Sydney Powell sentenced for mom's brutal murder in Akron

Sydney Powell, a 23-year-old Akron woman who was found guilty in the murder of her own mother, will learn her fate today as she’s sentenced in the case by Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Kelly McLaughlin.
This is live video of Powell's sentencing hearing.
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[@lifewith9cats153]

It's a shame that the victim has less support than the person who killed her. Rest in peace Brenda. Your community will miss you and your invaluable contributions.

[@cheryllutz6768]

i agree 100%. to me it is a slap in the face of the victim. she was savagely murdered by her daughter who tried to get away with it. shame on the family.

[@Melthornal]

Because the situation isn't simple. If I were the governor I would change the sentence to mental health help.

[@alisha8586]

That's exactly what I was going to say very sad. The mom had zero support at all not one person wanted to speak about her instead they were more concerned about the killer getting out of prison getting a less sentence. How disgusting is this family. We're all the mothers voice she deserved nothing less then justice.

[@cheryllutz6768]

@@alisha8586 what i saw of this family was sickening. notice the brother never spoke.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

@@cheryllutz6768 yet again, you show YOUR true self. Smh

[@beachgirl468]

.I think the Judge was too lenient. Who the h*ll kills their own mother for absolutely no reason?????? So many people have lost their mother and would give anything to have her back, and this psycho bludgeons and stabs her mother to death- because she was afraid of her mother finding out she was kicked out of college- WHAT????? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard

[@digitalwasabi2]

That judge was a real piece of work.

[@eustab.anas-mann9510]

She should get married and have children with Chandler Halderson. Then put their kids through college. I wonder what would happen?😂

[@robinbond7878]

I would give most anything to have my parents back!

[@cheryllutz6768]

ive seen murders for far less. im surprized they didnt find evidence of google searches how to do this or get away with it.

[@TheSybil47]

@@eustab.anas-mann9510 You'll be watching her cry in court again, with the headline: "Mother killed all her children, and husband".

[@angie4justice]

This judge was too lenient!!! What about the VICTIM!!?? They are treating the murderer like a victim it’s absolutely abhorrent!

[@TheSybil47]

In this case the younger brother is the victim. The father, and grandmother is completely absorbed in fixing little Humpty Dumpty, and I wonder if he's being neglected. Collateral damage.

[@samirar1990]

white privilege

[@plantbasedministries9233]

Its white privilege. Happens every day.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

cut her some slack. her mom was murdered...too soon??

[@ryanciani3324]

theres nothing to say about her. shes dead. what do you think she was gonna say? she was talented at cooking? she didnt know her

[@cking3443]

What a joke…she cry’s for herself not her poor mother …

[@lovepet4565]

And cant even say how much she loved her

[@niania7022]

@@Ann.1686 This is why so many so-called children are getting away with murder, literally. They keep them children forever. At 18, they become adults and now even say they are at 26 still children. These YOUNG ADULTS should know right from wrong. If they don’t, the system failed them, not just the parents. I knew right from wrong from a very young age, especially killing my parents.

[@lovepet4565]

@@Ann.1686 I mean ecen with an appeal? You could profusely apologize and state ur love!??? Something aint right with that family

[@maryanngogan3732]

@@Ann.1686I never saw any tears. I saw her acting then look up to see who was watching then pretend cry again

[@robinbond7878]

@@Ann.1686 She was crying with absolutely zero tears. Maybe she can start a theater group in prison. They can present murder mystery weekends!

[@justmejo9008]

Sidney is no different than any other murderer. Court cost, jail time should be the same for her and her family!

[@blitzmom2674]

they had the money for experts and lawyers to get her off, and once she didn't get off, they stick it to the taxpayer. How is this fair?

[@LIGal398]

@@blitzmom2674 Good point

[@andyslater2320]

Court cost for the family? Maybe so.

[@rachellehardy3964]

Shame on the court! Murder convictions are a joke when the judge literally lets them off easy. What about Brenda????????????? Absolutely disgusting!

[@gloperez8741]

They listened to the fact that the family didn't want to prosecute!Let's just all send our family member's to beg for our mercey why don't we and it's like Oh Wow this Sydney has the first set of parents grandparent's family that loves her so let's do for her ! Forget Brenda, Now how do they know what a dead Victim wants? Shame on them Shame ! The public did and cared more for Brenda than that idiotic family!

[@TheSybil47]

@@gloperez8741 I can't stop wondering, what if there was a break into the house, and it was some random young dude. What would Steven Powel have wanted? What would he have said, if that young man go on vacation, and play with horses all day long, relaxing at Grandma's with applepies, and whatnot. Brenda hated her daughter the minute that fryingpan hit her head the first time. We know that, and thanks to us, Brenda's name is not forgotten in this sickening show. R.I.P. Brenda. Now we fight for the young son! Forget this evildoer.

[@XtraSpirit]

@@TheSybil47well said

[@Nichol0824]

Right and if she supposedly didn’t have control over what she did, why wouldn’t she do it to ANYONE else, her mom was supposedly her BEST FRIEND,….. I mean DAMN, if you could brutally stab your mom/best friend over and over and over again, after you smacked her with a frying pan killing her, she deserves life, no parole… this defense attorney is disgusting. What if it was your family member she killed? And her FAMILY, maybe they all need to get checked for mental problems if they are supportive to Sydney and I guess screw the REAL VICTIM Just disgusting.

[@LinkRocks]

Calm down, she's never getting out of prison.

