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I think Brown is insane.
What does he want from this man? Finally the parole board grants him leave, and Brown steps in to deny it, why? What's his motivation?
I think this is cruel. This man has rehabilitated himself and has served his time. He is 70 yrs old now.
Is there no compassion or forgiveness in this country anymore? I hope Brown doesn't call himself a Christian.
I thought they should have paroled Atkins also.
So, let me ask this, if a life sentence is to be a "imprisonment for life - maybe" then what is the point of a life sentence in the first place?
This isn't a particularly new concept. I can think of a few reasons:
1. Recognizing the element of reform and rehabilitation in the correctional system.
2. Giving our most violent offenders some motivation for reforming their ways.
Much of this comes down to matters of opinion. I'm less troubled in not treating the original verdict as something sacred that shall not be modified, but for extraordinary circumstances. I'm a pragmatist. Frankly, when some of you start making reference to some abstract notion of "justice" that involves keeping someone in his seventies who nearly everyone who has observed him has concluded to be no risk to society, you lose me. He's reformed, he's not a danger to society, he's spent the better part of his life behind bars. I think he should be released. I have no doubt Bruce Davis was a very destructive person when he was younger. Some people change. Apparently he is one of them. You see a point in keeping him locked up in spite of this. I do not. We seem to just have fundamentally different views of the purposes of the correctional system.
I think it is odd... first the liberals are against the death penalty, they say LIFE in prison is better... now they say life in prison is too harsh, let them out........ WTF?!?
And let's not forget their murderous notions about abortion. lol
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Originally Posted by dubyanumberone
This guy and the rest of the Manson bunch should have went to the gas chamber 40 years ago. None should ever see daylight.
I think it is odd... first the liberals are against the death penalty, they say LIFE in prison is better... now they say life in prison is too harsh, let them out........ WTF?!?
How's that severe concussion doing?
Who says parole boards are liberal? Life in prison is better than..... what?
You are throwing a lot of crap, but none of it is sticking to the wall. Your hatred of liberals has nothing to do with this topic at all.
How's that severe concussion doing?
Who says parole boards are liberal? Life in prison is better than..... what?
You are throwing a lot of crap, but none of it is sticking to the wall. Your hatred of liberals has nothing to do with this topic at all.
It's laughable.
More than one liberal on this thread thinks Davis should sit in prison the rest of his life. Myself included. But the far-right never seems to get that "they" don't own law and order any more than they own patriotism, Mom and baseball.
The image of the hanging man is offensive and stupid..who would to to the trouble of posting that? I would worry about that sort as much as a member of the old Manson family. It's nobodies business to take the life of another or suggest that the person take their own life. God through nature and time kills everybody...so what is the rush?
I didn't miss it, I just don't respond to stupid questions.
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