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guava
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The Happy Warrior
Joined: 10 Feb 2010
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| A jury in January convicted Woodland resident Robert Ferguson of two counts of petty theft for stealing the cheese and snatching a woman's wallet off a 7-Eleven counter. |
He also had two prior convictions.
8 years isn't too unreasonable under the circumstances. |
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bacasper
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:55 am Post subject: |
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The man should receive treatment for his bipolar disorder. He only commits thefts during manic episodes.
The American judicial system and many people working in it are so damn vindictive and inhumane. And he got 7 years 8 months only after dropping the bid to give him life 
Crime is at a 40-year low, and incarceration at an all-time high. America incarcerates its citizens at the highest rate in the world, and blacks at a rate higher than in apartheid South Africa. The relentless march towards the police state continues. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:18 am Post subject: |
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| bacasper wrote: |
Crime is at a 40-year low, and incarceration at an all-time high. |
I reckon this is what is at a 40 year high:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/nyregion/07crime.html
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| More than a hundred retired New York Police Department captains and higher-ranking officers said in a survey that the intense pressure to produce annual crime reductions led some supervisors and precinct commanders to manipulate crime statistics, according to two criminologists studying the department. |
Anyways, 8 years is pretty crazy. |
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Fox
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| bacasper wrote: |
| The man should receive treatment for his bipolar disorder. He only commits thefts during manic episodes. |
I agree with the principle behind this. In cases where non-violent offenders are committing crimes based on medical disorders, treating the disorder is by far preferential to incaracerating them, assuming it is effective at stopping the crimes. It's more humane and cheaper. We need to stop viewing the justice system as the "punishment system." What matters is results. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| bacasper wrote: |
The man should receive treatment for his bipolar disorder. He only commits thefts during manic episodes.
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Nah, they should give him the drugs while he's serving the 8 year sentence. Then he'll be like "Wow, this is where the hell I am?" He'll probably resolve his issues more clearly then and won't need the drugs! |
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young_clinton
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| eight years for stealing A BAG of cheese is off the wall under any circumstances. |
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pkang0202
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| young_clinton wrote: |
| eight years for stealing A BAG of cheese is off the wall under any circumstances. |
If he hadn't of committed is earlier 2 offenses, then he wouldn't have gotten 8 years. |
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mises
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
| young_clinton wrote: |
| eight years for stealing A BAG of cheese is off the wall under any circumstances. |
If he hadn't of committed is earlier 2 offenses, then he wouldn't have gotten 8 years. |
67k/yr (cost of prison for one male in California) for 8 years over a brick of cheese. Aren't you a fiscal conservative pkang? |
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The Happy Warrior
Joined: 10 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| young_clinton wrote: |
| eight years for stealing A BAG of cheese is off the wall under any circumstances. |
Who cares about the bag of cheese? He also snatched a woman's wallet. With two priors, is 8 years a bit much? Yes, its a bit much. Maybe it should be 4-5 tops.
But stealing someone's wallet can really frak them. |
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suwonteacher
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Location: Hwaesodong
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey, that's nacho cheese!! |
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