Teens rob woman outside Squirrel Hill Giant Eagle (Taylor, Austin: high school, live)

[gg]

Originally Posted by scottrpriester

Just heard they are being charged as adults.

Good. The more put away the better for the law abiding. Thanks for the good news. Now they need to get the other loser and drag on society.

[gg]

Originally Posted by SolitaryThrush

No no no, that's not what I meant. I meant (and probably should have typed) "that's no excuse for somebody to have to worry about getting mugged outside Giant Eagle". Doesn't matter what time of day it is, of course, nobody should have to live in fear of their neighborhood . . . but it's not like the place had closed 4 hours earlier, presumably it was still lit up and people were out and about.

I've worked plenty of overnight shifts, too, and appreciate places that don't close at 9.

K. Glad they caught two of them. One more and we have a winner! Keep them off the streets.

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Brian, tell that women that got robbed at gunpoint about your statistics. I am sure she will be happy to hear that.

If I was speaking to that woman, I would express my sympathies.

But I don't feel the need to pretend that everyone I speak to about these issues has just been victimized themselves.

[Herodotus]

The perps apparently are not from Homewood or East Liberty either. Who'd a thunk it?

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by Herodotus

The perps apparently are not from Homewood or East Liberty either. Who'd a thunk it?

But surely they aren't nice Jewish boys from the local Yeshiva?

[steindle]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Good. The more put away the better for the law abiding. Thanks for the good news. Now they need to get the other loser and drag on society.

Putting these kids into adult prison to learn from and be abused by a concentrated group of lifelong felons until they get out, more angry and less employable than before... is sure to be just the medicine society needs.

[Velvet Jones]

Originally Posted by steindle

Putting these kids into adult prison to learn from and be abused by a concentrated group of lifelong felons until they get out, more angry and less employable than before... is sure to be just the medicine society needs.

This is why I'm leaning more and more towards Singapore style justice. Putting these punks in jail is no real deterrent and would likely make them even worse. An excruciatingly painful beating, preferably broadcast on live TV, would serve as a much better deterrent. I doubt you would see many repeat offenders.

[I_Like_Spam]

This kind of crime is really inexcusable, and these miscreants need locked up for their own safety as well as everyone else's.

Armed street robbery can lead to the serious injury or death of not just the victim, but the robber as well, the chance of being confronted by an armed would-be victim or an armed passerby is actually pretty great.

And for what?

Most people don't carry the cash they did years ago.

[Herodotus]

Originally Posted by I_Like_Spam

This kind of crime is really inexcusable, and these miscreants need locked up for their own safety as well as everyone else's.

Armed street robbery can lead to the serious injury or death of not just the victim, but the robber as well, the chance of being confronted by an armed would-be victim or an armed passerby is actually pretty great.

And for what?

Most people don't carry the cash they did years ago.

This is true. If the victim pulls out a real gun, their pellet gun isn't going to help when the slugs start tearing through them.

[I_Like_Spam]

Originally Posted by Herodotus

This is true. If the victim pulls out a real gun, their pellet gun isn't going to help when the slugs start tearing through them.

Even if they have a real gun to return fire, its still not "self defense" and they'll be facing felony murder charges and possibly the chair.


The number of hazards to being a successful armed robber on the street are incredible, society is doing these folks a great favor by catching them and locking them up for 10 years or so.