By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . Not guilty plea: Two Oklahoma teenagers charged in the alleged 'thrill kill' of Australian baseball player Christopher Lane, pictured, in Oklahoma pleaded not guilty and waived their right to a speedy trial Thursday . Two Oklahoma teenagers charged in the . alleged 'thrill kill' of an Australian baseball player in Oklahoma . pleaded not guilty and waived their right to a speedy trial Thursday. Michael . Dewayne Jones, 18, and Chancey Allen Luna, 16, wore orange jail . jumpsuits and their hands were cuffed as Judge . Joe Enos set a trial date of August 18. The teens are charged . with first-degree murder in the shooting death last summer of . 22-year-old Christopher Lane. Prosecutors . say Lane, from Melbourne, was gunned down as he jogged near his . girlfriend's parents' house in Duncan, about 80 miles south of Oklahoma . City. He was preparing to enter his senior season as a catcher at East . Central University in Ada. Another . teenage defendant, James Francis Edwards Jr., 16, agreed to testify . against Jones and Luna if prosecutors reduce charges against him. Edwards . testified at the preliminary hearing for Luna and Jones last month that . he was rolling joints in the front passenger seat when Luna fired the . fatal shot from the back while Jones drove. Luna and Jones both said they had believed the gun used in the killing held blanks, not a live round, Edwards testified. Edwards . was charged with accessory after the fact because prosecutors say he . made a phone call from the Stephens County Jail between August 16 and . December 31, 2013, and asked someone to dispose of the weapon. He is due back in court in May for a preliminary hearing for that charge. Bad aim: Michael Jones, shown left on March 12, reportedly told an inmate that he and his friends tried to shoot several people the day they killed Lane but 'kept missing' Trial: Chancey Luna, shown left on March 12, and Michael Jones were in court for a hearing before their murder trial for allegedly shooting Chris Lane. This Thursday a date was set for the trial . Prosecutors . have said they will drop the first-degree murder charge in exchange for . him continuing to testify against the other two teenagers through . trial. A lawyer for Jones has filed a motion seeking all agreements between the state and witnesses, specifically Edwards. Family . members for both teens were in attendance Thursday, as was Lane's . distraught girlfriend. All left without comment following the hearing. A gag order prevents lawyers and others from discussing the case outside of court. Last week, the Oklahoma court was told that one of the three teenagers accused of . murdering Lane said they tried to shoot . other people 'but kept missing.' Heather . George, who works at the Stephens county jail where the three teenagers . were held after Lane was killed, testified on March 12 that she had . overheard a conversation between two inmates, one of whom was Michael Jones. Jones, the . alleged driver of the car used in the drive-by shooting, was having a conversation with another inmate, George said. 'Thugs': Michael Jones (center) and Chancey Luna (right) face first degree murder charges for the shooting of Christopher Lane.  James Edwards (left) is now facing accessory charge after he cooperated with police . Questionable: Friends claimed Edwards (center) and Luna (right) were trying to join the local chapter . of the notorious Crips gang, and they posted pictures to their Facebook . where they are holding gang signs . The . other inmate, according to George, asked Jones: 'Why did you have to . shoot an Australian? Why didn't you drive and shoot somebody else?' George said Jones had replied: 'We tried to shoot several other people, but we kept missing.' At . the conclusion of the preliminary hearing, Judge Jerry Herberger . ordered 18-year-old Jones and the 16-year-old alleged shooter, Chancey . Luna, to stand trial for the first-degree murder of Chris Lane. The . third murder accused, James Edwards, who was 15 on 16 August last year . when Lane was shot in the back and left to die on the side of a Duncan, . Oklahoma, street, has become a prosecution witness. Edwards . told the preliminary hearing Luna had fired the .22 revolver that . struck Lane as the Australian jogged, but only after the Ford Focus . driven by Jones swerved unexpectedly. Luna had later said he thought the . gun was loaded with blanks, Edwards said. In . another twist, Howard and Jim Berry, the two lawyers representing Luna, . were charged with contempt of court on Wednesday after talking to . reporters about the case last month. Victim: Chris Lane (left) was shot when he was jogging during a visit to his girlfriend Sarah Harper's (right) family home in Duncan, Oklahoma . Remembered: Bob Gregg, a professor in the religion department at Oklahoma Christian University, bows his head as he leads the audience in prayer during the memorial service for Lane after he was shot . Shock: Residents of Duncan have been moved by the murder that attracted worldwide attention . A . gag order has been placed on the lawyers and prosecutors involved in . the case. The Berrys, who are cousins, entered not guilty pleas. Shortly . after the shooting, police said Jones told investigators that the three . were 'bored' and decided to kill someone for the 'fun of it'. It was later suspected that Lane's murder was race related. One . of Edwards' friends, Serenity Jackson, told The Associated Press she . didn't believe race was a factor in the shooting. She noted that Luna's . mother, Edwards' girlfriend and Jones are white. 