[@juanacastillo7154]

The jurors desicion has not been respected in this case.😡

[@slowpoke96Z28]

the jurors didn't lose a familymember, or respect the victim's family's wishes, so f 'em.

[@lisayork2624]

She was treated far more leniently than Chandler Halderson and Grant Amato.

[@Tassie85]

Her tears and being female swayed the judge, unfortunately

[@coll4455]

This!

[@omarayyash3275]

the judge is female though (and I think it's fitting the judge is female and not male for this kind of thing).@@Tassie85

[@tkh1231]

Her mother had to have suffered greatly while she was bashing her head in with a frying pan and the handle broke off. Then she used a knife to finish off the job. She knew exactly what she was doing and why she was doing it. She should have atleast received 30 yrs. Hopefully they will keep denying her parole.

[@coll4455]

It was a cast iron skillet the handle didn’t break off she decided to get the knife to insure her mother would die. It’s actually more horrifying that the handle didn’t break. They showed the skillet she used in court she’s a disgusting monster

[@TheSybil47]

@@coll4455 People who have murdered always say, the person was making the most horrible noises. She probably wanted to stop those gurgling sounds, of blood rushing, and then went for the knife. How awfull!

[@Theodore81547]

​@@coll4455disgusting? Really? She's quite beautiful, articulate and id marry her if I wasn't already married. If I was in Ohio, single, I'd marry her in a heartbeat 💓

[@peonypink9149]

I couldn’t agree more @txh1231 I hope they contribute to deny her parole - what a piece of work.

[@bannanna.]

When she heard "concurrent" her face changed. This MF is not insane, she's just a good actress.

[@peonypink9149]

100% right. She had the presence of mind to attempt deception to wiggle out of responsibility for the crime. She was not and is not insane. That family have thrown the murder victim under the bus by trying to minimise their own pain at having their relative in prison. Her sentence was far too short.

[@snengelman]

She’ll probably get out in her 30s, the years of life that the majority of people claim to love most. She doesn’t deserve that luxury. Why does she get to enjoy her life after taking one? Especially that of a family member! This wasn’t mental illness, this was a very conscious and deliberate act where she also had the capacity and wherewithal to stage the scene afterward. To have to say that she killed her mom all due to having trouble in college is absolutely wild and bizarre. The victim in this case has been forgotten, sadly and I hope karma strikes Sydney in prison.

[@catherinethemba]

Let's hope the other moms jump her.

[@catherinethemba]

She'll be out in 9 years. So unfair.

[@cheryllutz6768]

and go home to a loving family while the victim is in a cold grave.@@catherinethemba

[@truthseeker375]

She even wishes her ‘good luck’! 🙄 You could tell throughout the trial that she was acting and faking reactions! There is no such thing as justice 😞

[@faithintheunseen1294]

Take comfort in the fact that, WHO WILL EVER WANT TO BE WITH HERRR??? She murdered her MOTHER & it's out there forever for the whole world to see. She'll never have a job or anything else of value for that matter.

[@catherineveazey2654]

This is gotta be a joke right? What about Brenda? What about the victim?

[@Toby76724]

This is about Sydney, Brenda is gone, they only care about Sydney now, thatpoor lil piece of trash is the victim in their eyes… sickening!

[@pretzelboi64]

Brenda was probably not liked by anyone in the family. We all know a POS parent like that who nobody would cry about it they were killed. Some people think they can just treat their child however they see fit with no consequences whatsoever

[@ryanciani3324]

what about her shes dead. theres nothing to do

[@basictimmy5945]

What a disgrace that judge is. Failed Brenda and the community. Sad

[@slowpoke96Z28]

Everyone in the community, everyone, who knew Brenda said leniency is what she would've wanted. Like two attorneys said, not a single person came to the court to face the judge and say otherwise. I could see if opinions of the people who knew the murder victim were split, but everyone to say the same thing? I think the murder victim was not failed in the trial.

[@peonypink9149]

I agree with you @basictimmy5945 . Brenda has been failed as her life was cut shorted in the most violent way - havjng her skull caved in and 30 stab wounds to the throat. The community is failed when murder is treated so lightly that it’s seriousness if devalued and the punishment doesn’t fit the crime….

[@ryanciani3324]

she didnt fail. shes sending sydney to jail for most likely the rest of her life

[@Indiartworks]

Im sorry, but how dare the defense attorney suggest that the state did anything wrong by prosecuting a murder simply because the murderers family doesnt want them to! Jesus, she was found GUILTY because she is GUILTY! The whole "insanity" thing was/ is ridiculous. There was never a sign of mental illness bedore she murdered her Mother! She deserves to be sentenced just like anyone else who committed a murder deswrves to be She is a murderer!!!!

[@TheSybil47]

That's what happens if a Father, and Grandmother have no regard for the community at large. They teach Sydney to change the laws, if the law doesn't fit her. Yes, you may go out, you don't have to see the details of your heinous crime. I mean, what did we just witness? The defense lawyer took some punches at the prosecutor, but he's got no credibility. The jury is far more wise than him, and the family. They think of the community, and they think what's the best way to teach Sydney something her family doesn't want her to learn.

[@peonypink9149]

Absolutely agree. Her sentence was too lenient. The community is betrayed if the crime of murder is not taken seriously. She was not insane and knew right from wrong.

[@cindyg3396]

Unbelievable! What does this say to all the kids who have issues and hate their parents? The judge got it wrong. Poor Brenda, may she rest in peace.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

that their parents better get some act right.

