And since the hijacking he’s clearly stayed out of trouble, he’s obtained Portuguese citizenship, and he’s not in the USA anymore. Right now regardless of any other consideration he is not our problem.
So what constructive purpose is there in imprisoning an old man for crimes that took place forty and fifty years ago?
Again, I mean no offense, but it is the vindictive nature of our current culture and legal system that is probably causing the Portuguese Supreme Court to reject our extradition request. And then it is the patently bigoted nature of US criminal justice from decades ago that is factoring into questions about the original conviction.
Seriously, if this man is sent back to the USA it will mean a virtual death sentence. Is that what you want?
You have no credibility because of ignorant comments like the one you made stating that black men were routinely killed in the streets for crimes that they didn’t do.
At anyrate, following your line of thought, if I can avoid capture for some arbitrary number of years I should not have to pay for my acts. Incarceration has more than one point. Rehabilitation is one. Another is punishment. Yes, good old fashioned punishment for wrong deeds. Even for a poor oppressed minority. So I believe that if you commit armed robbery, murder, kidnapping, escape and extortion you should be hung, but failing that, as New Jersey clearly did, then you should serve more than seven years. Now I understand that people like you don’t believe that. Fine. Go to the next parole board hearing in your area and volunteer to let the rapists and murderers that want out a room in your house, providing of course, that they haven’t raped or murdered anyone for some arbitrary number of years.
I really hope that you aren’t ever allowed to serve on any jury. You, and your fellow travellers, are a policeman and prosecutor’s worst nightmare.
Your logic excuses Germans who left for other parts after WWII. Do you realize that?
The “Mikey did it” defense is absurd and illogical.
If we look at anyone’s familial history, there’ll be something there somewhere that was not punished, or, was punished for no good reason. Even yours.
Because he still owes you and I and the family of his murdered victim 22 years of imprisonment........pretty simple really. And I haven't even mentioned the attached sentence that will be assessed once convicted of the airline hijacking.......
Seriously, if this man is sent back to the USA it will mean a virtual death sentence. Is that what you want?
Care to elaborate? My guess is that he will be welcomed with open arms by any prison society comprised of fellow convicted murderers of the Black Panthers......