Four Time Felon Kills 78-yr-old Woman In Her Home

The Buffalo News ^ | 11 05 05 | SANDRA TAN and GENE WARNER

[Chena]

That poor woman! Prayers for her family and all her loved her.

There used to be a bumper-sticker that said, "Soft Judges Make Hardened Criminals". Those words were true then and they are still true today.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Yeah, probably so. Personally, I think it should have been first degree murder with special circumstances.

[MineralMan]

I suspect your post will not last long.

[Palladin]

Incidents like this make me think that lynching of coldblooded murderers was not such a bad idea back in the days of the old Wild West.

[B4Ranch]

First degree murder charges requires proving prior intent. 2nd should be enough to keep this guy locked to his grave time.

[Gay State Conservative]

2nd should be enough to keep this guy locked to his grave time.

In Texas or Georgia,maybe....but in New York?

[R.W.Ratikal]

Now wait a minuet. This is the first time the man has ever killed five people. Everyone deserves a second chance.

The victim by attempting to guard herself might have injured his self-esteem by denying him his needs.

He might have been suffering from black rage. Society has a responsibility to help him to rehabilitate. He might have been abused as a youth or came from a broken home. We should not be judgemental.

(Sarcasm off)

[kittymyrib]

In Texas, this scum would have a date with the needle and we wouldn't have to house, feed, and hire appeal lawyers for this worthless POS. But this being Texas, I'd hope the old lady would have had a .44 with her at all times, a great equalizer for the frail and elderly.

[MonroeDNA]

"What really failed here was the neighbors allowing and harboring a known criminal," Fontana said. "That was the true failure in this situation."

Hip hop culture? Bet he wears his underwear out.

[ApplegateRanch]

"What really failed here was the neighbors allowing and harboring a known criminal," Fontana said. "That was the true failure in this situation."

What really failed here was allowing a three time loser live to become a fourth, then fifth time loser.

[Dustbunny]

But did they buy her a gun and teach her how to use it? A nice simple revolver.

Darn shame she did not have a gun. A nice double barrel shot gun would work well as you only have to point and click twice.

[festus]

You got my vote hoss.

[Hank Rearden]

It's a failure of the justice system that is SUPPOSED to protect the citizens from such animals.

Yes, and not only will none of them be punished, but they'll be promoted and eventually retire young with a big fat taxpayer-looted pension so they can park their skiboat on the front lawn and brag about a "career in public service".

The bastards.

[DoughtyOne]

Hank, on one level I heartily agree with you. I will also say that it is very distressing to law enforcement to facilitate putting these felons behind bars only to observe the criminal justice system place them back on the street.

They played a clip of O'Reilly talking to a former State Bar Chair from Ma. O'Reilly was livid that a man known to have molested five boys, was going to get 11 years total. O'Reilly said the judge was to blame. The former state bar chairman stated that the judge acted within her mandate.

We've got a serious problem when a person can molest five children and only get 2.2 years for each offense.

I have to agree with O'Reilly on this one. This is unacceptable!

[TheSpottedOwl]

I think it's an excellent idea. These days it's usually suicide by bedsheet in a jail cell. Criminals have more rights than we do : (