[@peonypink9149]

@@slowpoke96Z28try again. It says the kids will get a pass for murder when their parents hold them accountable….. absolutely wrong.

[@ryanciani3324]

shes going to jail for 15 years to life. what do you want? a dancing lobster? this isnt the amanda show

[@ashleykane4951]

Wow, so it is ok for her not to have to repay any court cost? Why is she so special? I’m sorry but the jurors got it correct, and the Judge just gave her the least possible sentence!!! Shameful!!! They care more about Sydney than they did for Brenda!!! That makes me sick, Brenda mattered to alot of people!!!

[@robinbond7878]

Totally agree!

[@XxDyneXxFreeEnergyx]

Why did she not have to pay any court cost you ask? That's because Sydney's 3 year bond which her dad generously paid covers that hence why she wasn't fined because they already paid towards that with Sydney's bond $$$$$

[@susiewesley3063]

Says a lot (to me anyway) that she never once looked over at her family members. She cries for herself to her attorney, yet never acknowledges the very people who have supported her through all of this.

[@TheSybil47]

Maybe now that she's finally feeling the consequences of her evildoeings, they will have time to get to their senses, and realise they have a son to take care of. That Sydney is selfish. Didn't even look at them. The poor father, and Grandmother left the courtroom completely bewildered.

[@donnaj257]

I have said this before and I will say it again, something is not right with the whole family. So much we don’t know. I believe anyone who murders another, has mental issues. She will be out in 15 and if she does not get the proper medical treatment, her life will be very hard on her as well as those who supported her.

[@TheSybil47]

@@donnaj257 A living hell. Why, oh why?

[@LIGal398]

@@donnaj257 Agree 💯.My theory? Sidney and Brenda did not have as rosy a relationship as everyone said. Dad was a completely checked out father who left the parenting to Brenda. Was he also checked out as a husband? A neighbor described him as a total jerk. Brenda spent an inordinate amount of time at work and sacrificed her special family time (Xmas Eve) to help. Yes that makes her a wonderful person but that is a red flag to me. How did Brenda miss all the signs that something was wrong? She has the 360 App But all she does is pressure her about not losing the scholarship. Why doesn't she get in the dam car and drive 30 minutes? I think Brenda was furious when she confronted Sidney and let her have it. In turn, I believe Sidney became enraged. To her it was a betrayal that her mom didn't understand that she was drowning. She snapped from what I believe was years of anger built up toward tone-deaf Brenda and absentee dad. But she was not psychotic.

[@donnaj257]

@@LIGal398 you hit it spot on..

[@maryannmorris5688]

Let me get this straight her attorney thinks it’s appalling that Sydney is even being convicted. Her family thinks she should let her go free. The mom should not have justice she deserves. They wouldn’t think that way if she turned against 2 or 3 more in the family. I can’t believe that the mom would want her daughter get by with mur/er. Sounds to me like the mom was going to get in the daughter’s business for lying to her about school.

[@TheSybil47]

What we have witnessed is sickening. This made such an impression on me, that I'm shaken. That defense attorney is arrogant, and didn't like it that the jury was not convinced by his arguments, his expert, nothing. That's why he's acting like an idiot.

[@flamingpitchfork9168]

That entire deluded family has mental issues, all budding sociopaths.

[@trippinwiththefergusons2913]

@@TheSybil47 You are so right. I wonder if the husband or a stranger would have murdered her, how would they react?

[@peonypink9149]

Absolutely right.

[@MomMom-ys1oc]

She is crying for herself, not for her dead mom. Her relatives are beyond the pale too. They deserve each other!

[@justlindalol]

I find that all of Sydney's crying is fake. I have NEVER seen a tear the whole trial. Her family is nuts supporting her. What about MOM? this sickens me

[@thetruth5914]

Rest in peace Brenda

[@TheSybil47]

@@justlindalol What about little brother? This people drives me nuts!

[@LovelyMels1]

This young woman is not being held responsible for murdering her mom. Instead her and her family are acting as if the court has wronged her. How sad.

[@myfatcatelliott8840]

This judge was far too lenient. This girl is a master manipulator, and if she was a young man, she would not have received such leniency.

[@Toby76724]

She probably got paid off by the family, also they probably got everyone to say they would not vote for her in the future if she would have given her what she deserved

[@juanacastillo7154]

Justice has not been served. 😭RIP BRENDA 🙏❣️🙏

[@TheSybil47]

@@Ann.1686 A very bad example, indeed. Young people already watch all these videos on how to kill. Look at that boy who killed the 13 year old cheerleader, ice-cold. Parents must start treating knives, and pans as dangerous weapons. We should all put that out of reach, behind lock, and key. The kids are coming for us. Sydney will be their leader.

[@ryanciani3324]

shes going to jail. what more do you want? a live performance by harry styles?

[@juanacastillo7154]

No cost and No Justice for a cold killer .😡

[@wendicarpenter5635]

She is a complete psychopath with zero conscience an anyone who brutally murders a good mother the way she did an tried to cover it up should never be allowed in our society.

[@justlindalol]

This is hard to listen about how the family supports Sydney so much. What about mom? A great woman that she murdered. She deserves life in prison and nothing less. The family should be ashamed of themselves sorry.

[@TheSybil47]

This is the first case I've watched, where there were no victim impact statements. I felt so bad for poor Brenda. She gave her everything to that man, and he just took. Oh, Brenda will fix this, Oh Brenda is so good at that, and what is he good at? Taking her for granted, if you ask me.

