This story is making major news over here in oz, with some crackpot anti gun pollies calling on Australians to boycott the US in order to 'convince them to change there gun laws".
There is a video at the link where it shows the families of the accused carrying on and the pregnant girlfriend (there is a surprise) threatening to kill the media and the father of one of the black kids saying he was innocent.
Just waiting to see Jackson or Obumma on TV saying it was some how the crackers fault.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/newshome/18586308/two-charged-with-lane-murder-in-us/?cmp=fbTwo of the three boys who allegedly shot dead Australian baseballer Chris Lane have been charged with first degree murder.
The three accused killers. Photo: Supplied
James Edwards, 15, and Chancey Luna, 16, were charged with first degree murder and face life in prison if convicted.
Michael Jones, 17, was charged with using a vehicle to facilitate the discharge of a weapon and accessory after the fact of murder in the first degree.
One of the accused allegedly danced as he was charged over the murder.
The arraignment took place at the Stephens County Courthouse in Duncan, Oklahoma on Tuesday.
The alleged random drive-by shooting has shocked locals.
Mr Lane, 22, who had a scholarship at an Oklahoma college to play baseball and major in finance, was jogging on a Duncan street on Friday.
Police allege the accused killers - aged 15, 16 and 17 - followed Mr Lane in a car, shot him in the back and sped off in a random drive-by, before heading to another house with plans to kill again.
One of the teenagers is believed to have written on Facebook: "Bang. Two drops in two hours."
The youths were arrested before they got to their intended second target.
Danny Ford, the chief of Oklahoma's Duncan Police Department, said there would have been more deaths if police hadn't caught them so quickly in a town that hasn't had a murder in five years.
"They wanted to be Billy Bob Badasses," Chief Ford told AAP.
"I think they were on a killing spree.
"I know everybody thinks there has to be a reason, but I've been in this business for 30 years and there doesn't have to be a reason with these kids."
Edwards and Luna were refused bail.
Bail for Jones was set at $US1 million.
Mr Lane and his girlfriend of four years had only been back in the US for three days after visiting his family in Melbourne.
She paid tribute to him on Facebook, posting photos of their recent trip to Australia.
"This last adventure together I'll always cherish," Ms Harper wrote.
"The past 4 years have been the most amazing years of my life."
His parents and former teammates in Melbourne remembered a man who was motivated, happy and making plans for the future.
"He was just a kid on the cusp of making his life," his father said.
I thought Oklahoma had the death penalty for first degree murder? So why are they saying life imprisonment I assume some deal was made? Shame, all three should swing. I will even send Obumma a check to buy some rope. The stretchy stuff so when dropped their feet just touch on tippy toes.
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