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Anyone think life behind bars is harsh for just holding someone up at gunpoint? Though a lawyer - probably has connections w/ judges and other lawyers so--he go

Anyone think life behind bars is harsh for just holding someone up at gunpoint? Though a lawyer - probably has connections w/ judges and other lawyers so--he got the book thrown at him... Kind of sad that we waste tax payer dollars keeping people in jail this long who don't need to be.

nkrisc 9y ago
I don't know. The way I see it, pointing a gun at someone is a threat to kill them; why else do you point a gun at them? Anyone who is willing to kill (as the victim must surely assume) doesn't belong out on the street. Can they be rehabilitated? Maybe, and then maybe life in prison is harsh. But if someone points a gun at me I'm going to assume they're going to kill me and as far as I'm concerned they should be treated as if they were going to. There's a difference between saying you're going to kill someone and actually being only the slightest twitch away from doing so, intentionally. I have little sympathy for those who would care so little for the lives of others. Life is too precious to be soft on those who disregard it.
- gremlinsinc 9y ago
  Just watched... going in style--where old geezers robbed a bank.. the guns were loaded w/ blanks--so just pointing a gun doesn't always mean intent to kill -- plus some people at age 19 might intend to kill, but by age 30 they see htey were an idiot and come around and are nothing like that, shouldn't they be able to re-enter society if not a threat any longer? Now if they did kill someone that's a whole separate thing, and also aren't you innocent till proven guilty? Intent should not matter you can't be convicted of your intent, but of your actual actions which is you pointed a gun at a person, you did not fire said gun so shouldn't be accountable for the higher crime.. Not saying don't punish, but temper based on final outcomes... had an uncle who's son robbed a hotel w/ his gun he was 18, his dad like 40's... he got something like 5-10 years. His dad who was asleep in the hotel room got 75 years because he owned the gun... He's been in jail since 1993, my grandpa died never having been able to visit/see him because he was all the way in Texas.

nkrisc 9y ago

I don't know. The way I see it, pointing a gun at someone is a threat to kill them; why else do you point a gun at them? Anyone who is willing to kill (as the victim must surely assume) doesn't belong out on the street. Can they be rehabilitated? Maybe, and then maybe life in prison is harsh. But if someone points a gun at me I'm going to assume they're going to kill me and as far as I'm concerned they should be treated as if they were going to. There's a difference between saying you're going to kill someone and actually being only the slightest twitch away from doing so, intentionally. I have little sympathy for those who would care so little for the lives of others. Life is too precious to be soft on those who disregard it.

gremlinsinc 9y ago
Just watched... going in style--where old geezers robbed a bank.. the guns were loaded w/ blanks--so just pointing a gun doesn't always mean intent to kill -- plus some people at age 19 might intend to kill, but by age 30 they see htey were an idiot and come around and are nothing like that, shouldn't they be able to re-enter society if not a threat any longer? Now if they did kill someone that's a whole separate thing, and also aren't you innocent till proven guilty? Intent should not matter you can't be convicted of your intent, but of your actual actions which is you pointed a gun at a person, you did not fire said gun so shouldn't be accountable for the higher crime.. Not saying don't punish, but temper based on final outcomes... had an uncle who's son robbed a hotel w/ his gun he was 18, his dad like 40's... he got something like 5-10 years. His dad who was asleep in the hotel room got 75 years because he owned the gun... He's been in jail since 1993, my grandpa died never having been able to visit/see him because he was all the way in Texas.