[@ecee.1811]

You are right but I think if the mom survived, even she would not want her child to go to prison...

[@rhondacreason9871]

She was sick mentally

[@TheSybil47]

@@rhondacreason9871 But, having grown up in a family who are devoted Christians she knows the 10 commandments. She was also old enough to just move out. This was a senseless, heartless, and selfish murder. Think of her little brother, now without a mother.

[@rhondacreason9871]

@@TheSybil47 I agree but her mental illness didn't think about her brother at the moment

[@MortgageGirl7]

37:34 wow Sydney father is pissed! 😡 sounds like he is calling the prosecutor an arsehole- she got the minimum concurrent sentence no court cost -he should be happy. 🤦‍♀️

[@MortgageGirl7]

@@jamiediamond420 They truly act like the courts put away a young child. She is an adult who brutally murdered her mother and made up lies to cover it up. I don’t think she is mentally insane I feel she has a serious personality disorder. The anger he shows the prosecutor should be directed at his daughter. Because she made the choice to murder.

[@blitzmom2674]

@@MortgageGirl7 Well we know where she learned her entitlement from, don't we?

[@MortgageGirl7]

@@blitzmom2674 definitely, thankful we have the justice system to step in and protect the community. She has so much to learn and needs to be separated from these enablers. She plays all of them for a fool. I feel for Brenda the one person who loved her so much that she called her out on her lies. This whole family needs family management counseling.

[@LeslieFroelich]

I think the parents of this slug are money worshipers frankly.

[@alyciaesposito9013]

The only person failed today is the victim 😞

[@mickwein3359]

Kinda hypocritical. Defense asked for therapeutic facility placement but had no problems SP walking free for years. Shame not one family member couldn't muster honor to BP, even without bashing to SP.

[@kabra72]

Didn't her lawyer say that she was like a daughter to him?..but he was quick to leave her...🤣🤣

[@Swansong321]

IKR!🙄typical LAWYER!😂...Sydney who?!😂

[@Indiartworks]

This sentence is a joke! No respect for the victim at all.

[@ryanciani3324]

15 years to life in jail is a joke? ok then

[@jamielauro2623]

The sentence served no justice to the community!!!

[@sharw9621]

This defense lawyer is smug and awful. How dare he try to so deceitful as to suggest the living relatives are the victims, rather than Brenda for whom he seeks no justice and basically tramples over her importance.

[@Vikinggirl1968]

These lawyers think they know what her mother would want ?? I am sure she wanted to be stabbed a beaten with a cast iron pan !!! What is wrong with this family and lawyers ?? RIP Brenda 🙏🙏

[@peonypink9149]

Absolutely right. It’s a disgrace. I hope that girl sees some justice in prison for murdering her mother over nothing….

[@susanr5967]

One of the weirdest families I’ve seen. Not even a thought or concern for the victim. No one even spoke up for the victim at all in sentencing. This family should really re-evaluate their behavior and it makes me wonder what that poor brother is going through when poor little Sydney is getting all the support for being a savage killer! I’ve never seen a killer who was so coddled by everyone in a courtroom. That father seemed totally clueless and unemotional, strange. Would they feel the same way if it was a stranger who came in the house and slaughtered poor Brenda? Like send the killer to a farm to enjoy the rest of their lives. Crazy

[@chuckweber542]

15 to life Is a weak sentence.this was a horrible crime.i would have gave her life and maybe parole after 35 years.

[@williamwatson6718]

Hope she gets everything she deserves in jail a spoiled little girl you could see that with her whole family supporting her. Where does the respect for the poor mother Brenda come into this. God bless you Brenda I feel the court let your memory down . R.I.P

[@IRAM_rehman]

She should of got more

[@Victoria-wz9ub]

That defence lawyer was arrogant.

[@anneperry9014]

He's a bell end!!!!!🙄

[@bernimunro1299]

She's so entitled her family is beyond mad

[@hopeful8975]

And I'm afraid her family will pamper her while she is in prison because they feel sorry for her. I hope she comes to fully understand what she has done and get the help she needs.

[@blitzmom2674]

@@hopeful8975 Help should come second behind repentance and I don't see any of that from her. Those tears were for herself, not for the brutal slaying of her mother.

[@peonypink9149]

She should have a much longer sentence. The community and Brenda have been betrayed by not upholding the seriousness of the crime.

[@physics4290]

Psychopathy evolving from narcissism, no impulse control, and extreme emotional and social immaturity. I understand that her family love her, but they are the last people who can help her. She should never have been released to them on bond. The sooner she has structure and consequences, the better the chance she could improve.

[@blitzmom2674]

she start manipulating the guards in the jail. Poor little her is how she'll play it.

[@LeslieFroelich]

I'd like to hear the authorities explain how this criminal got bail too. Very fishy.

[@blitzmom2674]

@@LeslieFroelich I agree on that. A person who had a psychotic break and brutally murdered a family member, supposedly the closest person to her in the world, was let out even as they were still tweaking her medication. I don't think she was schizophrenic. Though my opinion means nothing. But because she then staged a crime scene. And she was researching how long it takes to bleed out before the murders, and other topics when she was staying in hotels. I think she had a fit of rage when her perfect image of herself was challenged when her mother got on the phone to talk to her college. Then she killed her. Same as any other of these kids who flunk out of college then come home and kill their parents.

