STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In a lot of ways, the violent and untimely death of Jennira Roundtree outside the West Brighton Houses is a story about the challenges of motherhood amid unforgiving surroundings. The sacrifices, the dangers, the joy and the pain.
The defendant in the case, Jasmin Thompson, 26, of New Brighton, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison, after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
Justice Alexander B. Jeong handed down the sentence, which comes with five years of post-release supervision, in state Supreme Court, St. George, on Wednesday.
Victim was helping daughter: D.A.
In the hours leading up to the Jan. 7, 2025, slaying, a war of words between Roundtree’s teenage daughter and another group of young people on social media had escalated to a boiling point, prosecutors said…