Here in Florida, she was past 18 years of age when she committed the murder. We recently gave a 16-year-old who brutally stabbed a 13 year-old 114 times, a girl, 25 to Life. He won't get out in 25. We don't want him out! Look up the Aiden Fucci trial.
Nope in between her father paid for her bond and Sydney went straight to mental hospital there they diagnosed her with mental health problems I guess that's why.if not the judge can't just go against the juror like just like the court can't seen Sydney to mental hospital on their own.
She is a murderer. She needs life in prison. This is a very sickening act against her own mom . I wish everyone would stop making excuses for the piece of crap!
God help anyone that gets in Sydney's way. She murdered her own mother knowingly and without care to keep her failures hidden! She doesn't deserve leniency
she will hurt anyone that gets in her way. she didn’t care if it’s her mom and supposed best friend that was going to hold her responsible…. i don’t understand why they keep coddling her as if she is an angel. brenda’s kindness seems to be used to justify being lenient to sydney, when in fact, it just shows how cruel sydney was. how could sydney beat to death someone that was so kind and loving? it wasn’t like sydney grew up in an abusive environment and only knew to be violent. it’s sickening that these “friends and family” pretend to speak for brenda and say this is what brenda would’ve wanted.
Why does this judge sound almost apologetic while delivering her sentence. Bludgeoning and stabbing your own mother to death but you are being treated like you are the victim 😮. Im genuinely trying to understand the sympathy for this manipulative lying murderer. What about the life of the actual victim whose life was so brutally taken away from her.
That's what bothers me, its almost as if Brenda didn't matter. After all the family and friend support for Sydney, to the point of ridiculousness and her attorney talking non stop about how she needs to be in a counselling environment rather than prison, you get the overall feeling Sydney is the victim..... sickening!
Prosecutors say that Sydney repeatedly beat her mother in the head with the cast-iron skillet then retrieved a steak knife and stabbed her nearly 30 times. She had to switch weapons and keep attacking her mom," assistant prosecutor Brian Stano told jurors. "That is purposeful. That is trying to end someone."
Crying game on point. She murdered her mother and deserves jail like anyone else that has committed murder. No special treatment . Save your tears for later.
My God, this attorney is out of his mind in love I think. Wow. What the hell is happening in Akron? This person is not a child! She slaughtered her mother in cold blood, set up the crime scene and then lied over and over!!!
@@lindaaitken7679 Youd be surprised at what goes on in the justice system. It is not an easy profession and people do get emotionally involved. It is no different than doctors befriending patients.
“She has never been in trouble before” does not pertain at all because she is now a cold blooded murderer. Her life before is irrelevant. I am shocked by this minimum mandatory sentence. What does that do to protect mothers who wholeheartedly love, support and help their children? Sydney Powell can beat her mom’s head with a cast iron frying pan, stab her mom in the neck thirty times, lie about her crime to police and be out of jail when she is 35 to enjoy the rest of her life as a free citizen and possibly murder others. Unacceptable. This entitled, spoiled child who is now a murderer needs to be in prison for the rest of her life. Innocent members of society have a right to be kept safe from this evil murderer. The judge failed at sentencing. She failed Sydney, Brenda and all of society.
I would bet there were issues with her growing up. Mention was made during the trial that she'd been involved in sports ...can you imagine the cheap shots she probably took at opponents who got in her way??
Did she cry like that while doing this to her mom or did she realize it real life , mom raised her , fed her , bathed her , clothed her , gave birth to her , supported her can go on . What goes on in these kids heads . Respect has been lost .
Light sentence for a brutal killing of a mother by her daughter, I hope it doesn't send a message to the next teenage or young adult who struggling in college 😑
I think as bad as it appears, he was doing a good job for which he has been well paid, now they are running out of money and are seeking public defenders to appeal.
That crying face isn’t tears for the victim but tears for her predicament ……. The defence attorney has got too involved and it’s bordering on bizarre in this case !
