This young man, Adrian Gaskins received 40 years in prison in 2016, at the age of 17, for breaking into someone's home. He is not, nor was he ever
A violent person. He did break the law by breaking and entering but 40 years is too much time for breaking and entering. His family is heartbroken. I spoke to his mother last year and was almost in tears when she told me the story of this young man who was once a high school football player and made good grades, and a second chance was all that he needed. 40 years for a nonviolent crime.
Adrian Jermaine Gaskin, Jr
These are the charges, and notice 3 of these charges are basically the same crime.
AGG ROBBERY 40 years BURG HABIT 20 years BURG HABIT 20 years HARASSMENT-PUB SERV 8 years PROH SUB CORR FACIL 8 years
Maximum sentence40 years Projected release date8/5/2056 TDCJ ID02101349 UnitLewis DOB5/19/1999 Home CountyGrayson SexMale Age20 RaceBlack Height5 ft 5 in Weight162 lbs Hair ColorBlack Eye ColorBrown
The agg robbery, which they called agg robbery was because he had a weapon on him when the cops found him, but according to his mom, he didn't use the weapon. The harass public servant charge, I think he was charged with that because he spit at a police officer, which is a bad thing, but does that warrant 40 years?
I feel terrible for this young man and I'm sitting here thinking he doesn't need to be locked up for 40 years for any reason, he's a kid. However, I am breaking down these charges in my head aggravated robbery, burglarizing someone's home, harassment of a public servant and having some type of controlled substance while inside a correctional facility. I don't know his past criminal record and at his age likely he might not even have one or juvenile stuff gone. So I clicked on the link you shared for this kid and I find out I was wrong. The aggravated robbery occurred on 1/12/2016 while everything else occurred on 8/4/2016 so he did have past crimes. You had me until I looked the first is different than the others. Do not misunderstand I DONT think he deserves 40 years. I think such sentences should be reserved for murderers, pedophiles, and rapists but he's not as innocent as your post makes him sound.
