The murder trial of a young man charged in the beating death of a Chicago honor student is set to get under way.
CHICAGO (AP) — The murder trial of a young man charged in the beating death of a Chicago honor student is set to get under way. Opening statements are scheduled for Monday for Silvonus Shannon, one of several teens charged in the 2009 death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert. The first defendant in the case, a 15-year-old boy, was convicted last month in juvenile court. Shannon is the first defendant being tried as an adult. Prosecutors say Shannon and the others were part of a mob that descended on Albert as he made his way home from school in September 2009. On a video captured by a cell phone camera, Albert is seen being punched, slammed over the head with large boards, kicked and finally stomped on his head. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
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