The only people who did the right thing here was the jury. The judge failed miserably. She should resign. She treated a vicious killer with kid gloves. This is outrageous! I hope the community votes her out ASAP. Like any other Skell Sydney needs to report to gladiator school and see what Bertha has in store for her, but instead she will go to some hospital setting with a bed so it possibly appears. They failed society and the community. If other potential would be killers see how Sydney was treated and the possibilities of getting off they could decide to kill opposed to deterrence. This was handled unprecedented from the start giving bond to a vicious psychopath. Then the 3 years on the loose. Then the unprecedented court room favors given to Sydney. This case is crazy. The people in it are crazy. The only sane person here is Sydney herself. She’s the puppet master and she succeeded pretty good. She set this up pretty good for the next person including herself. She knows next time not to break any windows just lay down on the ground with your tongue hanging out and you will get off Scott free…
Justice has definitely not been served a spoiled little girl supported by her family . Where was the support or sympathy for her mother Brenda Who didn’t deserve loosing her life for a little girl who did not want to study, selfish selfish should have received life a whole life sentence. God bless Brenda R.I.P. if that is possible under the circumstances ❤😞😞
Rest in perfect peace beautiful Brenda. I’m so sorry your whole family betrayed you. 💔👼🏼💗🕊️ Thank you jury once again for delivering justice. 15 years for murdering someone is absolutely despicable. Had she been a person of colour or a male the sentence would have been a lot worse. But hey that’s our justice system for ya.
Agreed 💯Hopefully, she'll get denied for parole whem she eligible, but likely the same family will be there vowing for her release. This is some crazy bs!!
@@guylafrancis I’m not trying to divide anyone, however there is a double standard in the justice system which favours white people more importantly white young females like miss Powell.
Very sad, she beat and brutally murdered her mother, I guess she feels really bad, boo hoo, I bet once she is in prison the tears will dry up and her family will visit her, celebrate holidays with her and the mention of her mother she beat to death will be a fading memory, it'll all be about Sydney and looking forward to her release date, i'm sure there will be a huge celebration, shameless, the judge did a terrible job on this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s not even 18 years, judge ordered them to run concurrent, the 15 & 3 years.. meaning she only has to serve 15 years 😭🤦🏻♀️ this is the justice system for you.
15 to life. 15 years is the minimum time she can get. Usually, parole boards do NOT let killers like this out in the minimum time. Betty Broderick killed her ex and his new wife in 1989, upon provocation, and she got 30 years to life, AND, she is STILL in Prison!
Hopefully they do not allow her out in 5 for good behaviour. Maybe she will go off on a prisoner for not believing her lies and her world of make believe. Maybe she only goes off on those closest to her that she wants to believe her made up stories. The minute someone comes to wake them up to facts she goes off thinking you cannot hear their side becuase you will believe them so she ended her Mothers life before she could be convinced of the truth as she was still trying to convince her Mother that she was just taking time off. Not because she is a failure.
Why are they treating her with kids gloves on? She up and murdered her MOM I think the family is still in shock she meant to do it! She deserves what the Prosecutor is asking for! This girl is spoiled and evil! Who is next? Grandma or dad or her husband one day?? LOCK HER UP!!! Accountability!!!! Did she just come to court to look this way for pity?? whatever sentence she gets i not enough for what she did!!! I keep watching her but I don't see any tears really!! Oh 15 to life she still has to in front of a parole board!!!
Wow, that is a rather lenient sentence for murdering one's mother so brutally and trying to cover it up afterwards......Meanwhile the Menendez brothers who were sexually abused by their father are still in prison........
It’s funny they didn’t think much of their murdered “loved one”! She didn’t have a psychotic episode, she murdered her mother because she didn’t want her secret out….she didn’t want anyone to know she was kicked out of school. Very similar to the case where the guy that killed both of his parents & claimed they went to their camp….he chopped them up because he had gotten kicked out of school & when his parents were going to discover his secret he murdered them same scenario!