'It has nothing to do with Chris being white. They didn't even know who he was,' said Jackson, 17, who grew up with Edwards. It had previously emerged that Edwards . had posted on his Twitter profile that he 'hated white people' and . boasted that . he beat up five white people - using the derogatory term 'woods' - . after the George Zimmerman acquittal in the Trayvon Martin case. 'Ayeee I knocced out 5 woods since Zimmerman court!:) lol sh*t ima keep sleepin sh*t! #ayeeee,' he wrote. In another, he said: '90% of white ppl are nasty. #HATE THEM'. But Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford said that . rather than being part of any gang, which had been suggested before, . authorities believe the boys were just wannabes who were emulating the . thuggish beliefs of their idols, with rapper Chief Keef being prime suspect. Tough guy: Edwards posted videos of him tossing around guns and looking threatening in a blue bandana associated with the notorious Crips gang . It emerged that the day before . Edwards is alleged to have shot dead Christopher in a drive-by from . a black Ford Focus, he tweeted about rapper Chief Keef. Two . days earlier he posted a chilling tweet that was a lyric from the . rapper's song I Don't Like. It read: 'With my n****s when it's time to . start taken life's' (sic). Other lyrics in the same song include 'pistol . toting and I'm shooting on sight'. Ford said: 'These boys were more into . some rapper that goes around, his music is violent. More than gang . stuff. One of the parents said something about rap. 'These . boys have no respect for life or authority or society, it doesn't . matter who it is. By one of their own words, they saw him go by, and . they said, "there's the target" and they followed him and shot him. He . could have been anybody walking down the street.' The small town has been rocked by the . senseless murder that has sent shockwaves around the world, leaving many . wondering what drove the 'bored' boys to apparently kill just for the . thrill of it. Because . of Lane's nationality, the case has gained national attention, but some . have criticized the White House for not reacting strongly enough. A . State Department spokeswoman put out a statement last year saying that . the federal government is 'deeply saddened' by Lane's death but she did . not comment on any specific action. Australia's . former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer called for his fellow . countrymen to think of this shooting when they are planning a trip to . the United States.
Oklahoma Judge Joe Enos on Thursday set a trial date of August 18 for Michael Dewayne Jones, 18, and Chancey Allen Luna, 16 .
The teens are charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death last summer of Chris Lane from Melbourne .
Prosecutors say Lane, from Melbourne, was gunned down as he jogged near his girlfriend's parents' house in Duncan, about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City .
The teens pleaded not guilty, claiming that they thought the alleged murder weapon contained blanks when they shot at the sportsman .
By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . Not guilty plea: Two Oklahoma teenagers charged in the alleged 'thrill kill' of Australian baseball player Christopher Lane, pictured, in Oklahoma pleaded not guilty and waived their right to a speedy trial Thursday . Two Oklahoma teenagers charged in the . alleged 'thrill kill' of an Australian baseball player in Oklahoma . pleaded not guilty and waived their right to a speedy trial Thursday. Michael . Dewayne Jones, 18, and Chancey Allen Luna, 16, wore orange jail . jumpsuits and their hands were cuffed as Judge . Joe Enos set a trial date of August 18. The teens are charged . with first-degree murder in the shooting death last summer of . 22-year-old Christopher Lane. Prosecutors . say Lane, from Melbourne, was gunned down as he jogged near his . girlfriend's parents' house in Duncan, about 80 miles south of Oklahoma . City. He was preparing to enter his senior season as a catcher at East . Central University in Ada. Another . teenage defendant, James Francis Edwards Jr., 16, agreed to testify . against Jones and Luna if prosecutors reduce charges against him. Edwards . testified at the preliminary hearing for Luna and Jones last month that . he was rolling joints in the front passenger seat when Luna fired the . fatal shot from the back while Jones drove. Luna and Jones both said they had believed the gun used in the killing held blanks, not a live round, Edwards testified. Edwards . was charged with accessory after the fact because prosecutors say he . made a phone call from the Stephens County Jail between August 16 and . December 31, 2013, and asked someone to dispose of the weapon. He is due back in court in May for a preliminary hearing for that charge. Bad aim: Michael Jones, shown left on March 12, reportedly told an inmate that he and his friends tried to shoot several people the day they killed Lane but 'kept missing' Trial: Chancey Luna, shown left on March 12, and Michael Jones were in court for a hearing before their murder trial for allegedly shooting Chris Lane. This Thursday a date was set for the trial . Prosecutors . have said they will drop the first-degree murder charge in exchange for . him continuing to testify against the other two teenagers through . trial. A lawyer for Jones has filed a motion seeking all agreements between the state and witnesses, specifically Edwards. Family . members for both teens were in attendance Thursday, as was Lane's . distraught girlfriend. All left without comment following the hearing. A gag order prevents lawyers and others from discussing the case outside of court. Last week, the Oklahoma court was told that one of the three teenagers accused of . murdering Lane said they tried to shoot . other people 'but kept missing.' Heather . George, who works at the Stephens county jail where the three teenagers . were held after Lane was killed, testified on March 12 that she had . overheard a conversation between two inmates, one of whom was Michael Jones. Jones, the . alleged driver of the car used in the drive-by shooting, was having a conversation with another inmate, George said. 