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re: Man convicted for armed robbery,sentenced to 13yrs **UPDATE on page 2**
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:29 pm to Alahunter
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:29 pm to Alahunter
Jail serves 2 purposes to punish and rehabilitate. It's quite obvious that he's not the same man as he was at 22. I signed the petition to release him.
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Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:31 pm to Requiem For A Dawg
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Jail serves 2 purposes to punish and rehabilitate.
Maybe in the ideal world but in the real world prison serves an important third purpose: prevention. Throw people in prison for an insanely long time so they can't get out into society and recommit.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:33 pm to KSGamecock
Don't forget profit for the prison industry.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:35 pm to KSGamecock
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Maybe in the ideal world but in the real world prison serves an important third purpose: prevention.
I think prevention is part of the prison theory even in the "ideal world."
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:35 pm to KSGamecock
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Throw people in prison for an insanely long time so they can't get out into society and recommit.
Or like most, come out more of a criminal than they came in as.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:37 pm to Duke
yep, huge profits. which is why we lock up people for things that should be legal or at worst a fine. That doesn't really apply in this case, but profits off punishing someone for a state mistake
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:37 pm to Requiem For A Dawg
Yeah, imagine that.
Put people in a place full a criminals and put something on their record that will make finding legitimate work much harder and they end up being criminals again.
Put people in a place full a criminals and put something on their record that will make finding legitimate work much harder and they end up being criminals again.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:40 pm to heartbreakTiger
It's so easy for them to take advantage of. Get money and fund a "tough on crime" judge. What sells better than that, putting bad people away? Then you get to profit more.
We need to open a prison. Slave labor and the state pays us to house them. It's great business if you can get it.
We need to open a prison. Slave labor and the state pays us to house them. It's great business if you can get it.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:42 pm to Alahunter
Interesting and somewhat related:
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:43 pm to Duke
quote:indeed, we can help the state solve the over crowding issues in other prisons with our new prison.
We need to open a prison. Slave labor and the state pays us to house them. It's great business if you can get it.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:43 pm to Alahunter
The sensible thing to do is to set a probation period for him, and maybe restitution for the money he stole if it wasn't recovered.
It seems to me that the guilty verdict and sentence had the desired effect on him even though he didn't serve time. Why reverse that effect now?
It seems to me that the guilty verdict and sentence had the desired effect on him even though he didn't serve time. Why reverse that effect now?
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:45 pm to heartbreakTiger
It'll be like Angola, but less with the religion and more of the exploitation.
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:50 pm to Duke
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Common sense is painfully lacking in this country.
Common sense in this case would have been the man foregoing the crime in order to avoid jail so he could one day raise a family and be a productive member of society.
You are confusing common sense with sentiment.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:51 pm to Duke
once we need to increase profit we can just setup tent cities in the prison yard.
also we will farm out their labor for everything at huge discounts to us
also we will farm out their labor for everything at huge discounts to us
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:52 pm to PrivatePublic
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You are confusing common sense with sentiment.
I think you are.
He is now doing what's right. He's rehabilitated. So in your sentiment of justice, let's throw him in jail now and break up a family. That certainly makes sense.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 12:55 pm to Duke
I agree. anyone who gets more than 10 years should get to choose either death, or marooned to a giant criminal island.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 2:03 pm to Alahunter
Isn't prison meant to be a punishment for crimes committed in an effort to correct behavior??? Is that not why they call them CORRECTIONAL facilities??? If the guy has turned his life around then make him repay the money and continue on with his life.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:48 am to AirDawg
Updated article:
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A Missouri man who was locked up after officials realized he never served a 13-year sentence is being released from jail by a judge who decided he turned his life around when he should have been doing time.
Cornealious "Mike" Anderson's family began crying when the court granted his request for release nine months after he began serving the sentence he was given in 2000.
LINK
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:51 am to Alahunter
He deserved to go to the jail 13 years ago. But they fricked up, not him.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 11:00 am to Phat Phil
He knew this was coming but chose to ignore it, send his arse to jail for a year and put him on parole. Forgoten in all this is went after a person with a weapon and robbed them. He is still acountable for that no matter how well he acted.
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