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The greatest tragedy in this whole thing is that this bastard SHOULD have been sitting in jail in Massachusetts. But the erstwhile candidate for president and governor commuted his 20 years to life sentence because he was "changed". Talk about your travesty of justice.
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I would bet that the vast majority of parolees don't end up in this manner.
True.
I don't have anything against parole, strictly speaking. I do have a problem with the large number of parolees who *do* commit crimes, especially violent crimes, once paroled.
My feeling is that one factor that contributes towards the decision of paroling a convict is prison overcrowding. I have no documentation to support this, but there it is.
Too many convicts are paroled that had/have no business being released to the general public.
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Carnos Jax wrote:
I think it's too early to start the Monday morning quarterbacking. Parole exists for a good reason. Plus, if someone gives the appearance that they've changed and is no longer a threat to society, then so be it. Trying to say in hindsight it was a bad decision to parole this individual condemns all parolees (unless the parole board made visible mistakes). I would bet that the vast majority of parolees don't end up in this manner.
But then, I ask, why didn't he land his butt back in prison after the first offense after he was let out? Seems like if you cut a deal to get your parole WAY early, any conviction - in any state should be grounds for going back under the original sentence as well as anything tacked on for the subsequent offense.
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The Parole System has huge problems, as well as the huge Prison Population problem.
Too many criminals that cost too much money to deal with.
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but that would make sense vicrock.