No Justice For You

8 Responses to “No Justice For You”

1. clark smith Says:
   June 7th, 2005 at 4:57 pm

   Sickening. Just sickening.

   It’s stories like this that give me utter contempt for arguments against capital punishment.

2. Mark in Mexico Says:
   June 7th, 2005 at 7:39 pm

   19 year-old gets life sentence for helping girlfri

   So a panicky 19 year-old in Texas gets a mandatory life sentence for helping his willing girlfriend induce the miscarriage of twin fetuses and a cold blooded murderer in Utah gets 6 years to life.

3. Mike Says:
   June 8th, 2005 at 9:44 am

   The article does say “6 to life” (which seems like a pretty big range). It also says that it’s up to the parole board to decide when he’s been there enough.

   The article tries to build sympathy for the poor lad, but I must have a heart of stone.

4. Gourmets of Wine Says:
   June 9th, 2005 at 5:08 am

   No Justice For You

   [Source: damnum absque injuria] quoted: England, Britain, Potato, Potahto”¦ Filed under: Miscellaneous International Media Lameness Beer Wine by Xrlq @ 12:36 pm The Ass. Press reports that…

5. steve sturm Says:
   June 9th, 2005 at 8:22 am

   well, I don’t know whether this was premeditated, but apparently you can murder in Texas and get away with only five years

6. BlogBites Says:
   June 9th, 2005 at 8:50 pm

   Is Utah the only state where unprovoked, premediated first degree murder gets you six years in prison and a stiff fine (only without the fine)?

   damnum absque injuria

7. Patterico Says:
   June 9th, 2005 at 9:31 pm

   This is how sentencing in California used to be. Worse, due to ex post facto laws, it’s the same way today for an old murder.

8. James B. Shearer Says:
   June 10th, 2005 at 9:41 am

   I don’t think Texas is the same, it sounds like the judge has the option to give a fixed sentence anywhere in the range of five years to life whereas in Utah the judge can only give a indeterminate sentence of 6 years to life leaving it up to the parole board how long is actually served. I wouldn’t get too outraged until and unless the guy is actually released after 6 years. Parole boards tend to deny parole in high profile cases like this, look at how many times Sirhan Sirhan has been denied parole.

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