Kemel Richardson rejects plea offer in fatal Rome Denny's stabbing

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Kemel Richardson rejects plea offer in fatal Rome Denny's stabbing

By JOLEEN FERRIS

Story Created: Apr 23, 2008 at 12:05 PM EDT

Story Updated: Apr 23, 2008 at 12:29 PM EDT

UTICA - One of the men charged in a fatal fight in Rome that killed two people last month has rejected a plea offer.

Danny Hernandez and Judson Watkins were killed in the fight that happened outside Denny's Restaurant in Rome last month. Kemel Richardson is one of three people charged. He's the first to answer a plea offer from the district attorney's office.

Richardson turned down the offer of 15 years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea to manslaughter in the first-degree. The judge warned him: his exposure at trial is much longer.

"Seriously, you could receive it looks like upwards of 100 years here, do you understand that?" asked Judge Barry Donalty. "If you do not take this offer today you will not see it again, do you understand?"

A second man, Jameen Kelly, will answer a plea offer Thursday in Oneida County Court.

A third man, Joshua Diggs, will answer a plea offer in May.

Wednesday, May 14 at 9:02 PM the real wrote ...

anyone who kills, without a good cause, should see what the law is for...............but on the other hand, if its self defence... a even more real question...why did the officials allow the 2 victims who were obviousley fatally wounded... to lie on the ground to die instead of rushing them to rome hospitol...they let those boys lay there, bleeding...until they died ,no i.v ,no pressure to the wounds....it took them 15-20 min to pass ,it only takes 4 min tops to get to the hospitol

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Monday, Apr 28 at 8:37 AM J-Hood wrote ...

Danny and his friends were creeps as well. These guys have families too, all they were doing were defending themselves against this well known troublemaker Danny. What about the other 2 in this stabbing why aren't they being charged. From the way I hear it Mr. Richardson was a victim, he should not be a suspect. I mean you can't be both! You do the math

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Thursday, Apr 24 at 11:19 PM To Shirrice wrote ...

What are you saying? I don't understand?

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Thursday, Apr 24 at 8:32 AM shirrice wrote ...

OK I THINK THAT THESE BOYS SHOULDNY EVEN HAVE A PLEA OFFER I NO THAT IT WAS FIGHT N DANNY AND HIS FREINDS DID HAVE A PART IN IT BUT DANNY AND JUDSON HAS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND WE MISSI THEM ALOT AND I KNOW THAT THERES BEEN ALOT OF KILLING IN THER PAST 3 YEARS WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING TRYING 2 KILL SOME 1 ONCE A YEAR I THINK THAT THESE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE 25 TO LIFE WITH NO POROL

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