No community letters supporting the prosecution and the jury were allowed? That's sickening. They would have been way more numerous than the family's. Plus, half the female inmate population has mental illness; it's not like Sydney is remotely unique or deserves special treatment on that basis. The family and the judge sold Brenda and the community up the river.
💔 As a mother of three children, I couldn't even imagine the horror, shock, confusion, & hurt this poor mother endured in her lost moments! Wth is wrong with these kids today,
I cannot believe the prosecutor is the only one who is concerned for Miss Brenda. As a mother of two boys, one who had despised me for trying to steer them on the right path. He has since verbalized that he knew I was just trying to protect him. I don't know her, but I feel for Miss Brenda. The family appeared not to have cared about Miss Brenda, but there are people who do. This is going to be a measuring stick for children who purposefully kill their parents. I really don't want people like her around to cause more havoc. She will send message to other children who think of their parents , especially their mom. I don't think her attorney even believe what he is saying. The one psychologist who testified was the only credible one. Saying she is not certified is absolute nonsense. I hope no one else pay any attention that garbage. May Miss Brenda rests in peace. I really did not see any remorse. Sydney is not the child who killed their parents and they almost always was trying to deceive their parents and was about to be found out. The wishes of the victim, that is Miss Brenda; what would she say, I think she would say, take her out of sight, period. Yes, the court should listen to the general public because we will be next considering how viscous she was with her own mother.
it’s sad that everyone - saying Brenda was so kind and loving and was a positive influence on the community - failed to realize it makes sydney brutally killing brenda even more horrific. if brenda was an abusive and horrible mom, it would’ve been more justifiable- still wrong but at least you could somewhat understand. sydney grew up in a loving family and her mom gave her everything…sydney doesn’t feel any remorse for killing her - in fact, no one is holding her accountable for failing college anymore. they coddle her more now that she’s pretending to be suffering from ptsd, anxiety, psychosis, etc.
Was she crying those crocodile tears when she was swinging away that cast iron frying pan on her mother?!? Or when she was stabbing away at her throat over 30 times!?!? Cry me a River girl!!! 😡
Schabusiness is even more dangerous than this cretin. She deserves the ultimate punishment. That business of putting that man's head in a bucket for his mother to find is alone, a good reason for capital punishment!
@@pattiollweiler2496 She didn't have time to put her Mom's head in a bucket after she whacked her with a cast iron skillet and stabbed her 33 times, the school called the police, so she had to stop what she was doing to stage a break in.
No, she's an ADULT. She's old enough to brutally murder her own mother, she's old enough to do the prison time. I kept hearing throughout "she loved her mother so much"... I'd hate to see what she'd do to someone she didn't like!@@gforcewindswinds291
This is the judicial system in this country. Not consistent. Rich justice poor justice, teenagers who are adults, getting light sentences for crimes the average person would be given life in prison W/O parole.
Yep, here we go again! Crying and no tears! This time, you have to take the consequences of your actions. What I cannot understand is that no member of the family even mentioned Brenda, so so sad. The community made mention of her, thank goodness.
NO ONE knows what Brenda would’ve wanted. sydney silenced brenda forever so we will never know if brenda would hold her accountable. sydney beat her mom and supposed best friend to death. if someone can murder a loving, kind best friend, i’d hate to see what harm she will do to the next person that gets in her way. how sad that a precedent is set where an adult (19yr old is adult by society standard) gets only 15 (can get out in probably 5yrs) for murder + tampering with evidence.
Didn't she get life with the possibility of parole AFTER serving 15 years (mandatory of 15 to life)? If that's correct she has to serve at least 15 and, there will be no getting out after 5, or any other number other than 15. 15 is still not enough years for committing murder...of anyone. She may, or may not, get out of prison when she will be 34 and, if she does get out at 34 she will most likely have at least that many years left to live outside of prison. There should be much stricter laws when it comes to murder of family members, especially family of the home....parents and siblings.