[@blitzmom2674]

if the community is so behind dear Sydney, then why doesn't the community that supports her cover the court costs privately? Why should taxpayers pay for her lying defense? She should have pled out, and saved the taxpayers the cost of a trial.

[@Born_inthe_usa]

Wow - these judges are so soft - this country has gone down hill. These girls are disgraceful and the family is even more so. Cry baby !

[@juliomedina7553]

All of these lawyers that are there to defend their client's always want to say that their clients have mental issues. Me looking from the outside this girl doesn't have any mental issues what she has is a case of entitlement. RIP to her mom.

[@VanessaKittredge]

What was the sentence? I can’t watch because it will make me sick how they’ve made the perpetrator the victim and completely ignored the mothers validity and memory. Poor Brenda 😢

[@epinkus]

She killer her mother…. Our court system is broken. Where is the justice for the poor mother. This is so shameful!

[@Tassie85]

Her tears have swayed the court. That separates her from other family annihilators. If she was a male who did not cry constantly and did not look a mess, this would be LWOP. She mutilated her own mother and then tried to cover it up. Her gender and in-court behaviour should have had no bearing on her sentence. Ridiculous. One more thing: I am Canadian and, horribly, she would be out in 2-3 years, probably. Our penal system does not believe in punishment but only rehabilitation. She would have only to participate in counseling and keep her nose clean - I have seen terrible criminals receive minimal sentences only to get released almost immediately. Again, ridiculous.

[@internetperson4607]

The extreme result of participation trophies. She wanted to be in the sorority without having to actually arise to the level of requirement to be in it (attend school). She couldn’t take the L and just go get a job - so she killed her mom.

[@winkydinker8160]

Justice was not served. Disgrace to our country.

[@jamielauro2623]

This judge should step down

[@internetperson4607]

So the community is going to pay for her attorney and her court costs and the wages of everyone who ran this show - while she gets a slap on the wrist.

[@justmejo9008]

Well her lawyers performance of playing daddy paid off 🤬 this is what brought Sydney here in the first place.. no accountability, no consequences and people making excuses for her. This judge made a huge emotional error in my opinion. Why no court costs❓poor real dad shouldn’t have to pay so Sydney does not carry the burden of knowing she has also financially hurt her family UGH THIS WAS PATHETIC

[@LeslieFroelich]

I think making the dad pay court costs would have hurt him VERY MUCH. they had their daughter declared indigent for the purpose of saving their precious money.

[@brewsandbass5572]

She won the Justice lottery.

[@tamimoncrief2264]

Judge too lenient, the murdered mother didnt get justice.

[@Hursey97]

Good luck Ms. Powell?! While she said nothing about Brenda. What in the hell?! It’s shameful how personal her defense attorney took this case and treated her like his own daughter. You could see his angry leaking through while talking about the prosecutions recommendation. What about the safety of the community?! It’s absurd for him to claim her actions should only matter to the direct family of the victim.

[@levinshyeh]

It’s very disgusting to hear what they are calling the prosecution at the end. Those two men worked to earn justice for the poor victim of this crime.

[@Peaceb111]

She killed her mom with a pan and a knife, what a horrible way and to see your own child doing this to you! It just breaks my heart for this mom 🙏

[@leslielopez474]

never seen anyone cry so much during trial.

[@BarbaraDavis-zt5zk]

A crybaby,,,,shut up and take your sentence like a woman

[@blitzmom2674]

And always for herself. She cried when the prosecution was up, and was giggling and smiling when defense witnesses, like her teacher were up.

[@anneperry9014]

Pity me please!!!!🙄

[@flamingpitchfork9168]

Sydney is a classic sociopath, narcissistic, given to fits of rage when they don't get what they want. Sociopaths also cry rivers to simulate behaviors of normal ppl to get what they want. Lock her up and throw away the key.

[@omarayyash3275]

and what caused her to become that way, what lead her down that path?

[@robinbond7878]

@@omarayyash3275 Psychopaths and narcissists don’t need a reason. I will say that children are not born narcissistic. They are created that way through circumstances in their childhood. Usually at least one of their parents is a narcissist. The people that worked with and knew her mother had nothing but nice things to say about her mom. The neighbors weren’t to fond of her dad.

[@omarayyash3275]

still doesn't make it right that it's this way...Evil should never be around.@@robinbond7878

[@omarayyash3275]

and also does it make it right that people become psychopaths or narcissists especially a teenage girl? Who or what's to blame for it? People are blaming these teenage girls, but why would a girl kill someone?@@robinbond7878

[@LeslieFroelich]

can you tell me where the info is about what the neighbors thought, please? @@robinbond7878

[@josimpson7999]

Long after she’s served her sentence (whatever that will end up being), she will have to live with the dreadful knowledge for the rest of her days, that she brutally murdered her own mother. That’s her life sentence.

[@stepheneurosailor1623]

Yes true, yet many on these message boards seek revenge, revenge is not ⚖justice she needs help outside of the prison system...not in it.

[@robinbond7878]

She is an evil narcissist, she feels absolutely nothing. Didn’t you notice in court when she had the chance to speak in court, she neither showed remorse for what she did, nor did she thank her family for their support.

[@blitzmom2674]

@@stepheneurosailor1623 it isn't revenge to expect her to get life in prison. She was a calculating murderer, who staged a coverup. She deserves all of her sentence and more.

