82 years in jail

[JohnDB]

One can be forgiven and still do his time....

Some people only say they have repented of their crimes and never really do.
My grandfather was one who got caught by the "G-men" back before there was an FBI. So the judge sentenced him to fight in WWII. Now granted he owned an Enlisted Man's Club in the red light district in Germany but he never stole any of his inventory. He had repented of stealing.

 

[jeff77]

Both your heading and your OP are extremely misleading to the point of being false!!!

EVERYONE... Please read the actual article. NO ONE got anywhere near 82 years in jail! This thread is nothing but trumped up drama just for the sake of drama itself.

Thanks for the clarification Obadiah. Every now and then I hear of someone getting a prison sentence that seems way too long for the crime committed and it is not fair. Some people get a fair sentence or even a light one, but in the case of rape or some other violent crime the victim can suffer effects that are life long and that is not fair. So occasionally someone will get a prison sentence that seems unfair and that may be wrong, but I can't help but think of how often it is usually the victim that gets worst end of it.

 

[Obadiah]

Yeah, I'm a lot more concerned about the victim than I am about the criminal. That is, when he's an actual criminal and not just the victim of some trumped up false charge.

 

[Christ_empowered]

excessive prison time wastes money and ruins lives. Contrary to popular belief, parole isn't always easy to come by. Remember that many prisons are run by for-profit corporations and they profit if they keep more people in for longer periods of time. In my state, one must serve 2/3 of a sentence for many crimes before becoming eligible for parole.

 

[jasonc]

excessive prison time wastes money and ruins lives. Contrary to popular belief, parole isn't always easy to come by. Remember that many prisons are run by for-profit corporations and they profit if they keep more people in for longer periods of time. In my state, one must serve 2/3 of a sentence for many crimes before becoming eligible for parole.

ours that are private run are juvenile only. those are a different creature then regular prisons or jails.

a juvenile murderer in all 50 will never see life. I have no reason why that is logically

 

[Obadiah]

excessive prison time wastes money and ruins lives. Contrary to popular belief, parole isn't always easy to come by. Remember that many prisons are run by for-profit corporations and they profit if they keep more people in for longer periods of time. In my state, one must serve 2/3 of a sentence for many crimes before becoming eligible for parole.

What is the alternative? Would you propose quicker and more liberal use of the death penalty for lessor crimes so they aren't kept in prison so long? Or do you support simply letting criminals go free to commit more crimes on innocent victims? There was a time when prisons weren't so full. The reason for it was that other, very drastic and inhumane forms of punishment were in use instead even for relatively minor offenses. (Stocks, guillotine, racks, banishing to deserted islands, etc, etc.) Should we go back to that kind of a system? What is the solution that doesn't just put innocent victims at more risk?