Mechanic Charged in Slaying of Fla. Girl

AP | 2/07/04 | MITCH STACY

[Bud Krieger]

A tattooed mechanic with a long rap sheet was charged with murder Friday

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Is the AP going to start smearing tatooed mechanics now? What in the world does him being a person with tatoos and a mechanic have to do with his crime?

I guess if he was a tatooed computer programmer they wouldn`t have mentioned it.

These people at the AP are something else.

[Bud Krieger]

Smith, 37, is believed to be the man seen on the surveillance video in a mechanic's shirt with a name patch, leading Carlie away by the arm Sunday as she walked home from a slumber party. Investigators said the man on the tape had tattoos on both forearms; Smith has many tattoos on his arms.

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This is okay, but the headline and the first paragragh are truly odd. I guess you just have to think a certain way to read their stories.

[clee1]

True... the AP will slant a story any way that they like.

The fact-of-the-matter is this POS tattooed mechanic shouldn't have been walking the streets. Once again, the pathetic state of our criminal justice system has aided and abetted a career criminal in the killing of another innocent child.

When, oh Lord, will you make this madness cease?

[Bud Krieger]

Once again, the pathetic state of our criminal justice system has aided and abetted a career criminal in the killing of another innocent child.

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Yep. We need to build more prisons to house these animals. Our over crowded prisons are keeping scum like this guy out on the streets. To bad illegal aliens , who shouldn`t be here to begin with , are also contributing to this madness.

It`s all just sickening.

[Paleo Conservative]

Yep. We need to build more prisons to house these animals.

No we don't. We need to execute them quickly!

[Bud Krieger]

No we don't. We need to execute them quickly!

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Wishful thinking. If only.......(sigh)

I would just like to see them locked up, because it sure isn`t happening right now.

[thoughtomator]

Sounds like a call for a major policy initiative to address the growing problem of tattoo violence!

Are your children safe with a tattoo in the house?

[clee1]

We need to build more prisons to house these animals.

I say execute the capital criminals (like the aforementioned POS mechanic) and house the rest in PRISONS, not Holiday Inns w/ bars.

Joe Arpaio a Sheriff (in Arizona??) has the right idea: Tents, cots, and barbed-wire fences - no schools, phones, A/C, cable, weight rooms, etc. Top it all off with a bare subsistence diet, and somehow his county's recidivism rate is amazingly low.

The crime rate would be much lower if criminals were truely punished.

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

It's interesting that this AP story skips over the time in 1997 when Smith tried to kidnap a young woman, but a jury acquitted him.

O'Reilly did a great job on Fox News Channel last night absolutely ripping the jury from the 1997 incident, as well as the judge from this latest probation case.

I know from experience what it's like to be sitting on a jury of pathetic liberals. Although my case was a lot less serious than this one, I couldn't believe it when we all got back to the deliberation room and the first two jurors to speak wanted to go easy on the punk who had kicked in a patrol car and caused significant damage. Luckily, I was able to persuade them to render a guilty verdict on the higher count, but I think the punk might've gotten the lesser charge if I hadn't been there.

In murder cases like this one, I say Mr. Smith ought to be turned into a lab rat. Innocent animals shouldn't have to suffer and die when we do testing. Let's reserve that pain and punishment for guilty criminals, especially when we have video and DNA proof to go along with a confession to a witness. When the evidence is compiled on this case, we'll all be certain that Smith is the guy. Heck, even that RINO former governor in Illinois will be certain.

Convict the child-killing bastard. Don't allow appeals. Try out some vaccines or other experimental products on the evil coward. We'll learn more from testing humans than we will animals, anyway.

Or, as Dennis Miller suggested the other night on his entertaining CNBC show, let's strap him up to an electric chair - with a dimmer switch.

[Bud Krieger]

Joe Arpaio a Sheriff (in Arizona??)

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I think I know who you are talking about. I love that guy !!! I have seen a few TV shows on him. He has the right idea to reform these crooks, that is for sure.

[IrishRainy]

somehow his county's recidivism rate is amazingly low.

No, actually it's not. Tent City is at capacity all the time. He just moves the prisoners around, so how would you know if your above statement was true? From reading Sheriff Joke's website maybe? Don't waste your time -- the guy's a media whore who embellishes his accomplishments whenever possible. I live here, and I know.

[Bud Krieger]

Luckily, I was able to persuade them to render a guilty verdict on the higher count, but I think the punk might've gotten the lesser charge if I hadn't been there.

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It is amazing how one logical person can change people minds. I had a friend who served on a jury in a civil suit. He said it was basically two crooks trying to swindle eachother. After everyone agreed to side with the plaintiff, almost everyone wanted to award him some insane amount of money. My friend said after some lengthy debate, they all agreed to give the guy "one single dollar" in damages !! LOL !! I wish I could remember the entire story, it is a riot when he tells it.

[clee1]

Tent City is at capacity all the time.

That's the wonderful thing about "Tent City"; if you need more capacity, you buy 10 (or 100) more surplus Army tents, a few cots, a truckload of barbed wire and - TA DA!!!! - more uncomfortable prison space. I also am convinced that standing in a two-hour line to use a porta-john keeps one from having much time to cause mischief.

Works for me, media whore or not. BTW, does "Sheriff Joke" have to run for election? If so, his way is very popular - unless you happen to be a soft-on-the-criminal, hankie-stomping, snot-slinging liberal.

I know this much for a iron-clad fact: Joe Arpiao's way costs a hell of a lot less than any other method of incarceration. I say that is a good enough reason, all by itself.

[IrishRainy]

Please read my above post. The guy is a major pain. He is costing us a fortune in wrongful death lawsuits in which his department has been found negligent. Some of these victims were prisoners who hadn't even been to trial yet, so we have to presume they were innocent.

Frankly, a lot of Arizonans are getting sick of his antics and think it's maybe time for ole Joe to go.

[clee1]

Reform? I call it: irritated straight.

Jail isn't any fun in Sheriff Joe's lockup, that's for sure.

[clee1]

What county? It is Arizona, right?

[Bud Krieger]

Yeah, I have heard about some of the problems there. But you know, alot of this is caused because the prison system in general is just broken. So what the heck is this guy suppose to do? What is the state doing about the problem?

If it is broken and nobody wants to fix it, then this is what happens.

Like I said earlier, we just need to build more prisons. But it isn`t happening, so we have what we have.

[IrishRainy]

Then your comment about "his way seems to be working," has no basis in fact. And standing two hours in line for a porta potty seems rather excessive, especially when the tents are 120 degrees.

And yes, Joe does have to run for reelection. However, since a lot of folks are beginning to see through him, his poll numbers are starting to slide, so he may decide to turn in the old badge soon.

Maybe we could get someone here who actually knows a thing or two about running a jail. That would be refreshing.

[IrishRainy]

Yes, Phoenix in Maricopa County.