[@msangelz]

What happens to all the young people who don’t have a prestigious life and don’t come from a supportive but an abusive family, they commit a crime and have mental health do they receive leniency, do they get hugs from their attorneys, do they get sympathy from community! 😮

[@Moto88.]

Did anyone else hear someone on Sydney’s side (plaid shirt guy I think) call the prosecutor some names as he walked out? I heard two words being used (a-word and p-word). Very disrespectful while in the courtroom if he did.

[@Angela-xo5kh]

That's her dad. I heard it. This is one messed up family.

[@MortgageGirl7]

Yup I just posted the same thing. Unbelievable!

[@donnaj257]

A very narcissistic family

[@blitzmom2674]

@@Angela-xo5kh YEah, checked out Dad who left his wife to be slaughtered, when he was so scared of dear daughter that he left his phone at the office so she wouldn't know he was coming to the house to confront her.

[@Angela-xo5kh]

@@blitzmom2674 100% agree, and he never uttered a kind word about his wife while on the stand. Sydney is a woman, not a little girl, and Dad wasn't man enough to deal with her. This wasn't a one-off. Sydney has been a problem for a long while.

[@boymom3434]

Oh my goodness. Why so lenient? I don’t get it. She murdered her mother. Where is the support for Brenda ??

[@robinbond7878]

She should share a cell with Chandler Halderson. They are two Peas in a pod. He did exactly the same thing for the same reason only he shot both of his parents. I don’t buy all of these lamé stories about how she is so very mentally ill and didn’t know what she was doing. It all goes to “presence of mind”. Pretending to be her own mother when her school called back on the phone. She had to find the cast iron skillet in the kitchen. Then, did she run back up Stairs and get a stake knife? I rather doubt that her parents kept a collection in their bedroom. After her dad notified her that the police were on the way, staging the crime scene, by going outside and breaking the window from the outside so that the glass would fall inside the house. In all of this coddling of this evil brat, the only person who has been brushed aside is the victim, her own mother. I believe she is a total threat to society. If she can snap like that, and take the life of someone that she supposedly loved, she wouldn’t think twice about taking the life of someone else. Her “ supportive family” is every bit as crazy as they say that she is. Obviously, it’s hereditary!

[@BarbaraDavis-zt5zk]

It's crazy

[@omarayyash3275]

why are these things happening?

[@lillzzzzz-j5h]

Disgusting!!! No one said anything about Brenda

[@physics4290]

Disneyland parenting, kid gloves and dulcet tones were not good for this woman's childhood development. Involving your child in an all-consuming, specialized, competitive travel sport is bad for both their body and character. Those head injuries from soccer may be a component of her impulse control issues. We will never know if she has CTE without an autopsy. Children need some alone time to learn who they are and to develop independence. Encourage them to volunteer in the community by reading to the blind, working in a soup kitchen, or counseling kids with intellectual disabilities in summer camps. Sydney's family and attorney seem to think that a 23-year-old woman crying incessantly like a 4-year-old signifies that she needs mental health treatment. She has been medicated for depression for over three years at this point. It isn't about the depression. It is about them infantilizing an adult because she happens to be a petite female. It's about her manipulating them with this ridiculous crying behavior. She was doing that in the immediate aftermath of the murder while she was lying her head off, and she is still doing it three years later after treatment. Someone needs to sit her down and explain that no one in the real world will accept this behavior from someone who isn't 4 years old anymore.

[@LIGal398]

You can't be serious about her being involved in sports. Just when we get to the point of getting young gals to focus on something other than looks, clothes and being popular, you think competitive sports is bad for the body and character! It's the opposite. It teaches healthy competition, team building, discipline, fitness, goal setting, learning to lose. Should girls go back to just cheerleading the boys??? You obviously have no clue about teens. Sydney was indeed suffering from depression her freshman year. And her tone deaf parents missed it. The drop in grades, isolated behavior. But she was not mentally ill at the time of the murder IMO. She was angry and she snapped.

[@wendelavanbeurden3537]

Yes 100% agree , read my reply from a message from her mother for the family justice and Sydney..

[@LIGal398]

@@wendelavanbeurden3537 Where?

[@wendelavanbeurden3537]

@@LIGal398 @wendelavanbeurden3537 49 minutes ago She got what her mother wanted for her, at least 9 years in jail....Justice is served! Listen what her own mother Brenda is saying about Sydney! "If she doesn't get a hard enough sentence, if she just gonna revert to that childlike state and stay there to avoid feeling her feelings. It's almost like from her mother's eyes I would say, it's like she does need some jail time she needs a hard sentence because she has to snap out of regressing back into the childlike state, or she's never gone make in in the world no matter what. But there is also a feeling with the world reverse of like I don't want her to live in there forever and obviously it's not her mom's choice, but like she must get some punishment so she has a chance here to getting it together. Because if she just got a slap on het wrist she's gonna regress back into that childlike state and never come out of it. Because she doesn't have the one who was able to pull her out of it into be there to help her (her mom Brenda) She ( mom Brenda ) wants her at least at 9 years in jail! There has to be consequences to protect her, like if there's not hard enough consequences it's like putting her more in danger because she is a danger to herself of being out in the world looking like an adult but having the mind of a child like. It's like she needs Now she needs Now consequences that is what I would say.. Mom tot Sidney "She just needed to listen, saying like you take advice and directions so well! All you needed to do was talk to me and we would have came up with a solution Advice listen to the whole video it explains all .. how Sidney thought and now thinks (wanting insanity) etc. KZbin this video by: Ashley The Reckoning Co video 593: SYDNEY POWELLStabbed Trial;" Energy Read on Her Mindset.

