Karmelo Anthony Trial: Jury Given Chance To Show Mercy, They Chose Otherwise
How Men Think
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🗓️ 10 June 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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A Texas jury deliberated for 2 and a half hours, quickly returning a guilty verdict for 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony who was visibly shaking in court. Anthony, who is black, was convicted of first degree murder of fellow teen Austin Matcalf, who is white. A jury with no black members then rejected a “sudden passion” option that would’ve reduced Anthony’s sentence, instead, the jury came back with a 35 year sentence for the tearful teen.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Wednesday, June 10th. |
| 0:08.9 | And it was a swift trial, a swift verdict and swift sentencing for Carmelo Anthony. |
| 0:16.3 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:19.2 | Robe in one week. We go through trial, verdict, and sentencing. |
| 0:25.1 | And in a trial that makes so many headlines, Robes, the new headlines today are about his punishment. |
| 0:30.1 | Yes, Carmelo Anthony, the jury handed it to him. Not only did they convict him of first-degree murder, they then also rejected |
| 0:40.7 | this notion that he could have been in a sudden passion moment. Actually, it's a legal term, |
| 0:48.7 | sudden passion, where you can actually give someone a reduced sentence. I guess it would have |
| 0:53.7 | put his actions in a second degree |
| 0:55.9 | felony versus a first degree. So they could have sentenced him to less. They rejected that as well. |
| 1:01.7 | They could have given him manslaughter. They rejected that as well. So Carmelo Anthony essentially |
| 1:06.5 | is getting the worst punishment that he could possibly get. Yes, there could have been some more |
| 1:10.3 | years onto this sentence. But the judge, excuse me, the judgment from the jurors is that now 19-year-old |
| 1:18.4 | Carmelo Anthony should spend 35 years in prison. That is the sentence he has been given. I think |
| 1:24.5 | Robs I did see as well that he has to serve at least half of that |
| 1:28.6 | before any consideration of parole. But the this case, rope, they rejected everything, essentially |
| 1:38.1 | that the defense put forward about his age, about his mindset, about his intent, about his self-defense. |
| 1:48.9 | Robes, every option they had to be lenient on this kid, they passed on it. |
| 1:54.1 | Oh, that's true. |
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