Fugitive caught after 40 years...

[DizBelle]

From the yahoo front page news...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wedding_chapel_fugitive

Just wondering what the DIS thoughts are on this.

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

I don't know what to think, to be honest. Partly because I'm not completely sure how parole works... but if he was out of jail and already served his sentence I'm not sure that I agree with his spending the rest of his life in prison. When I first clicked on the article, I figured he had escaped from prison... that obviously isn't the case.

I'm not in law enforcement, so I'm honestly not sure what to think.

 

[taylor3297]

When you are out on parole you have not completed the whole sentence given. If you break the terms of the parole then you are sent back. A person who has totally completed their sentence will not be on parole when released.

 

[Heidict]

I don't know what to think, to be honest. Partly because I'm not completely sure how parole works... but if he was out of jail and already served his sentence I'm not sure that I agree with his spending the rest of his life in prison. When I first clicked on the article, I figured he had escaped from prison... that obviously isn't the case.

I'm not in law enforcement, so I'm honestly not sure what to think.

He was sentenced to life in prison, however he only served 20 years and released on supervised parole.

He had to check in with a parole officer for a set amount of time. He failed to do this. When someone fails to adhere to the terms of their parole they are rearrested and sent back to prison for the duration of their sentence. In this case, life.

 

[Heidict]

On the one hand it seems he stayed out of trouble and was a productive member of society. He owned a business, served his community, had a wife and family. He served 20 years for his crime and while it may not be a lifetime there are murderers who serve only a few years these days. So, on one hand, I wanna say to let him alone and let him enjoy his golden years in peace.


On the other hand, some of the things that are said in the article make me glad that he is locked up again. It was a cold blooded killing, he threatened the judge and the jury, he tries to blame the crime on 'the person he was before'. The kicker is when he says that he didn't even think about it till he was rearrested and didn't even remember the mans name.

How can you murder someone and not have it haunt you for the rest of your life? How can the name be so easily forgotten? Does he have no conscience?

 

[minkydog]

On the one hand it seems he stayed out of trouble and was a productive member of society. He owned a business, served his community, had a wife and family. He served 20 years for his crime and while it may not be a lifetime there are murderers who serve only a few years these days. So, on one hand, I wanna say to let him alone and let him enjoy his golden years in peace.


On the other hand, some of the things that are said in the article make me glad that he is locked up again. It was a cold blooded killing, he threatened the judge and the jury, he tries to blame the crime on 'the person he was before'. The kicker is when he says that he didn't even think about it till he was rearrested and didn't even remember the mans name.

How can you murder someone and not have it haunt you for the rest of your life? How can the name be so easily forgotten? Does he have no conscience?

I know what you mean. The little ole softie in me says, "awwww, he's just an old man. Let him live out his days in peace and comfort." Then the rational side says, "Wait a minute! The guy he shot IN THE BACK 6 TIMES didn't get to be an old man! and what do you mean, you don't even remember his name? Was he that unimportant to you? Well, he was pretty important to him mom & dad, and to the grandson who caught your sorry @$$." I don't think this man has any remorse at all. He is mentally ill, for sure. He has literally become someone else and believes that at such he doesn't have to be responsible for anything his old persona did. I don't know if he would be much of a risk to the general public, but he still needs to be locked up. He committed a terrible crime, violated his parole, created a completely new identity and started his life over as if it never happend. Can you imagine being his new wife or kids? They dind't know anything about his past. What a kick in the teeth.

My Vote: prison, for the rest of his sentence. For being a man without character.

 

[disykat]

That article really bothered me. All these years and he still isn't taking responsibility, but blaming the victim's grandson for "getting his pound of flesh" by finding him years later. It is not the victim's grandsons fault he is in jail - it is his own.

 

[momof1princess]

I know what you mean. The little ole softie in me says, "awwww, he's just an old man. Let him live out his days in peace and comfort." Then the rational side says, "Wait a minute! The guy he shot IN THE BACK 6 TIMES didn't get to be an old man! and what do you mean, you don't even remember his name? Was he that unimportant to you? Well, he was pretty important to him mom & dad, and to the grandson who caught your sorry @$$." I don't think this man has any remorse at all. He is mentally ill, for sure. He has literally become someone else and believes that at such he doesn't have to be responsible for anything his old persona did. I don't know if he would be much of a risk to the general public, but he still needs to be locked up. He committed a terrible crime, violated his parole, created a completely new identity and started his life over as if it never happend. Can you imagine being his new wife or kids? They dind't know anything about his past. What a kick in the teeth.

My Vote: prison, for the rest of his sentence. For being a man without character.

ITA!

 

[Mermaid02]

That article really bothered me. All these years and he still isn't taking responsibility, but blaming the victim's grandson for "getting his pound of flesh" by finding him years later. It is not the victim's grandsons fault he is in jail - it is his own.

Exactly. He hasn't paid for his crime. He had a life sentence - he walked away from his parole- he's lived well for 40 years. That's not justice.

 

[EMom]

So he was a law abiding citizen for the last several decades while he was skipping out on parole.... Really? REALLY? How do we know he just didn't get CAUGHT doing anything illegal? After reading this article, considering his convenient habit of forgetting anything heinous he's done (or at least minimizing it down to a niblet) I'd say he could/would swear on a stack of Bibles that he has walked the straight and narrow since the day he left out of prison.....even if he'd left a trail of dead bodies a mile long.

Lock him up. For good.

Oh, and congrats to the grandson of the murder victim for a job well done.