[@physics4290]

@@LIGal398 Her family was masking her psychopathy. The elements of narcissism are overt in this case. The loss of impulse control could be from head injuries from soccer, if it is chronic traumatic encephalopathy CTE. I did not say sports were bad for kids. I said specialized travel sports were bad for kids. There is a ton of data that shows this. They get repetitive injuries. These sports injuries are a huge burden to the health care system that no one wants to mention. And these kids get bored of one sport and avoid physical activity later in life. Psychopaths have no zone of stability in their lives. Both their family and work lives are chaotic. This was exposed when she was separated from her family. That crying is not about depression. She has been treated for depression for three years and she is still doing that. It's malingering.

[@tessielou9617]

#JusticeForBrenda there has been no justice for the victim in this case. Many families of murderers don't want them in prison for lo g sentences. This is just wrong. This girl knew exactly what she was doing g and did it with deliberation.

[@maryannmorris5688]

Sounds like anyone that wants to out a family member. can go to whatever state this is, make sure to get the same judge. That way you can get off with a slap on the wrist. Make sure you take the family members that doesn’t care.

[@mickwein3359]

Not a future risk? What?

[@Traceishere]

any normal teenager would NOT KILL ,, their mother, who would it be next time,

[@jillijane9793]

I really have a hard time believing that police officers sent letters for leniency, the only one would be the cop that is friends with the father. Amazing, now that they don't have any money left this lawyer who "loves her" will no longer work for her appeal and requests a public defender

[@alanweinstein8625]

Yeah, my thoughts too about her lawyer not doing the appeal.

[@anavetteflower8133]

Crying for herself🙄🙄

[@brittC2013]

Damn this is crazy! The family act like she didn’t kill her mom!!!!! Wtf you can’t just act out and now wanna start crying!!!!!! I’m so blown. This family must be the fathers side?

[@kathy1149]

Yes

[@morganf2479]

No, Brenda’s mom has been there supporting Sydney the whole time.

[@SinaloaTacos]

They are.

[@SinaloaTacos]

A psychotic family indeed lock em all up!

[@VeronicaManielle_Morte-ot8js]

I cannot understand why this murderer is getting such special treatment. Baffles my brain.

[@BarbaraDavis-zt5zk]

They said nothing about the mom,,,,,,all about her crying ass,,,, sleep well Brenda 🙏🙏🙏

[@HotMessExpress4.0]

omfg "show her grace" & the defense attorney "finds it appaling" what I find appaling is how everyone but defense is trying to hold her accountble what about showing Brenda grace?!? wtffff this attorney seems bit too close or imo has been another manipulated by Sydney & imo shouldn't matter she has no legal record which imo speaks volumes that her 1st offense is m*rdering her mom simply bc she was about to get caught in a lie😮 thats more terrifying imo than fact she doesn't hv a a record that she can so easily flip her shiii & k!ll someone so close with no thought & shes only ever shown real emotion in regards to herself...ofc she suffers from mental health issues to so brutally attack someone lk that but shes was not insane at the time

[@lunarphoenixforyourface]

You're so right. And having prison time hanging over your head for 4 years would probably make you pretty mental too. Doesn't matter to me. And what you said about the defense attorney is true- these attorneys who know their cases are televised (like Jose Baez) are really playing it up- so that the next time someone with money does something stupid, they'll say "Hey, get me that attorney who defended the psycho mom-killing brat so passionately."

[@BCGirl822]

@@lunarphoenixforyourfaceyes I thought of how he’s similar to Jose Baez earlier today! You’re spot on!!

[@stephwiller9089]

The family are not the VICTIM. They are the victim's family. But they are also the killers family. Family can forgive a lot and be in denial about reality. Edit: Of course they are all about listening to the victims when they're asking for leniency but when they push for harsher sentences they are ignored.

[@newnana9070]

This is what you get when you raise an entitled child!!! She’s crying for herself throughout the trial. Spoiled, couldn’t do what she wanted so she attacked her mother and tried to lie about it. She lost her temper, not lost her mind!

[@pam225]

Thank you for posting this video. I am in the U.K. and with the time difference I would miss any live coverage.

[@TheSybil47]

I see many from the UK, Ireland, all over the world up until early morning hours, following trials, and waiting on a jury for a verdict. You take care of your health, and get your sleep though. We are lucky we can see courtcases from the US, because they don't show us anything in Europe.

[@pam225]

@@TheSybil47 I am in London and depending on where the trial is I miss a great deal being at work

[@TheSybil47]

@@pam225 Yeah. Sometimes I prefer waching it the day after, then you can ff the boring parts, like how long have you worked there, etc.

[@winkydinker8160]

I feel it needs to be said, the woman sitting next to her has crazy eyes. 👀👀 been creeping me out this whole time.

[@meghanmarie840]

If this was a 19 year old male who stabbed his mother, I highly doubt the judge would of been as light on the sentence.

[@blitzmom2674]

Not just the sentence. She wasn't even required to be in court for the presentation of all evidence, because it might trigger her. She whacked her mom in the head from behind with a cast iron pan over half a dozen times and stabbed her dozens of times. Yet she doesn't want to hear about what she did in court, nor face her crime. How is that justice?

