Comments on: Crime in California http://xrlq.com/2004/06/19/crime-in-california/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:45:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2004/06/19/crime-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-4515 Xrlq Sun, 20 Jun 2004 04:57:41 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2004/06/19/1628/crime-in-california/#comment-4515 "Pardonator," eh? Very clever. It would be cleverer still if Arnold had actually pardoned anybody, which AFAIK he hasn't. As to parole, can you name a single instance in which Gov. Schwarzenegger has paroled anyone against the recommendation of the Parole Board? Lest anyone get the impression that the board hands these recommendations out like candy, I refer you to the last paragraph of the linked story: <blockquote>Few of the lifers who seek parole each year - <em>about 150 from more than 4,000</em> - win recommendations from the nine-member parole board, which scrutinises inmates' criminal history, prison behaviour, psychological profile and likelihood of committing another crime. [Emphasis added.]</blockquote> I'll leave it up to you to figure out which is worse: a governor who releases up to 150 inmates a year under close scrutiny by the Parole Board first and their parole officers later, or a ballot initiative that would immediately turn <a href="http://patterico.com/archives/002339.php">26,202 career criminals loose</a> with no supervision whatsoever. “Pardonator,” eh? Very clever. It would be cleverer still if Arnold had actually pardoned anybody, which AFAIK he hasn’t.

As to parole, can you name a single instance in which Gov. Schwarzenegger has paroled anyone against the recommendation of the Parole Board? Lest anyone get the impression that the board hands these recommendations out like candy, I refer you to the last paragraph of the linked story:

Few of the lifers who seek parole each year – about 150 from more than 4,000 – win recommendations from the nine-member parole board, which scrutinises inmates’ criminal history, prison behaviour, psychological profile and likelihood of committing another crime.
[Emphasis added.]

I’ll leave it up to you to figure out which is worse: a governor who releases up to 150 inmates a year under close scrutiny by the Parole Board first and their parole officers later, or a ballot initiative that would immediately turn 26,202 career criminals loose with no supervision whatsoever.

]]> By: Clark http://xrlq.com/2004/06/19/crime-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-4512 Clark Sun, 20 Jun 2004 01:20:32 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2004/06/19/1628/crime-in-california/#comment-4512 Schwarzenegger is to be roundly condemned for springing murderers to predate again upon the general public. A lot of lives will be broken beyond repair or snuffed out completely by the cutthroats that he has released and will release. His deluded mantra “They can be reformed,” shows incredible, unpardonable ignorance, and will get a lot of innocent Californians killed. Thanks a lot, Heir Governor. Why the hell do we need to scrap the Three Strikes Law anyway? We already have the Pardonator in Sacramento letting record numbers of homicidal terminators back out in society to kill, and kill again. Where’s Angry Clam when we need him? Arnold’s pissing me off; I need someone to share my rage with. Schwarzenegger is to be roundly condemned for springing murderers to predate again upon the general public. A lot of lives will be broken beyond repair or snuffed out completely by the cutthroats that he has released and will release. His deluded mantra “They can be reformed,” shows incredible, unpardonable ignorance, and will get a lot of innocent Californians killed. Thanks a lot, Heir Governor.

Why the hell do we need to scrap the Three Strikes Law anyway? We already have the Pardonator in Sacramento letting record numbers of homicidal terminators back out in society to kill, and kill again.

Where’s Angry Clam when we need him? Arnold’s pissing me off; I need someone to share my rage with.

]]> By: Patterico http://xrlq.com/2004/06/19/crime-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-4511 Patterico Sat, 19 Jun 2004 23:33:35 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2004/06/19/1628/crime-in-california/#comment-4511 Careful of one thing in the article, however: the suggestion that the son had previous strikes. I e-mailed the columnist about this and he says it's not accurate. He sent a correction to his client newspapers and the Pasadena paper apparently ignored it. Careful of one thing in the article, however: the suggestion that the son had previous strikes. I e-mailed the columnist about this and he says it’s not accurate. He sent a correction to his client newspapers and the Pasadena paper apparently ignored it.

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