'Thugs': Michael Jones (center) and Chancey Luna (right) face first degree murder charges for the shooting of Christopher Lane.  James Edwards (left) is now facing accessory charge after he cooperated with police . Questionable: Friends claimed Edwards (center) and Luna (right) were trying to join the local chapter . of the notorious Crips gang, and they posted pictures to their Facebook . where they are holding gang signs . The . other inmate, according to George, asked Jones: 'Why did you have to . shoot an Australian? Why didn't you drive and shoot somebody else?' George said Jones had replied: 'We tried to shoot several other people, but we kept missing.' At . the conclusion of the preliminary hearing, Judge Jerry Herberger . ordered 18-year-old Jones and the 16-year-old alleged shooter, Chancey . Luna, to stand trial for the first-degree murder of Chris Lane. The . third murder accused, James Edwards, who was 15 on 16 August last year . when Lane was shot in the back and left to die on the side of a Duncan, . Oklahoma, street, has become a prosecution witness. Edwards . told the preliminary hearing Luna had fired the .22 revolver that . struck Lane as the Australian jogged, but only after the Ford Focus . driven by Jones swerved unexpectedly. Luna had later said he thought the . gun was loaded with blanks, Edwards said. In . another twist, Howard and Jim Berry, the two lawyers representing Luna, . were charged with contempt of court on Wednesday after talking to . reporters about the case last month. Victim: Chris Lane (left) was shot when he was jogging during a visit to his girlfriend Sarah Harper's (right) family home in Duncan, Oklahoma . Remembered: Bob Gregg, a professor in the religion department at Oklahoma Christian University, bows his head as he leads the audience in prayer during the memorial service for Lane after he was shot . Shock: Residents of Duncan have been moved by the murder that attracted worldwide attention . A . gag order has been placed on the lawyers and prosecutors involved in . the case. The Berrys, who are cousins, entered not guilty pleas. Shortly . after the shooting, police said Jones told investigators that the three . were 'bored' and decided to kill someone for the 'fun of it'. It was later suspected that Lane's murder was race related. One . of Edwards' friends, Serenity Jackson, told The Associated Press she . didn't believe race was a factor in the shooting. She noted that Luna's . mother, Edwards' girlfriend and Jones are white. 'It has nothing to do with Chris being white. They didn't even know who he was,' said Jackson, 17, who grew up with Edwards. It had previously emerged that Edwards . had posted on his Twitter profile that he 'hated white people' and . boasted that . he beat up five white people - using the derogatory term 'woods' - . after the George Zimmerman acquittal in the Trayvon Martin case. 'Ayeee I knocced out 5 woods since Zimmerman court!:) lol sh*t ima keep sleepin sh*t! #ayeeee,' he wrote. In another, he said: '90% of white ppl are nasty. #HATE THEM'. But Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford said that . rather than being part of any gang, which had been suggested before, . authorities believe the boys were just wannabes who were emulating the . thuggish beliefs of their idols, with rapper Chief Keef being prime suspect. Tough guy: Edwards posted videos of him tossing around guns and looking threatening in a blue bandana associated with the notorious Crips gang . It emerged that the day before . Edwards is alleged to have shot dead Christopher in a drive-by from . a black Ford Focus, he tweeted about rapper Chief Keef. Two . days earlier he posted a chilling tweet that was a lyric from the . rapper's song I Don't Like. It read: 'With my n****s when it's time to . start taken life's' (sic). Other lyrics in the same song include 'pistol . toting and I'm shooting on sight'. Ford said: 'These boys were more into . some rapper that goes around, his music is violent. More than gang . stuff. One of the parents said something about rap. 'These . boys have no respect for life or authority or society, it doesn't . matter who it is. By one of their own words, they saw him go by, and . they said, "there's the target" and they followed him and shot him. He . could have been anybody walking down the street.' The small town has been rocked by the . senseless murder that has sent shockwaves around the world, leaving many . wondering what drove the 'bored' boys to apparently kill just for the . thrill of it. Because . of Lane's nationality, the case has gained national attention, but some . have criticized the White House for not reacting strongly enough. A . State Department spokeswoman put out a statement last year saying that . the federal government is 'deeply saddened' by Lane's death but she did . not comment on any specific action. Australia's . former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer called for his fellow . countrymen to think of this shooting when they are planning a trip to . the United States.
Oklahoma pleaded not guilty and waived their speedy trial Thursday. Michael . Dewayne Jones, 18, and Chancey Allen Luna, 16, wore orange jail . Joe Enos set a trial date of August 18. The teens are charged . with first-degree murder in the shooting death last summer of . 22-year-old Christopher Lane. Prosecutors . say Lane, from Melbourne, was gunned down as he jogged near his . girlfriend's parents' house in Duncan, about 80 miles south of Oklahoma . City. He was preparing for the first-degree murder of Chris Lane. The .