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Permalink Reply by Rev. James Thomas Hicks, D.D. on March 5, 2009 at 12:39pm

5 year probation. Hardcore to the system. Oh, & depends on his criminal history. If none, 5 years probation.

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Permalink Reply by Nulono on March 23, 2009 at 7:28pm

Agreed.

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Permalink Reply by Jimerson on March 7, 2009 at 3:21pm

He needs some sort of punishment for his actions. Also, if he was unstable and/or desperate enough to commit armed robbery, he may just be unstable and/or desperate enough to lie to you about his promise and family. He needs to take responsibility for his actions no matter how sane he claims to be.

As a matter of fact, he has less of an excuse to do it if he was sane than an insane person.

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Permalink Reply by Nulono on March 23, 2009 at 7:28pm

Yup.

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Permalink Reply by Whispers on March 7, 2009 at 9:02pm

I guess I want to know why he committed armed robbery. Was his child sick and he needed the money for treatment? Was his family starving and he desperately needed food? Did he really just neeeeed a flat screen? I might go lenient if he had a very good -verifiable- reason for his actions. If not, off to jail!

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Permalink Reply by Misty: Baytheist Living! on March 10, 2009 at 5:07am

Obviously he wasn't cutting it as the breadwinner if he had to resort to armed robbery.
Waving a gun in someones face is a violent act, whether or not there was bloodshed. This man is a danger to society and his family.
A comprehensive work-in-jail system is what America needs. Why pay taxes on these fucks when they can be growing their own food, learning work ethic and even creating a surplus that provides for their family on the outside?
I'd like to be put in charge of the American prison system, please!

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Permalink Reply by Kell on March 20, 2009 at 5:25am

Votes for you.

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Permalink Reply by noisician on March 20, 2009 at 9:58am

the work-in-jail thing always sounds good. especially if the program actually helps reform & rehabilitate inmates for when they get out.

however, i think there are a lot of snags when you think about the details. what's the motivation to work hard or work at all? how do you enforce a work ethic on these people? whips? you get into a sticky area with forced labor... aka slavery... fyi a huge % of incarcerated people are black men... picture the headlines.

still, if it can be done humanely and with rehabilitation as the goal, i think it is at least an idea to look into.

but if a prison isn't meeting quota, what do you do, arrest more pot smokers?

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Permalink Reply by noisician on March 20, 2009 at 9:52am

yeah, yeah, yeah. violent criminal with a sob story about how he's a good person. how convenient that he's now thinking about the happiness of his family.

and this part doesn't even make sense, considering that the guy was already sentenced in front of a criminal court and jury: "almost no one would ever know about it; you can keep the matter out of the newspapers and no one except you will ever know that the crime was committed."

he's been sentenced. off to jail. feel free to appeal and/or fight for a reform of the justice system.

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Permalink Reply by mcash1 on March 23, 2009 at 9:25pm

Jail

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