15 to life with the other charges running concurrent to that. Which means if she behaves herself in prison and goes up before the parole board in 15 years they can let her go. That is absolutely disgusting. Absolutely unexceptable sentencing inexcusable behavior. I guess the judge didn't take into consideration how her mother must have suffered greatly as she was being murdered. I guess she also didn't think it was necessary to tell this young murderer what a horrible thing she did and how she should think about that every day that she's in prison. I think the judge felt sorry for her. How disgusting is that?!
I hope any parole board she sits in front of will act justly & not be partial to her like this weak judge was. And the taxpayers have to cover court costs as ruled by this pathetic excuse for a judge! Appalling!
Sydney murdered her Mom in cold blood, I believe she new what she was doing at the time of the murder.. (there's so many people who in reality suffer from severe mental health issues)!!! and I just wish some of the letters were read out in court. Sydney is not special and different from any other person who committed a brutal murder, 15 years... no costs,!!! May her Mom RiP ✝️❣🙏 watched from Cape Town South Africa 🇿🇦
This is heartbreaking The family is more concerned about Sydney that the fact that she murder Brenda.For the family to say this is what Brenda would have wanted is heartbreaking I am sure Brenda never thought in a million years her daughter would murder her .Every one that commits murder have had a mental issue at the time of the crime 😩RIP Brenda🙏🏾🫶🏾
It makes sense that her Mom was a child specialist but couldn't raise her own child properly. Parents, nowadays, receive THE WORSE advice to discipline our children. Sydney is NOT a child and she doesn't have schizophrenia or even if she does, it didn't cause her to kill her mother. She didn't want her Mom to find out she had been kicked out of school. Schizophrenic people do things because of hallucinations, etc. She knew exactly what she was doing. She should've had the wherewithall to have a conversation with her Child Specialist mother like my child was able to when he was kicked out not once but twice and now we are helping him go into the military. This is "white girl privilege" and I am disgusted. Sydney will be back out in a few years, again bc of white privilege, and she will kill again bc she has learned nothing from this situation. Mark my words.
I agree but lately it's about " criminal privilege" .Crime is rampant because the perpetrators are coddled and treated like the real victim while the actual victims are disregarded. This is happening across the board with all races getting slaps on the wrists for horrific crimes.Then you have victims being criminalized. I doubt Kyle Rittenhouse felt like he had white privilege working for him at all while he was dragged through the mud forprotecting himself.
It isn't "white privilege. " She got 15 to life. Betty Broderick shot her ex and his new wife, for tormenting her, got 30 to Life. It was in 1989. Betty is STILL in there.
My mother is not alive either, but I didn’t murder her. She passed away from stage four colon cancer, so Sydney should be thinking about that as she’s spending 15 years to life in jail that she could’ve had her mother still alive.
This sentence was soft & not justice! It's not surprising given that this marshmallow of a judge coddled & showed favoritism towards Miss Powell throughout this trial. This judge gave Miss Powell permission to leave the actual courtroom during the trial when evidence of her murderering her own devoted & loving mom would be too emotional for her to bear. Seriously? Due to her fake schizo defense... She was too fragile? I appreciate this prosecution & jury who did not get sucked in to Miss Powell's victim performance. This sentence was NOT comparable to what someone else, who was not a young white entitled female like Miss Powell (a convicted brutal & rage-filled murderer of her own devoted mom) would have received. Not even close. This sentence is not justice for all!
Some people lose their mother through no fault of their own making and here you have one that murders hers. What would she tell her future children when they ask where grandma is?
I honestly think it’s a gender thing. Everyone’s treating her like a fragile child and falling for all her hysterical childish acting. Even her own lawyer loves her like a daughter 🤢. If this had been a male who killed his mother in such a brutal fashion he’d be considered a monster and given no leniency at all. It’s disturbing seeing how many have been fooled by this manipulative lying murderer and they’ve let her little girl routine cloud their judgement!
" I don't care what nobody says" ? Your comment does not make sense. IDC what anyone says may be what you mean. Oh and by the way this has nothing to do with race. Why do people continue to pull the race card, so annoying.
