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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 03:02 PM
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83. He only got three years for the crimes he committed against me.
He was out on parole though so he had to finish the full 19 years left he had on his original sentences. I was surprised that he could possibly have gotten parole with 19 years left on a sentence.

David
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  -Homeless man gets 15 years for stealing $100 Are_grits_groceries  Jan-28-09 09:44 AM   #0 
  - Meanwhile, a former AIG exec got only 4 years fraud (to the tune of 500 million)  anonymous171   Jan-28-09 09:46 AM   #1 
  - That's what I was going to post.  flvegan   Jan-28-09 09:48 AM   #7 
  - That's what I was going to post as well.  NM Independent   Jan-28-09 10:13 AM   #19 
  - On the plus side, he's got a home now. Three hots and a cot.  wienerdoggie   Jan-28-09 09:46 AM   #2 
  - That's my thoughts too. I've heard of people doing this simply because they know they will be warm  madmom   Jan-28-09 09:51 AM   #10 
  - I'd Do It  RobinA   Jan-28-09 09:17 PM   #53 
  - Yeah, that's the upside. No worries about job loss or free healthcare now. nt  cabluedem   Jan-28-09 10:17 AM   #21 
  - My initial thought was "At least he's no longer homeless."  slackmaster   Jan-28-09 10:23 AM   #27 
  - True, and he's not likely to provoke the ire of other inmates.  Vektor   Jan-29-09 03:32 AM   #66 
  - For the record: probably one or two meals of which one will be cold. n/t  ieoeja   Jan-29-09 04:07 PM   #86 
  - well he gets a warm, dry bed and meals  rurallib   Jan-28-09 09:46 AM   #3 
  - reminds me more of Les Miserables ...  sunnystarr   Jan-29-09 09:07 AM   #77 
  - The laws should be changed  Confusious   Jan-28-09 09:48 AM   #4 
  - I like that policy  Xicano   Jan-29-09 04:02 AM   #68 
  - stealing != robbing  DS1   Jan-28-09 09:48 AM   #5 
  - That's the same reasoning that was used when the homeless  midnight   Jan-28-09 10:03 AM   #17 
  - this makes my heart ache.  KittyWampus   Jan-28-09 09:48 AM   #6 
  - It feels it will never stop, some days, too many.  Mnemosyne    Jan-28-09 08:04 PM   #43 
  - justice?  Bluerthanblue   Jan-28-09 09:48 AM   #8 
  - You've quoted federal guidelines, but he was sentenced under Louisiana state law:  SteppingRazor   Jan-28-09 09:50 AM   #9 
  - Well that just makes it hunky dory.......nt  Are_grits_groceries   Jan-28-09 09:53 AM   #12 
  - Who said it makes it hunky dory, the poster was just explaining the law  WI_DEM   Jan-28-09 10:35 AM   #33 
     - Thanks. And, certainly, I didn't want to endorse it.  SteppingRazor   Jan-28-09 10:47 AM   #34 
  - We give judges discretion in sentencing people for a reason  Hippo_Tron   Jan-29-09 12:27 AM   #61 
     - Do we?  SteppingRazor   Jan-29-09 09:05 AM   #76 
        - According to a post above it's no less than 3 and no more than 40 years  Hippo_Tron   Jan-29-09 02:42 PM   #79 
           - I know. That post above is mine.  SteppingRazor   Jan-29-09 03:53 PM   #84 
  - He won't appeal.  Veritas_et_Aequitas   Jan-28-09 09:52 AM   #11 
  - If his life is that bad, 3 meals (such as they are in a Louisiana prison system) and a place to...  Poll_Blind   Jan-28-09 09:57 AM   #14 
     - One year would have sufficed to get this man fed and detoxed and perhaps  glitch   Jan-28-09 10:18 AM   #23 
        - Exactly. 15 years is a LOOOONG time. Who knows how long he was homleless in the first place.  MidwestTransplant   Jan-28-09 10:21 AM   #24 
        - Well you don't make the laws, do you?  lizzy   Jan-28-09 07:07 PM   #39 
           - for someone who is unclear on laws  musette_sf   Jan-28-09 08:25 PM   #46 
              - Well, wtf do you know?  lizzy   Jan-28-09 08:50 PM   #51 
              - Thanks for responding to whoever it is that I have on ignore :) nt  glitch   Jan-28-09 11:16 PM   #56 
  - How much state money is going to be spent incarcerating this man?  bluestateguy   Jan-28-09 09:56 AM   #13 
  - Yeah, but they get the slave, er, I mean free labor.  bertman   Jan-28-09 11:26 PM   #57 
  - Anatole France noted, some time ago, that  elleng   Jan-28-09 10:00 AM   #15 
  - I was thinking of that quote as well  Canuckistanian   Jan-28-09 10:17 AM   #22 
  - The last eight years seems to have closed all the loop holes  midnight   Jan-28-09 10:01 AM   #16 
  - Louisiana jails 15 year olds for life- what do you expect?  depakid   Jan-28-09 10:06 AM   #18 
  - Louisiana is one of the southern states I will NEVER enter in my lifetime. nt  cabluedem   Jan-28-09 10:21 AM   #26 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-28-09 10:33 AM   #32 
