orthodoxy1095
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That dude actually was allowed to stay free, so that was good.
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Man mistakenly released from prison asks judge to reduce his 98-year sentence
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Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Yeah, can't say I care if he's released to never serve anymore of the sentence. 98 years for a fucking video store robbery hurts my head, even 20-30 years seems like an absurdity. The guy seems to be living a normal life and is no longer a threat to society, I can sleep at night if he's released.
I think the glimmer of hope here is the judge sounds reasonable enough to say he wants to review everything, I agree it still sucks and he's stuck in jail without a clear time limit from the judge but I at least have a thread of hope that the right thing is done since most judges would probably laugh in his face and already have locked him up so at least this person is attempting to think about the situation.
I think the glimmer of hope here is the judge sounds reasonable enough to say he wants to review everything, I agree it still sucks and he's stuck in jail without a clear time limit from the judge but I at least have a thread of hope that the right thing is done since most judges would probably laugh in his face and already have locked him up so at least this person is attempting to think about the situation.
Dancing Queen
Banned
He's black. Makes PERFECT sense.
ronaldthump
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The sentence is ridiculous. He should be allowed to live his life.
AtomskEater
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98 years for that is totally fucked. I hope they don't lock him up again, although I know they probably will. Shit, the other guy should be released under probationary terms as well. I feel like the judge who issued that should be looked into, too often they have ties to for-profit prisons.
n64coder
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How is it decided that a sentence is to be served consecutively versus concurrently? I would think consecutive would be only for the Jeffrey Dahmers of the world.
Majima Everywhere System
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I'd consider it violent if a gun was pointed at me.
Yeah, in the end it's armed robbery (despite the empty gun), but it's not a crime deserving of 98 years of prison time. Not even close.
Morgan Blackhand
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In Finland he would have gotten 6 years max and if he was a first timer he would have gotten out in three. 98 year sentence sounds completely insane.
DontBeThatGuy
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Welcome to America.
Oh.
Chuck Norris
Banned
He's already spent almost two decades in prison. That alone is excessive for the crime
OrlanisWorks
Banned
A lot of them get no time at all!
source: American Police Force
Let him go. Spotless five years? That's really good.
TheGreyHulk
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that's exactly what I was thinking too. there has to be more to it... how the hell can a person get 98 years for this? there's rapist and low degree murderers who get way less than this.
our justice system is shit. they need to be focusing on rehabilitation. so unfortunate we live in a country which would rather imprison people for lengthy terms for no reason other than greed (private prisons, prison labor, etc).
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Fuck that shit, dude she be free now.
Those sentences should have been concurrent from the get-go.
Putting people in jail the first time should be fully about rehabilitation... if someone fucks up after that by committing violent crimes then toss the book at them.
There's no reason someone should be doing 98 years on a robbery charge.
10 years is a fair sentence... 10 years is a fucking long time.
No, there's not... though it was 3 chargers of robbery x 10 years, 3 kidnapping charges (for moving the people) for 16 each, and 2 x 10 years for burglary. So that's 98.
Nothing else... just robbed some blockbusters or what not and got 98 years.
Those sentences should have been concurrent from the get-go.
Putting people in jail the first time should be fully about rehabilitation... if someone fucks up after that by committing violent crimes then toss the book at them.
There's no reason someone should be doing 98 years on a robbery charge.
10 years is a fair sentence... 10 years is a fucking long time.
No, there's not... though it was 3 chargers of robbery x 10 years, 3 kidnapping charges (for moving the people) for 16 each, and 2 x 10 years for burglary. So that's 98.
Nothing else... just robbed some blockbusters or what not and got 98 years.
Dreams-Visions
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makes me sick to my stomach.
Agreed. There must be more there than we know. But as it is, most states have a 3 strike gun policy when it comes to crime.
If he's shown good faith and hasn't committed anymore crimes and doesn't in the future, I say let him off. As soon as he does a crime and gets fingered? Yeah, throw the book and full sentence at him. But I doubt he will. My worry with that though, is that cops would find a way to try to finger him for a crime.
BladeoftheImmortal
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I think 10 year is enough.
Yeah if you have money to pay the legal fees.
RyougaSaotome
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98 years should say everything necessary about how broken our criminal justice system is.
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
kame-sennin
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I wish so badly that we could start doing this in this country.
Mechanized
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This is nuts. Armed robbery in which nobody was injured should be 5-10 years, tops. Counselling, rehab, etc.. should have been the focus here, not jail time. Rapists and child abusers get shorter sentences for fuck sakes.
Seriously. I consider myself tough on crime, and I do think of prison as being as punishment as much as it's for rehabilitation, but that sentence is insane.
CarpeDeezNutz
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Most guns being passed around are either for intimidation or for an actual hit. More the former than the latter. If you are robbing someone it's for your addiction/gain not cos you want to kill.
Some dumb shit can go down if someone gets scared and shoots off their gun.
98 years, yeah the Cats are sending messages to the mice.
98
Years
lots of those boys out there doing more work for less time.
But yeah let's throw someone back into jail who walked away from street shit.
Some dumb shit can go down if someone gets scared and shoots off their gun.
98 years, yeah the Cats are sending messages to the mice.
98
Years
lots of those boys out there doing more work for less time.
But yeah let's throw someone back into jail who walked away from street shit.
AntraxSuicide
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That would be a violation of parole, which he thought he was on.
Coriolanus
Banned
20-30 years
reasonable
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which is why no one that has a gun pointed at them gets to consider the sentence of those who did the pointing.
extradition treaty tho
When I read 98 years, I thought this guy had done a triple-murder or something like that.
That original sentence is absolutely ridiculous. He's done his time, he actually managed to get his life on track and start becoming a contributing to society, and now we want to spend money to get him back in jail, tear apart his family, and stop him from being a productive member of society?
How does any of this make sense?
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Wow.
That original sentence is absolutely ridiculous. He's done his time, he actually managed to get his life on track and start becoming a contributing to society, and now we want to spend money to get him back in jail, tear apart his family, and stop him from being a productive member of society?
How does any of this make sense?
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Wow.
King Tubby
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Time served. 98 years are you fucking ridiculous.
Tell that to Trump's justice department...
"Happened to check."
The case was in 1998. 16 years later the prosecutor is like "man I wonder what happened to that guy I put away for 98 years... WHAT THE FUCK?!" Like, for real?
Both the original sentence and the "coincidental" follow-up that discovered the early release sound shady as hell. I hope he gets that shit thrown out.
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