Prison sentences

Sergeant_Scrotum · **Prison sentences -** 08-31-2004, 06:16 PM

The thread on young kids being idiots kind of raised this issue. It was said that if you send a 13 year old to juvie for ten years it completely screws their life. Just wondering what everyone here thinks of extended sentences. They are mainly issued in the southern states of the US, where someone can be sent to jail for hundreds of years. I read a news story from Florida a while back. It was about this man who I believe was around 27 or so. Anyways he was speeding in his car, doing about 75mph in a 50 or something like that. He hit a 16 year old girl that was backing out of her driveway onto the road. She was killed on impact unfortunately. Anyways he dint flee the scene, he stayed and admitted it was his fault. So they charge him with reckless driving or some charge like that and it ends up he gets sentenced to something like 45 years in prison. Leaving his wife and 2 children without a father for their entire life almost, when he gets out he will be in his 70's, this is if he even gets out at all. He never gets to know his children, see them grow up or any of those other things associated with being a father. Instead he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell rotting away. After reading that I felt sick. Anyways what are your views on the lengths of sentences? How should they be decided? Jury? judge? Should their be limits?

WidowMaker555 · 08-31-2004, 06:19 PM

that sucks 4 him

Himmler · 08-31-2004, 06:38 PM

im sure you've all heard this before...

dont do the crime if you cant pay the time.

there is a reason why there are speed limits.

Innoxx · 08-31-2004, 06:41 PM

Two Words, "Public executions."

Pyro · 08-31-2004, 06:43 PM

How does the 16 year old girl feel that she doens't get to spend the rest of her life?

Coleman · 08-31-2004, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyro

How does the 16 year old girl feel that she doens't get to spend the rest of her life?

from the atheist's point of view, nothing since she is purely dead :wink

Scorched Earth · 08-31-2004, 06:53 PM

maybe the time is alright but he might have alot more visiting rights than other people who where more reckless....still sucks tho....i think he should jus be supervised or somethin like that less harsh than jail...it sucks when it was an entire mistake

Eight Ace · 08-31-2004, 07:33 PM

It's usually the opposite here, people getting light sentences
when they're guilty beyond doubt or by their own admission.

But recently we had a series of gang rapes where the cunt that
was the "leader" of the pack got 55yrs, people were suprised
but everyone in Sydney except the rapists families were cheering in
the streets....his co-accused including his brother got around half that btw.

Maplegyver · 08-31-2004, 07:38 PM

[quote="The Frenchman":6ab58]Two Words, "Public executions."[/quote:6ab58]

newt. · 08-31-2004, 07:39 PM

one outta every 5 inmates do their time in jail...the other 4 fall victom to a good ole fashion game of russian roulette...and if it were in america, it be televised.

I dunno make some island somewhere a penal colony like the brits and australia