Jay has a pretty rage-inducing story of a Boston Murder Case. Go read the whole thing, but essentially some jerk crashed a party. When asked to leave he shot and killed the host of the party. Being not only Boston, but a Gang-infested part of Boston he was not licensed to own or carry a gun. What was his sentence? Life.
What does that mean in Massachusetts? Eligible for parole in 15 years! This is why I support the death penalty, because life in prison does not equal life in prison. Jay also notes that if this jerk plays his cards right he’ll be out much sooner.
Now think about that. He murdered another person because they told him he had to leave a party he was crashing, and he might be back on the street inside of 8 years, meanwhile its also possible that the amenities in prison are better than the shithole he lives in at Hyde Park.
We can tell from his crime that he had at the time of the shooting a VERY low value for human life. Hell I’ve crashed a party or two back in my College days, only a few times have I been asked to leave, and I didn’t care, I knew I hadn’t been invited. This guy did that and then KILLED the person who asked him to leave.
That’s a pretty low value on a human life. Still when he’s breathing free air again, how much more do you think he’ll value a life? I don’t know if it’ll be much more.
Certainly his friends on the outside will see he got a slap on the wrist for committing murder. What’s to stop them from killing somebody, or him from killing again?
Not much. Now I don’t ever set foot in Hyde Park because people get killed there, and a white face like mine would be quite the bullet-magnet to the gang bangers down there. Still there isn’t a fence keeping the gangs in, just like there is nothing keeping me out besides my own desire for self-preservation.
This is why I am ALWAYS carrying a gun. Because monsters like this exist, and neither the Police, nor the Penal system will do anything to stop them. You need to protect yourself!
Also does anybody have ANY doubt why Boston has a violent crime problem? They can pass all the gun control they want, it won’t stop criminals from going strapped, and it won’t save a life if the criminals are allowed to walk free.
I’m going to say, pretty much. My family will not need to worry about A. living without me or B. having to watch as the person that killed me gets out of jail in less than a decade.
Read “The Sociopath Next Door” by Martha Stout
Approximately 4% of the population are sociopaths. No emotional connection to other people.
They aren’t all axe murderers, but they almost all are bored most of the time, unless they are making other people jump (react).
Scary book.
I actually know a few people like that. While I wouldn’t trust them to watch my life savings or to run the cash register in a store, I don’t fear them because most of the people with that emotional disconnect were highly intelligent (and almost always bored) and while they didn’t respect the morality of the law, the idea of a trial and being locked in a cage was horrifying to them.