If you think about it, there really is no concise way to write that headline. So much information to convey and there just isn’t a way to tighten that up.
Anyway, we mentioned previously, a woman in Philadelphia was charged with making a post on Facebook that offered “a stack” (that’s $1,000 if you aren’t familiar with street lingo) to someone who could kill her baby’s father. It was a brilliant scheme from the beginning and we don’t know how it could have possibly failed.
Well, 19-year old London Eley, has pleaded guilty to the act and will avoid prison time. She’s been convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and will serve a three-to-23-month parole sentence.
What made this all look bad was that Corey White, the baby’s father, was actually killed following this Facebook post. However, Eley and Timothy Bynum – aka the genius who said he’d do it – were both in custody at the time.
Phew!
Bynum’s attorney has rejected a similar deal to the one that Eley took, saying that his client thought the whole thing was a joke. Oh! A big misunderstanding, like a “Three’s Company” episode. Sure thing.
So, that’s our social media lesson of the day. If you’re going to hire someone to kill someone else, try not to do it on Facebook.