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The dual solicitations of murder put him well off the list of people I will ever have any sympathy for. Having said that, he's 31 and reading "two life sentence
by markbnj 11y ago
The dual solicitations of murder put him well off the list of people I will ever have any sympathy for. Having said that, he's 31 and reading "two life sentences" and "no chance of parole," was a little bit of a shock. He didn't actually kill anyone and I would guess some actual murderers have served less time. I can't help but feel this is mostly meant as a warning to any other smart guy who might think about setting up a black market.
- markbnj 11y agoShoot this is a repost thread. Didn't notice the older one before replying.
- themartorana 11y agoI'm very against making examples of people. Justice should be dealt entirely equally. Punishing one person more harshly as a warning to hypothetical criminals with a like mind is an unequal application of justice. I didn't know he had solicited murder (it's not mentioned in the short article linked) so I was wondering what made a glorified drug dealer middleman deserve life in prison. I agree that "without parole" is ridiculous.
- icebraining 11y agoI didn't know he had solicited murder (it's not mentioned in the short article linked) so I was wondering what made a glorified drug dealer middleman deserve life in prison. But the thing is: he wasn't even convicted for that!
- tptacek 11y agoHe was convicted of the charge to which that allegation was formally attached.
- icebraining 11y agoYes, but he can still be convicted for that in Maryland, right? So massively inflating this sentence due to the murder-for-hire allegations sounds like potentially convicting him twice for the same crime.
- tptacek 11y agoMy understanding is that there is no parole in the federal penal system; parole wasn't an option available to the judge.
- stretchwithme 11y agoIt sounds like it wasn't his second choice anyway.