Posted on 11/24/2020 1:39:09 PM PST by devane617
An appeals court affirmed a 55-year prison term Tuesday for a member of the MS-13 gang who organized the killings of four teenagers in a Long Island park when he was 15 — but it also expressed regret that the end of parole for federal prisoners means he won’t have incentive to reform.
A panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the prosecution of Josue Portillo, now 19, is a “classic illustration of the unfortunate consequences” of a decision by Congress that eliminated parole for federal prisoners sentenced in or after 1987.
The ruling, written by Judge Jon O. Newman, said the intent of Congress to end disparities in sentences and to send a message to the public that prisoners will serve nearly all of their sentences was not achieved, in part because the public gets a muddled message since most state courts still offer parole.
The 2nd Circuit said parole might motivate Portillo to obey prison rules, obtain education, participate in rehabilitative programs and mature to a point where he could rejoin society.
“Only a Lad”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vXW66o15e0
.223 is 37 cents...........
.22 short subsonic
Ten shooters
From 50 yards
All rifles with sights mal-adjusted like carnival rifles
And hi-cap mags
...this could take a while but the job will get done eventually.
but it also expressed regret that the end of parole for federal prisoners means he won’t have incentive to reform.
If you need outside incentive to reform...in other words, if you are going to reform as a means to an end (parole), you won’t really be reformed. He is exactly where he needs to be, segregated from the many innocent targets who exist in a law abiding society, who don’t deserve to be targets at all.
Good choice!
It’s the State’s job to dispose of this shit, not warehouse it.
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