[@meghanmarie840]

@@blitzmom2674 Definitely ,I feel like they coddled her just because she’s a young girl, I totally agree that she should of had to sit through all of the evidence and testimony, she’s an adult and needs to face all of the consequences of her actions.

[@renee9937]

If this was a 19 year old that lived in urban jungle I highly doubt the judge would have been as light on the sentence.

[@TM-173]

Smh, she better buck up because her cell mates aren’t going to fall for her tantrums. The judge def went easy on her but 15 years is gonna be rough for her (as it should)

[@Thatzulugirl05]

I’m sorry if this was any other race kid specifically black they wouldn’t even treat them like this .. smh

[@BarbaraDavis-zt5zk]

Exactly

[@michellek4745]

Murder is murder

[@omarayyash3275]

you're absolutely right, but what's the cause of a girl murdering someone? This has happened before too, around the same time period.

[@TheSybil47]

I wonder if Brenda's son was one of the anonymous writers. It was very rude, and disrespectful of the defense to accuse those people of cowardice. Then, listen to who he give praise, a police officer, a teacher, and a doctor. Please, listen here defense lawyer, just because they work for the State, and the doctor have a high education, doesn't make their letters more important, than people, who for very private reasons cannot add their names. You yourself said, in the beginning, that this woman is insane, and the jury found her not insane. Your words have no more weight in this discussion, because afterwards, you dragged 3 top doctors into the courtroom, and they spoke nonsense for hours, and contradicted each other, as usual, and didn't convince us, or the jury, so what's left for you to say? Taking a few punches at the Prosecutor is not fair. Brenda's son might've been amongst those anonymous writers. Do we even know what he really feels? I know there's many of the less educated people out here, like myself, who are mothers, and we can see, that the criminal of this family is sucking up all the energy of the father, and grandmother, and the victim is the young son! That's what we see. We want to hear him say what he feels. The father, or grandmother cannot just make statements without us knowing if the son really agrees with their, completely wild, and irresponsible behaviour.

[@2Tenece]

If this was a guy or if she killed someone else not a family member she would have been thrown under the jail.

[@faithintheunseen1294]

We don't like to hear "Concurrent." "Consecutive" is where it's at.

[@MarieAntoinette1938_tmc]

The penalty for murder is death should've been a death penalty case

[@keishaphillips3659]

The true victim was Brenda. If u love sydney support her in facing the consequences of her actions rather than make her feel blame lies elsewhere

[@donnaj257]

She is very narcissistic. Never even looked at her family. 😮. Hope dad realized just how much she loved them for their support.

[@Suzie-he9ni]

The family is not a victim.....Brenda was. Sydney found sane by jury so quit referring to her as mentally ill. She's not. Her only mental condition is for facing her consequences.

[@CrazyMaryJo]

Judge too lenient. She is apt to do only 3-7 years. 🤮

[@LIGal398]

No under Ohio law she will have to do 15. Then the parole board decides each time if she serves more. That's what 15 to life means in Ohio.

[@Tassie85]

She has to serve a full 15 years before she can apply for supervised release

[@CrazyMaryJo]

@@Tassie85 Guess my ears did not have their coffee this morning. 🥱

[@CrazyMaryJo]

@@LIGal398 Oops. Thanks for clarification. Color me relieved.

[@Tassie85]

Hey, I had to look it up. I am in Canada so I really didn't know for sure without Google!

[@eileendriscoll4002]

That was a slap on the wrist.

[@annemoretti3173]

WHOS THAT LADY SITTING NXT TO HER MAKING all THOSE FACES

[@anneperry9014]

Another low life!!!

[@trippinwiththefergusons2913]

She deserves life in prison.

[@lunarphoenixforyourface]

Orange is her color. And this is honestly the best I've seen her hair look throughout this whole thing. She's right where she belongs, although it probably won't be for long enough.

[@DroneStrike1776]

15 to life isn't enough. She shouldn't have a chance to get out when she plead innocent.

[@joeymatthysen5105]

I'm sure she is not even going to sit for 15jrs.

[@marilynbaker2231]

This is the weirdest sentence I've ever seen.

[@evg70grl]

Nope. Send her to prison and i hope her mom visits her everyday & night and this girl has to pay the conciquenses of her murder actions. No slaps on the hands!

[@lupepper1280]

Just think kid, you would have probably just had a telling off for lying.... in this time you could have had a gap year and started over.....

[@amandamoody2058]

I don't understand the dad. He is backing his daughter for killing his wife and her mother. But he let her go stay the whole time till she was sent to prison with his wife's mother. Why didn't you take her home? IF you believe she crazy and is doing so much better now with meds. She deserves life with no chance of getting out.

[@blitzmom2674]

I guess because he works, and the grandmother was home on a farm. But I think it is interesting that after paying for her defense and arguing that she shouldn't even be charged, now that she's been convicted as a murderer, the family has left her on her own for her appeal and she has to get a court appointed lawyer for that. (And what even are the grounds for appeal? The judge bent over backwards for the accused.) And her first lawyer, who claimed that he "loved her like a daughter" is also leaving her to a court appointed attorney for any appeal. I think the family were hoping to have a crazy girl rather than a murderer in the family. And once Sydney was convicted as a murderer, their attempt to save the family image (such as it was) was over. If I had been grandma, I'd have locked my bedroom door and watched my back. Tell this girl no, or challenge her image of herself and who knows if she wouldn't go off again.

[@AlexisRoark]

I thought the victim's name was Brenda Powell. My mistake.