WTG judicial system

rmz · 01-31-2008, 11:43 AM

So uhhhhhhh

How is this guy sentenced to 74 LIFE SENTENCES IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT when murderers and rapists often get off with 5-10 years due to plea bargains or lenient sentencing hoping for rehabilitation or some such?

Don't get me wrong, the guy deserves serious prison time (at least 25 years IMO), but this seems incongruous to me.

Ashura96 · 01-31-2008, 11:50 AM

Simple - the judge who sentenced him is a corrupt (and possibly paranoid) bastard. :/

I mean yeah, that guy will probably make it to the 2nd life, but there's no way he could get to the 75th life.

*fuсk forum boredom* · 01-31-2008, 12:28 PM

what the

i obviously don't know the details of the whole case but i fail to see why he needs solitary confinement, and i also don't understand why SEVENTY-FOUR FUCKING LIFE SENTENCES

vajiggio · 01-31-2008, 01:11 PM

Why are they keeping him so isolated? Meals, showers, and recreation by himself for 72 life sentences? That makes no sense. He abducted two boys and what little I know about this story (as it's a few years old) the boys weren't harmed. Rapists, killers, repeated offenders of drunk driving, and pedophiles get off easier.

*fuсk forum boredom* · 01-31-2008, 01:20 PM

it seems like he kept one around to rape whenever he pleased for like 4 years

rmz · 01-31-2008, 02:14 PM

That long?

After re-reading the article, yeah, holy shit, the first kid was abducted in 2002 and wasn't found until the other one got abducted in 2007. That's fucked up.

I still think the "74 life sentences" thing is excessive especially since IIRC there was a large amount of Stockholm Syndrome on the part of the kid (the man wasn't forcefully keeping him from escaping, I don't think).

Seems to me that the judge was just hoping to get media attention with the ridiculousness of that sentence.

shuniqLo · 01-31-2008, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rmz

I still think the "74 life sentences" thing is excessive especially since IIRC there was a large amount of Stockholm Syndrome on the part of the kid (the man wasn't forcefully keeping him from escaping, I don't think).

170 years isn't that bad.

No hardback books? What, have people in jail made knives or summat out of 'em? D:

DeusExMachina · 01-31-2008, 04:26 PM

Sometimes if a person is sentenced life in prison, after a while if they have good behavior (i don't know how in a prison) you can be eligible for parole. I guess presumably this guy would have to be really really good to be eligible for parole overriding 74 life sentences. In some states a "life sentence" means only like 50 or 60 years or so. Then again I don't know anyone who will live 3700 years or more. But all in all year its pretty retarded, I think its easier and less stupid to say, this guy is staying in jail forever. 74 life sentences.. psh.

*fuсk forum boredom* · 01-31-2008, 04:30 PM

it is also possible to sentence someone "without possiblity for parole"

also yeah he's 41 so i would say 2 life sentences would be enough to keep him there indefinitely

*PSYCHO KILLER* · 01-31-2008, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ashura96

Simple - the judge who sentenced him is a corrupt (and possibly paranoid) bastard. :/

Generally the corrupt judges are characterized as the ones who let clearly guilty criminals off easy.

In other words, who would pay him to give 74 life sentences.

violate forum boredom · 01-31-2008, 08:43 PM

The parents of the victims?

the anime lifestyle... · 01-31-2008, 09:01 PM

he should be in the general prison population so someone can stab him when they find out he abducted young boys

aside from that it's a fine sentence and one that i'd like to see more

Dear Santa · 01-31-2008, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by let's go to france

he should be in the general prison population so someone can stab him when they find out he abducted young boys

aside from that it's a fine sentence and one that i'd like to see more

You'd rather have him spend numerous years in prison for such a heinous act, than to drag him into a busy street, shoot him in the face and find some better place to put our $500,000 in tax payer money per inmate?

The Chemist · 01-31-2008, 10:27 PM

Might as well kill all the other inmates then. Why spend money on criminals anyway?

I think you're on to something here

k⁄⁄eternal · 02-01-2008, 12:08 AM

I think criminals should be forced into labor. You know, so that something productive actually happens.

Not all crimes merit a death sentence, but they SHOULD be getting punishment and doing something worthwhile for society to make up for whatever they did.