Man in Louisiana released after 23 years for stealing hedge clippers
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« on: October 18, 2020, 12:52:34 PM »

He was actually given a life sentence and was just paroled. He almost certainly served more than one year per dollar of the value of the item he stole as a search indicates hedge clippers don't cost more than $20 today.

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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2020, 12:54:57 PM »

It was a 3 strikes law by the way.
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2020, 01:05:42 PM »


A great argument for abolishing 3 strikes laws.
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2020, 01:53:01 PM »

Going to jail for stealing hedge clippers worth 20$ makes 0 sense whatsoever; let alone a life sentence.
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« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2020, 03:48:27 PM »

Proportional justice is a concept that some in power just can't grasp.
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« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2020, 07:17:59 PM »
« Edited: October 18, 2020, 07:23:18 PM by Rally 'Round The Flag, Boys! »

He's a good argument for ending three strikes laws.  The totality of his sentences, even given his past criminal record, is not morally defensible.  These three (3) strikes laws and such should be repealed, all of them, for the most part.
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« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2020, 07:45:34 PM »

Out of curiosity, what were the other two strikes? (Not that anything could possibly justify this.)
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« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2020, 07:53:40 PM »

Out of curiosity, what were the other two strikes? (Not that anything could possibly justify this.)

From the article:

"Bryant was convicted in 1979 for attempted armed robbery, in 1987 for possession of stolen things, attempted forgery of a check worth $150 in 1989 and for simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling in 1992, all before his 1997 arrest for the failed attempt at stealing the hedge clippers."
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« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2020, 09:56:49 PM »

He's a good argument for ending three strikes laws.  The totality of his sentences, even given his past criminal record, is not morally defensible.  These three (3) strikes laws and such should be repealed, all of them, for the most part.

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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2020, 05:29:13 PM »

He's a good argument for ending three strikes laws.  The totality of his sentences, even given his past criminal record, is not morally defensible.  These three (3) strikes laws and such should be repealed, all of them, for the most part.


I don't necessarily support completely repealing three strikes laws, but I do support sentences under such laws being proportional to the crimes being committed.

Three misdemeanors should not get someone a life sentence, but I can see where three misdemeanors could get a felony charge for the next offense.
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« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2020, 09:21:29 PM »

Out of curiosity, what were the other two strikes? (Not that anything could possibly justify this.)

From the article:

"Bryant was convicted in 1979 for attempted armed robbery, in 1987 for possession of stolen things, attempted forgery of a check worth $150 in 1989 and for simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling in 1992, all before his 1997 arrest for the failed attempt at stealing the hedge clippers."

This conviction was apparently for attempted burglary. So maybe he broke into someone's house to steal them? Or maybe he went in a employees only section of a store? Would love to know the facts behind it.

Still, obviously nothing of the sort can justify the sentence he received, even with his record
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« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2020, 09:51:10 PM »

25-to-life is adequate for

second-degree murder
attempted first-degree murder
rape
child molestation
armed robbery
arson
kidnapping'
large-scale drug trafficking

Three-strikes laws are appropriate for burglars (burglars correlate closely to rapists).

Minor property offenses? No!
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