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After 35 years, TV thief released
The Houston Chronicle ^
| 5/29/05
| Raleigh News & Observer
Posted on 05/29/2005 7:11:05 PM PDT by demkicker
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To: smoothsailing; demkicker
The judge may have seen the TV theft as a way to get this societal menace off the street for good.Sounds like good old southern justice to me. Absolutely! There's a reason why lots of states have a "three strikes and you're out" law, although that wasn't the basis for the life sentence in this case. The third strike doesn't have to be a violent felony. I've heard of prosecutors getting using the three strikes provision when the third offense is DWI or DUI.
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posted on
05/29/2005 7:57:59 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Mr Ramsbotham; demkicker
I'm assuming he might have been paroled earlier, but became a problem child in prison.
You are correct sir!
Read post #16 and follow the links.
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posted on
05/29/2005 8:02:16 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
HA!
BECAME a problem child in prison? Sounds like he was a real choirboy before he landed there.../sarcasm off/
Reagan80
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posted on
05/29/2005 8:04:32 PM PDT
by
Reagan80
("Government is not the solution to our problems, Government IS the problem." -RR; 1980 Inaugural)
To: Paleo Conservative
Indeed; three strikes and you're out laws came into existence because too many bleeding-heart liberal judges let too much slide...this judge did not; he knew the score. I wonder how many dozen times this perp had been in his courtroom before the fateful sentencing hearing?
Really, beating up an 87 year old woman for a 19 inch black and white TV in 1970? You know, they had color TV's by then, he could at least have stolen a fancy new color model if he were going to get life for it.
Reagan80
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posted on
05/29/2005 8:08:46 PM PDT
by
Reagan80
("Government is not the solution to our problems, Government IS the problem." -RR; 1980 Inaugural)
To: demkicker
Posting a story from the Houston "Comical" has become very unreliable as they are legendary for their bias. It certainly is understandable why their circulation decreased so much in the last year.
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posted on
05/29/2005 8:17:02 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Paleo Conservative
Yeah, I've noticed that most of the msm stories leave out these details. No tears for this a##%^&*.
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posted on
05/29/2005 8:18:48 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Dig deeper, more ammo.)
To: Eagles6
Not only no tears for 姧wholes, I'm thinking back to when Philly's Mayor Rizzo tricked the libs by saying he was going to come out against the electric chair.
At the ensuing press conf. he said he preferred an electric bench!
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posted on
05/29/2005 8:36:30 PM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: norraad
So he was trying to save energy and cut costs? An environmentalist who wants to lower taxes. Gotta love it.
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posted on
05/29/2005 8:42:27 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Dig deeper, more ammo.)
To: demkicker
"The harshest punishment the offense could draw now is about three years in prison."
I wonder how the crime statistics of today compare to those in 1970. Likely as punishments have eased the incidents have risen.
He likely was not a model inmate because many get off with much less.
To: demkicker
Why was this man held for all this time?
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posted on
05/29/2005 8:57:02 PM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never, ever 'free'.)
Comment #31 Removed by Moderator
To: Lockbar
The answer to all this is easy. Don't steal stuff.Yeah, I'll bet that's the last time he ever steals anything....;^)
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posted on
05/29/2005 9:06:15 PM PDT
by
randog
(What the....?!)
To: toe jam; Reagan80
Steel a TV.... go to prison for thirty years It's more like break into an 87 year old woman's house, beat the crap out of her, steal her TV, then get a life sentence for stealing the TV. Sorry, I'm not sympathetic.
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posted on
05/29/2005 9:08:05 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: M. Espinola
Why was this man held for all this time? Are you always this gullible when you read an article in an MSM publication? The Houston Chronicle (deliberately) left out quite a few important bits of information like the fact that he beat the crap out of the 87 year old woman after breaking into her house then he stole the TV. He was just charged with burglary, but he did a lot more, and he had a long criminal record. He also wasn't a choirboy in prison. That's probably why he didn't get released on parole previously.
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posted on
05/29/2005 9:12:45 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Paleo Conservative
Ever notice the amount of blind posting? !!! :)
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posted on
05/29/2005 9:41:31 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: demkicker
Wait'll this guy hears about HD.
-Dan
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posted on
05/29/2005 9:51:11 PM PDT
by
Flux Capacitor
(Trust me. I know what I'm doing.)
Comment #37 Removed by Moderator
To: Dubya
This man got a very raw deal. Sorry, no compassion here. The guy shouldn't have been stealing in the first place.
To: demkicker
stealing a 19-inch black-and-white Motorola TV. Just think of all of the nice TVs that he could steal these days.
;-)
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:02:41 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("Some people are desperate for whatever they're desperate for," - Bubba Fink)
To: toe jam
What I'm saying is here in Florida,they rather let these child perv's out on the street than keep them in prison. Child molester deserve to be executed. They tend not to be reformable.
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:03:47 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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