  - Oh well, one more NOLA hotel room for me, then  KamaAina   Jan-28-09 08:28 PM   #48 
  - The OP made it appear as though this was a Federal case  KamaAina   Jan-28-09 08:27 PM   #47 
  - What A Horrible Sentencing. I Hope The Appeals Process Can Help Him.  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   Jan-28-09 10:16 AM   #20 
  - Read more here - Says the guy is 5 5" tall and weighs 143 pounds.  1776Forever   Jan-28-09 10:21 AM   #25 
  - Well, pardon me. Robbery charge does not take  lizzy   Jan-28-09 07:13 PM   #41 
  - 2 important points to this incident:  dixiegrrrrl   Jan-28-09 10:27 AM   #28 
  - Thank you, dixiegrrrrl  Enthusiast   Jan-29-09 03:56 AM   #67 
  - Unfortunately, the threat of force opened him up for a robbery charge  Gormy Cuss   Jan-28-09 10:30 AM   #29 
  - Meanwhile, $100 Billion thief Madoff sits at home screwing his wife.  TWiley   Jan-28-09 10:31 AM   #30 
  - Part of this I would bet is three strikes and your out--he probably had a a police record for  WI_DEM   Jan-28-09 10:33 AM   #31 
  - ... with liberty and justice for all.  eppur_se_muova   Jan-28-09 06:52 PM   #35 
  - So if he had given 1 cent more back, he would've gotten 14 years less.  Waiting For Everyman   Jan-28-09 06:58 PM   #36 
  - Stealing would not be a correct description.  lizzy   Jan-28-09 07:05 PM   #37 
  - So does Madoff get 7.5 billion years?  KamaAina   Jan-28-09 07:07 PM   #38 
  - Of course not  malaise   Jan-28-09 08:21 PM   #45 
  - The law locks up the man or woman who steals the goose from off the common  Hannah Bell   Jan-28-09 07:10 PM   #40 
  - Fuck that, didn't bushitler do away with all the laws? When were they restored?  lonestarnot   Jan-28-09 07:13 PM   #42 
  - Welcome to America...  MrScorpio   Jan-28-09 08:19 PM   #44 
  - This is why the USA has 25% of the world's prisoners while only having 5% of the world's population.  New Dawn   Jan-28-09 08:33 PM   #49 
  - He. Robbed. A. Bank.  jmowreader   Jan-28-09 08:33 PM   #50 
  - Trying to be sarcastic with your headline? No? You are serious?  Duende azul   Jan-28-09 09:43 PM   #54 
  - I have perspective  jmowreader   Jan-29-09 05:45 AM   #69 
  - The vicious bank robber, Clyde Barrow along with his sidekick, Bonnie Parker, made  bertman   Jan-28-09 11:45 PM   #59 
  - Robbing a bank is different than shoplifting or picking pockets.  geek tragedy   Jan-29-09 03:01 PM   #82 
     - Of course it's different and it's serious, but putting a man in jail who took $100 and  bertman   Jan-29-09 05:46 PM   #87 
  - And he should be punished for it, but 15 years is fucking ridiculous and a waste of taxpayer money  Hippo_Tron   Jan-29-09 12:33 AM   #62 
  - Hey is Bernie Maddoff in jail for stealing Billions?  MadMaddie   Jan-28-09 08:52 PM   #52 
  - No longer homeless, has health care, and a warm place to sleep  2Design   Jan-28-09 11:16 PM   #55 
  - "Spiderwebs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the ppor and weak" - Proudhon  struggle4progress   Jan-28-09 11:40 PM   #58 
  - A homeless guy broke into my truck he'll be eligible for parole in 20 years.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Jan-29-09 12:00 AM   #60 
  - You don't need to rationalize the insane decisions of the court.  file83   Jan-29-09 01:33 AM   #64 
     - He only got three years for the crimes he committed against me.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Jan-29-09 03:02 PM   #83 
  - He robbed a damned bank.  ArbustoBuster   Jan-29-09 12:48 AM   #63 
  - More importantly here is the need for deterence.  file83   Jan-29-09 01:34 AM   #65 
     - But harsher punishment doesn't tend to deter people...  varkam   Jan-29-09 07:00 AM   #72 
  - the robbed a band of $100 and got 15 years . . . and yet . . . and yet . . .  OneBlueSky   Jan-29-09 05:58 AM   #70 
  - Bernie Madow needs to be sharing his cell. nt  Vinca   Jan-29-09 06:51 AM   #71 
  - The sad part  LiberalPersona   Jan-29-09 07:41 AM   #73 
  - meanwhile bernie madoff lives well in his penthouse apartment  spanone   Jan-29-09 07:46 AM   #74 
  - Jean Valjean in 21st Century America. nt  raccoon   Jan-29-09 08:06 AM   #75 
  - Which is more terrifying?  Tsiyu   Jan-29-09 10:51 AM   #78 
  - he read about bernie and thought stealing was suddenly legal  spanone   Jan-29-09 02:44 PM   #80 
  - Paging Jean Valjean and Javert...your new nation awaits you.  tom_paine   Jan-29-09 02:46 PM   #81 
  - "It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times."  slampoet   Jan-29-09 03:57 PM   #85 
 

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