As a mom who loves her kids dearly and a person in a community of faith, my wishes would be that I wanted to be alive and living to forgive a child their trespasses. If I was brutally beaten and stabbed, there needs to be justice in this world and the next. I would vehemently hope my husband puts MY life as valuable and meaningful that he would allow the state to prosecute at the very least. I concur with others here. All people in prison have some mental deficit. Otherwise, they would not make the choices they made. But it's choices, isn't it? She made a vile and deplorable choice. I hope she stays all 15 years.
@@pattiollweiler2496 Yes, I do too. But when they do that type sentence, she can get out with good behavior, get paroled, etc. At the very minimum, 15 solid years. But I agree!
@@leighdavis9522incorrect if you watched the video by plunder Sydney powell is currently serving her sentence in Marysville Ohio women's 100 bed reformatory so not exactly prison
Wishes of the Victim?Mr Stano is the only one that stood up for Brenda! This Lawyer find's them appalling really well we find it appalling that you don't care what happened to Brenda! She is not a child she is a grown ass woman! she is playing all of you ,She will be heard of again ! I bet at prison the other women wont baby this woman!
IM CONFUSED. I THOUGHT SYDNEY LOVED HER MOM. SHES A MONSTER.LOCK HER UP FOR LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. SHE LOVES NONONE BUT HERSELF. SHE NOW HAS TO LIVE WITH THE FACT THAT THE MOTHER SHE DID TRULLY LOVE IS DEAD DUE TO HER POOR JUDGEMENT.
I feel so badly for her mom and dad. What her mom went through during the horrific pain she suffered, fully knowing that it was her baby who was killing her, I can't fathom the horror...I hope as this young woman sits in prison, that she relives what she did every day and realizes that it was her and only her who caused this end to her mother's life. Being kicked out of school wasn't that bad of a thing. All she had to do was just honestly tell her mom and dad that she couldn't do school. She wasn't able to handle studying. Some people just can't study and pass classes. It's not the end of the world if she failed. She could have just gotten a job and moved on. Instead she decided to do the unthinkable and destroyed her mom's life, dad's life, and her own. All over a stupid college course. She must have been used to hitting her mom and being allowed to go through rages unchecked. Have a nice life.
It's obvious the family is still playing into her game of control. That's what got her in trouble. The lawyer fell for it too!.who was defending her mom! It happened so many years ago, n she pretends it was yesterday with her tears. Tears for herself not her mom!
I feel so sorry for her family and allso for her i will pray for all of themthat poor girl needs help she is really hurting she know she did wrong and god will be with all of them
I’m in shock as well! I’m sorry but her father is a wimp! His testimony was pathetic. If it were a 20 year old neighbor what would be his reaction? And who the hell isn’t depressed today? Situations like this is one good reason!! I will bet that she gets in trouble in prison over and over! I’d bet big!
