[StupidQuestions]

So he is about 58 years old now. He murdered three people when he was 18 and was paroled 4 years ago? So he did 36 years in prison? Is my read of this right, so far?

[Paleo Conservative]

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Last month, Penn State University officials learned something about professor Paul Krueger that wasn't on his résumé -- his parole for a triple murder committed in Texas nearly 40 years ago.

Sounds like he should still be at the state pen rather than Penn State.

[dennisw]

Triple murder is triple murder. He never paid the price and should have been executed decades ago.

[Servant of the Nine]

Philly and California PING

So9

[nmh]

I don't buy this ... in Texas they kill you for murder. Not parole the murderer.

[Bonaparte]

Oh boy...

[TomB]

ahem............

[hellinahandcart]

Amazing, he kills three strangers for no reason at all, and the parole board decides he's not a danger to the community.

[csvset]

Along the Intracoastal Waterway near Corpus Christi, they encountered a fishing boat. Kreuger shot the three fishermen the night of April 12, 1965, unloading a total of 40 bullets into their bodies.

Typical piss poor reporting. Three fishermen? That's it? How about their names? How about contacting the victim's relatives and getting their take on this story?

If he'd killed a member of my family, I'd want the guy in jail.

Perhaps what the Professor needs is to have someone shoot him for no good reason

[maxwell]

Now waitaminute.

He committed a triple murder in TEXAS, and got PAROLED???

Something don't make sense here. I understand this article to say that he murdered three fishermen in cold blood. How the hell did he get by death row?

[Spok]

Okay, anybody can make a mistake-alright, 3 mistakes. And I'm sure he was sorry, which is the main thing.
On a related note, there is a lawsuit in Washington state to permit convicts to vote from prison. Can you imagine political candidates pandering to parasites, drugees and perverts...oh, wait a minute...never mind.

[wildbill]

This article brings up several questions:

1. Should all murderers be executed with no exceptions? Should all murders carry a sentence of death or life without parole?

2. Do we accept the theory of rehabilitation or, if you are religious, redemption?

3. Assuming his resume is correct, why shouldn't he be able to work at a job where he can use his professional training--or should he be limited to menial jobs forever as a form of punishment?

4. Would his conviction as a murderer 40 years ago carry over into the classroom, turning his students into murderers, either by osmosis or by diabolical teaching?

5. Even if we assume a miscarriage of justice, should we thank God for his redemption and point him out as a role model for other prisoners so that they can hope for a better life if paroled and if they work hard at reintegrating themselves into society.

[Brytani]

This bothers me in so many different ways. His age at the time of the crimes is irrelevant. 3 people no longer have a life because of him. He should not have been allowed to be released.

He was able to receive advanced degrees at tax payer expense because he committed 3 murders. Currently my husband and I are doing without, robbing Peter to pay Paul and paying 100% for me to go back to school full-time and earn my masters degree. We receive no assistance for tuition, books, etc. I have never committed a crime. Now let me say this, I do not expect for society to pay my way through school. I also do not expect to have to pay for convicted felons to receive degrees either.

With all that said, he is obviously a case where rehabilitation can work. He should be given credit for his accomplishments. Still, he has a debt to society and to the family members of the people he murdered that he has not fufilled (in my opinion, not of the justice system).

Hard case to call. We are in a situation in our country where we have hundred of thousands of people in prison. Our prison population is expected to double within the next 10 years. Over 80% of people in prison will be released back into the general population. If we do not push and award rehabilitation, education etc in prison, we are doing nothing but releasing caged animals into our lives.

We have to make the decision. Do we encourage rehabilitation, or allow people to be released into society with no skills except for prison survival?