Teen Receives 196-Year Prison Sentence

Wow, that's very exceed than human's life expectancy.

For me, it sounds like life imprisonment.
 
that is ridiculous..and even if he had other crimes b4 18 when he turned 18 those don't matter.
 
VamPyroX said:
If they give this teenager this kind of punishment, but they give those other teenagers (the ones who lured a victim to their apartment to beat the crap out of her) a lighter harmless sentence... then I know that there's a serious problem in our justice system. :roll:
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There is no doubt that there are serious problems with our criminal justice system. What do yoiu want to bet that this young man was a member of a minority group and had been raised in a economically disadvantaged home? Those groups are disproportionately given tougher sentences and less effective legal representation.

Hopefully, this sentence will be overturned under an appeal. This is outrageous.
 
jillio said:
There is no doubt that there are serious problems with our criminal justice system. What do yoiu want to bet that this young man was a member of a minority group and had been raised in a economically disadvantaged home? Those groups are disproportionately given tougher sentences and less effective legal representation.

Hopefully, this sentence will be overturned under an appeal. This is outrageous.
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I would hope so too. As Banjo said, this is kind of extreme. That's an understatement on his part.
 
deafskeptic said:
I would hope so too. As Banjo said, this is kind of extreme. That's an understatement on his part.
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No doubt. He would have to serve 85% of his sentence before being eligible for parole. That would be 166 years. That, in effect, is a death sentence. He would never live to go before the parole board. And yet, there are those that still claim our justice system is rehabilitative.:dunno2:
 
I have the feeling the judge doesn't believe in rehabiliting his victims ... no, make that criminals.
 
Yeah, no human has lived to 200 years old so that's a bit extreme.
 
200?

three 40 years for first degree... that is 120 years..
two 30 years for amred robbery.. that is 60 years..
15 years for second degree...
and some years long sentences..
so that total is about 200..

to me, judge has no commen sense! no wonder they act like robot or computer rme!
if i were in that shoe, then i would say that is death sentence.. no question bec all are over human life span.. so put him in death pently.. simple.. that will teach all others to stop.. it works.. example .. look at other country that were very strict.. oh one .. guam.. ooooo strict! you bring one simple very tiny pot.. good bye you die!
 
deafskeptic said:
A 15 to 20 year sentence would have been much more appropriate. After all, we do need to make criminals accountable for their crimes.
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I have to disagree because once he gets out, he will probably do it again and he will be back in jail so the 200 year sentence is a good ruling even it's extreme
 
DVDFreaker said:
I have to disagree because once he gets out, he will probably do it again and he will be back in jail so the 200 year sentence is a good ruling even it's extreme
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If he's a repeat offender, stiffer sentences will be needed. I wouldn't do this for a first time offender especially if he has a drug habit.

And there are many criminals out there so where will we find the room for them all and where will we get the money for new jails and prisons? If you throw away the key, you will have to factor in the cost of lifetime imprisonment and these people will need medical care and if we have space even for first time offenders if they're all sentenced to 200 years for a crime. Not only that, we will need to pay those who run the prisons.
 
I guess we need "suspended animation" prison like in Demolition Man movie. We can dig mile deep prison, and suspended animation (not freeze dry) hard-core criminal until the body dies naturally. All we would need is one prison to handle whole country.. No guards or anything.. Save us crapload of $$$ that we can use.. :)

deafskeptic said:
And there are many criminals out there so where will we find the room for them all and where will we get the money for new jails and prisons? If you throw away the key, you will have to factor in the cost of lifetime imprisonment and these people will need medical care and if we have space even for first time offenders if they're all sentenced to 200 years for a crime. Not only that, we will need to pay those who run the prisons.
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well.. three counts of first-degree burglary, one count of second-degree burglary, two counts of armed robbery and one count of possession of a pistol during a violent crime at age 19 is extreme!
 
RichardDeaf said:
I guess we need "suspended animation" prison like in Demolition Man movie. We can dig mile deep prison, and suspended animation (not freeze dry) hard-core criminal until the body dies naturally. All we would need is one prison to handle whole country.. No guards or anything.. Save us crapload of $$$ that we can use.. :)
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And is this realistic to build such a prison given our current technology and how far are we from developing this technology? 10 years from now? 15 years from now? Never?

What you propose seems a bit too futuristic and perhaps a bit unlikely. I recall reading some 1950 stuff of how we would have robots who did our homework. I think the Jetsons are a prime example of this 1950s vision of the future. Did that future ever happen?
 
freckles said:
well.. three counts of first-degree burglary, one count of second-degree burglary, two counts of armed robbery and one count of possession of a pistol during a violent crime at age 19 is extreme!
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Hence why he needs to be held accountable for his crimes.
 
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