Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Dyke gets 5 1/2 years of jail for setting her ex-lover and another woman on fire
London dyke gets 5 1/2 years of jail for setting her ex-lover and another woman on fire.
Wouldn't it be interesting if the first thing she did when she got out of jail was to go on a Pride Parade? Such fitting applause would be seen from the audience. You know what I find amusing about pro-homos, is that they never ask this question about how many criminals just might be participating in a Pride Parade. And if they knew for a fact that there were many criminals parading, would they still clap? My guess is yes. Rationalize something, dismiss the thought, and bring on the claps. But I digress...
I don't know much about sentencing issues, except that sentencing decisions have enormous problems, and no one seems to be able to figure out how to fix them. But, to me, 5 years is a very light penalty for setting people on fire. At least, she did get a sentence. Given that most child abusers don't even go to prison, you see the system is just a huge failure. As I've blogged before:
And on the other extreme:
In other words, show me how your sentencing goes and I will show you what is wrong with your society.
BTW, on a very tangential note, did you know that public trials in ancient Greece had nothing less than 200-700 jurors? (please note, not every trial was public). How, will you ask, did they ever manage to deliberate?
Simple, they didn't. Each juror cast a vote after hearing both sides of the indictment. There was no consensus to reach.
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Enraged the jealous Metcalfe returned to the trailer with a can of gasoline and poured over the bed then put a match to it.
The pair [of victims] were initially trapped, but escaped through a window the jury was told.
Wrigglesworth suffered extensive burns to her arms, legs and body. She was hospitalized for ten weeks and continues to have trouble walking. Shakesheff, 32, sustained extensive second degree burns to 44 per cent of her body. She underwent major skin grafts and a doctor said she will never look the same.
Wouldn't it be interesting if the first thing she did when she got out of jail was to go on a Pride Parade? Such fitting applause would be seen from the audience. You know what I find amusing about pro-homos, is that they never ask this question about how many criminals just might be participating in a Pride Parade. And if they knew for a fact that there were many criminals parading, would they still clap? My guess is yes. Rationalize something, dismiss the thought, and bring on the claps. But I digress...
I don't know much about sentencing issues, except that sentencing decisions have enormous problems, and no one seems to be able to figure out how to fix them. But, to me, 5 years is a very light penalty for setting people on fire. At least, she did get a sentence. Given that most child abusers don't even go to prison, you see the system is just a huge failure. As I've blogged before:
of 1,115 people convicted of sexually abusing children in New York City between 1993 and 1995, only 44 percent went to jail. More than 30 percent received probation and 20 percent received conditional discharges.
And on the other extreme:
Possession of 4.99 grams of crack is punishable with no more than one year in prison; possession of 5.01 grams of crack is subject to a mandatory minimum of five years. These "sentencing cliffs", as they are known, create absurd disparities in sentencing, yet there is no way for judges to circumvent them.
In other words, show me how your sentencing goes and I will show you what is wrong with your society.
BTW, on a very tangential note, did you know that public trials in ancient Greece had nothing less than 200-700 jurors? (please note, not every trial was public). How, will you ask, did they ever manage to deliberate?
Simple, they didn't. Each juror cast a vote after hearing both sides of the indictment. There was no consensus to reach.
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