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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Frankly the whole theory of rehabilitation doesn't have a whole lot of statistical support and re-incarceration rates are very high. Prisons are overcrowded so anyone but the worst violent offenders get dumped back on the streets by the courts far before their sentence is supposed to be up. If anything being in prison culture reinforces the belief that theft and violence are a way of life and some criminals use the time to build up knowledge and networks for future criminal enterprises.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
I remember seeing this story break out here in Kansas City. The girl was from Blue Springs MO, a nurse and a mother of two. The news team sent a reporter to her parents house. I suspect she got hooked on meth and met this deadbeat in that underworld.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3829 Posts |
I wonder what kind of prison sentence she will receive. The dude will likely be looking at the death penalty if he was the one that fired the gun. She may too depending on the scope of her involvement in the robbery and planning.
Edited by Joe2007 12/30/2016 2:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
She has no criminal history in Missouri. Not even a speeding ticket-that's tough to pull off in this state.
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Valued Member
United States
493 Posts |
I agree with the brit. I think we need a lottery system to make examples out of some of these repeat offenders who don't deserve a life on this planet. Put it on pay-per-view. It's not really what this world needs but .. we've already got it, well heck all I see on TV is killing.
I hate seeing people taken down like this. Her sentence will be light, folks usually get out in something like 7 years for murder.
Edited by everything 01/10/2017 10:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
992 Posts |
No lottery needed, just a Three Strikes law, three felonies and you are executed, no appeals, no pleas, lights out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1068 Posts |
Quote: No lottery needed, just a Three Strikes law, three felonies and you are executed, no appeals, no pleas, lights out. Depends on the felony... Some I would make it one and done as long as there is 100% proof that someone committed the crime...
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Moderator
 United States
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Quote: ...as long as there is 100% proof that someone committed the crime... And therein lies the rub.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4563 Posts |
Quote: No lottery needed, just a Three Strikes law, three felonies and you are executed, no appeals, no pleas, lights out. Probably need some refinement on that - due process is a right of the citizens of our country. Copy right infringement, Fraud, vandalism on federal property, parole violation, threatening an official, to name a few can all be felonies. I really do not see any one of them as worth the death penalty after 3 times.
Edited by scopru 01/12/2017 12:19 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5146 Posts |
At least Mississippi still prosecutes and sentences the guilty instead of letting them loose after a week in detention.
I can't wait to make it home.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1068 Posts |
Quote: Copy right infringement, Fraud, vandalism on federal property, parole violation, threatening an official, to name a few can all be felonies. I really do not see any one of them as worth the death penalty after 3 times. I agree but, somewhere you're going to have to draw a line say enough is enough... I shake my head when I hear on the news about some suspect who has had their 20th or 30th arrest for petty crimes and then get picked up for a serious crime that could have easily have been prevented... What do you do?...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9395 Posts |
Quote: What do you do?... How about a long sentence (like life in prison without parole) for serial killers or violent serial offenders? After being locked up, if they kill prison guards or other prisoners, or escape and murder people again, then the death penalty seems appropriate.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1609 Posts |
May Karma catch up with this evil person.
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