Current Events > Canadian Ex-Riverdale actor/murderer fears being abused in prison.

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https://nypost.com/2022/09/29/ex-riverdale-actor-ryan-grantham-fears-for-safety-in-prison/

Ex Riverdale actor and convicted killer Ryan Grantham fears his baby face and diminutive figure will make him a target of abuse from other prisoners, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Grantham, 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for fatally shooting his mother Barbara Waite and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 14 years.

The Canadian actor is likely to be placed in a maximum-security prison with other murderers where he fears for his safety, his lawyer Chris Johnson told Fox News.

When people plead guilty to a crime, it doesnt mean theyre saying, Sure, Ill be raped and abused by other prisoners. Thats not part of the deal, Johnson told the outlet.

The Vancouver-based criminal defense lawyer said his client could be at higher risk in a maximum-safety prison an issue that was first raised by the judge who presided over Granthams case, he said.

Justice Kathleen Ker requested that corrections officials jail Grantham inside a medium-security prison, rather than a maximum-security prison where most convicted murders are sent, according to Johnson.

The former child actor, also known for his role in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film, looks like a 17-year-old, his lawyer said.

Grantham is just 52 tall and weighs about 100 pounds, he added.

My biggest concern is that he will be preyed upon by other prisoners and perhaps abused by them, Johnson said. We send people to prison to be both punished and rehabilitated. And so Im hopeful that the latter can take place. We dont send people to prison so they can be punished by other prisoners....

...Johnson told Fox News he plans to send a request to the director of prisons in order to request Grantham be sent to a lower security prison this week.

The actor-turned-killer pleaded guilty to shooting his 64-year-old mother in the back of the head while she played piano in the family home on March 31, 2020.

Grantham also confessed that he had planned to assassinate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The day after killing his mother, he loaded a car up with three guns, 12 Molotov cocktails, and ammunition and began driving to Trudeaus home.

He dropped that plan after a few hours and considered shooting up Simon Fraser University, where he was a student but ultimately prove to a police station and turned himself in for his mothers murder.

WellBye posted...

The actor-turned-killer pleaded guilty to shooting his 64-year-old mother in the back of the head while she played piano in the family home on March 31, 2020.

Grantham also confessed that he had planned to assassinate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The day after killing his mother, he loaded a car up with three guns, 12 Molotov cocktails, and ammunition and began driving to Trudeaus home.

He dropped that plan after a few hours and considered shooting up Simon Fraser University, where he was a student but ultimately prove to a police station and turned himself in for his mothers murder.

the fuck?

Btw, this is the actor from Supernatural in S4- Wishful thinking, with the wishing well. He was like 8 years old, was getting bullied, and then ended up getting his wish to be invincible and shouted "KNEEL BEFORE TODD!!"

AlCalavicci posted...

Btw, this is the actor from Supernatural in S4- Wishful thinking, with the wishing well. He was like 8 years old, was getting bullied, and then ended up getting his wish to be invincible and shouted "KNEEL BEFORE TODD!!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEU0BoLbsdc

maybe he should have considered that before comitting murder

How do you get charged with second degree murder after shooting someone in the head from behind?

Popcorn2000 posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEU0BoLbsdc

Well looks like nobody will be kneeling after all

Babidi123 posted...

How do you get charged with second degree murder after shooting someone in the head from behind?

Be cast in a successful TV show and be able to afford a good lawyer.

Guess he wasn't such a whimpy kid

But damn. That extra stuff about Trudeau and the university is crazy as hell

Zikten posted...

Well looks like nobody will be kneeling after all

Well, he will be!

^ jail rape jokes. So classy

I think I know what was up with him. Only solution would have been suicide imo cuz there probably isn't any real treatment for his insecurities.

That said he still deserves a long jail sentence for killing his mom.

Dreepapult posted...

^ jail rape jokes. So classy

hey man, killed his mom. was planning to go on a school shooting rampage. no sympathy from me

Weezy_Tha_Don posted...

hey man, killed his mom. was planning to go on a school shooting rampage. no sympathy from me

Prison rape is a serious situation but man fuck this guy, you made your bed now you can lie in it, with whomever makes him their bitch.

Dreepapult posted...

Guess he wasn't such a whimpy kid

It doesn't get more wimpy than shooting your mom in the back of the head.

Poor muffin. OK, who's for Chinese?

Who fucking cares. Seriously. You dug your own grave you fucking idiot. Nobody has sympathy for you.

Zikten posted...

Well looks like nobody will be kneeling after all

Someone's gonna be but not the other prisoners.

Riverdale sucks.

Babidi123 posted...

How do you get charged with second degree murder after shooting someone in the head from behind?

IDK how Canada views Murder charges, but in Cali a lawyer would probably argue that it was a spur of the moment kinda thing and not necessarily something he planned.

Popcorn2000 posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEU0BoLbsdc

I dont know him from anything else but Ive seen supernatural too many times wow

Basically he's scared of what he deserves

AloneIBreak posted...

Riverdale sucks.

But ya gotta admit there are some world class babies on that show :3

EyeWontBeFooled posted...

But ya gotta admit there are some world class babies on that show :3

>_>

EyeWontBeFooled posted...

But ya gotta admit there are some world class babies on that show :3

Are you Vince Vaughn from Swingers?

Hell likely take his life.

Kitt posted...

Vince Vaughn

https://youtu.be/4am8Dsn5eMY

That's unfortunately the reality of prison.

Rapes, torture and abuse is very common. Rarely do people ever go to prison and have a relatively "normal" experience and come back home safe and unscathed.

It's especially true that your size and race can play a factor in becoming a potential victim. I'm sorry you didn't do your research to see what would the consequences of murdering someone in your situation would be.

At 5'2 and 100 pounds as a 24 year old white male that looks much younger than his age locked up with vicious savages that have spent most of their life murdering, torturing, abusing, raping and surviving the politics of prison is a recipe for disaster. I wish you all the best.

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Because the average person has zero power or influence over these decisions. Prisons have always been some of the worst places on earth ever since their inception and their reputation remains the same centuries later. This is just one of the things that are unlikely to ever change.

Many years before prisons we had state sanctioned dungeons in medieval states where all kinds of criminals including mere dissenters and political prisoners were regularly tortured and executed and their remains displayed in the city square for all to see.