unconscious near Central Park on Park Avenue.

The Orange County medical examiner's office ruled that Trindade's cause of death was blunt force trauma.

A judge has ruled that the two teenage defendants, Hall and Sutherland, will be sentenced under juvenile sanctions, meaning both will avoid prison time.

"I think this is a shame. I think this is a shame on the state of Florida. This is a bad joke," Rodrigo Trindade, Roger's father, said.

The Department of Juvenile Justice will decide on Monday how long the boys' sentences will be.

Roger Trindade's mother strongly disagreed with Judge Jennifer Harris' decision and sent a letter expressing her dismay.

It reads in part, "I feel as if to you the fact that these people have ruined Roger's life is not an important thing and it ashames me."

"I feel there's no justice on your side."

"While my son was dying on the ground they spat on him and went to celebrate."

Sutherland and Hall will be sentenced at 8:30 a.m. Monday morning in a Juvenile Justice Center courtroom in Orlando.

2 teens get about a year for Roger Trindade's beating death

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