Exactly, her dad and her grandma (Brenda’s own mother) support this disgusting little spoiled brat. They wanted the prosecutor to settle the case by Sydney just doing community service lmaooo AFTER MURDERING HER OWN MOTHER! How despicable. Dw the inmates are going to have a field day with her in prison lol 🍿
Mental Health services need to be mandatory through age 17 for all children as part of their growth and development into Loving Productive Citizens. We don't give enough help to children that need it. Many times they have too much pressure and stress and don't have the emotional and mental strength to cope.... Let alone the horrific things they are exposed to in this perverted world.😢
Sidney Powell should have really been locked up in the city jail, because now, Sidney Powell is going to have a difficult time adjusting to her new life Behind Bars for the rest of her natural life. She was permitted 20 white her trial on bond, and she was allowed to live with her grandparents / dad. I do realize that this whole process has been difficult for Sydney's father and that only is a widower now, but also he is the victim of his wife's murder caused by Sidney Powell.. irregardless of same murderous crime Sydney Powell chose to act upon her intentional, and heinous crime of murder to take her own mother's life, because for certain, Sydney knew that both of her parents little bit a little bit learning the truth about her dishonesty oh, and her haven't been expelled from college. Anyone would have been Dilaudid to have been delighted to attend college on a scholarship, but Sydney Powell went down the wrong road to destruction, and should not only murdered her own mother, but now, Sydney, Sydney has destroyed her own life, and her family's lives as well. She does not suffer from any kind of mental defect, or mental disease. There are so many people whom commit crimes, and attorneys appointed by the public defenders ofc to represent these defendants, it becomes real easy for those public defenders attorneys to go the easy route, and go on the so-called the insanity defense. Well, a hardship in one's life whether it be insignificant, or more drastic situations oh, there still is no excuses to go down the destructive throat, as Sidney Powell, now is going to spend the rest of her natural Life Behind Bars, and without the possibility of parole, or with the possibility of parole after 15 years served. However, the honorable Judge who presided over the, Sydney Powell's trial, she knows that, Sidney Powell, will never be released from prison. Irregardless of a 15-year to life imprisonment, it will not qualify for her to be released from prison. 15 years to life only names that after serving 15 years she will be eligible only for a parole hearing. However, in Sydney cows mind,, she may be thinking that she will automatically be released from prison, but woe to her, because she will be mistaken that the Prison Walls, and the atmosphere of a darkened environment living among inmates just like her she will have to accept her punishment of the crime that she committed. And she whined and cried in court, and shedding those crocodile tears as usual, and displaying her frown on her face from the beginning of her trial to the end of her trial oh, well, she will find out fast that the prison guards, and this well, State Prison Warden oh, and also, especially the inmates are not going to tolerate her frowns and her continual pouting. These prison guards only job is to secure the inmates oh, that they are all protected from other inmates, and to keep the inmates in line, and to make sure that each inmate is following the rules of the prison.. once saved a Powell is assigned to her permanent home, or the prison she will start serving her sentence after going through a series of evaluations to determine her classification as a inmate. It was not appropriate That Sidney Powell was allowed to live with her grandparents/father, instead of being locked up. Many dependents do not have that privilege of waiting their trial on bond. Realistically, signore Powell's father should had imposed a bone Sydney that since she committed a murder escribe as of murdering her own mother, she needed to pay the consequences for her Indulgence to commit a crime. A punishment is no punishment if the guilty party is allowed to wait her trial for the past 3 years, and when she was convicted, that was when her bond was revoked oh, and she had to report to the city jail until she is transferred into the Department of Corrections. Sidney Powell has created for her family a difficult process and knowing that Sydney, consciously murdered her own mother. Life is going to be difficult for, Sidney Powell, because these past 3 years she had never been locked up in the city jail, and because of this, Sydney will have a difficult time adjusting to a different kind of life, that she will never again have the freedom to live at home with her family.. there should never have been Allowed by the judge to have granted a bond. She should have really spent these past 3 years locked up. Any other defendant would not have had that privilege to White his or her trial, and then their sentencing while remaining at home. Sidney Powell is just a spoiled,, and stubborn young lady. She will have plenty to think about, as time passes, the only thing that will be on her mind eventually as she sits in her prison cell looking at the four walls, that will be when the fact that she murdered her own mother will hit her in the face big time. There are always consequences for everything we do in life whether it is good or bad. I just pray to God that he will protect her from the other inmates, and then she we'll find a way in some small way to participate in programs that will help her to turn her life around. Her only hope is in Jesus Christ. Although, she may not realize it now, but eventually she may call upon the Lord. For survival. Not that God will release her from her criminal act, but that as she accepts her punishment for having committed a crime, that, Sidney Powell well as the Lord to forgive her of her sins, and that she will accept Jesus Christ as her personal savior. I just pray that as time passes by, and as Things become easier for her, that she herself will become a positive role model, as she begins to turn her life around for the good. Only time will tell.
It's sad that the mother's life didn't mean as much to her family as their daughters, the jury found her guilty and she needs to serve her time. It's obvious they would still love Sydney but unconditional ended when she murdered her mother.