Teen Murderer Says Jail Is Too Hard, Appeals Sentence

Originally Posted by neus

It'll make him bitter and anti-social.

My thoughts exactly. I'm not entirely sure if all this time will in fact make him this way, but it's very possible. Especially if, in his mind, he feels he did nothing wrong. It's obvious from his "no, not really" comment when asked if he felt remorse, that there is something wrong. That said, when he's released, I'm not so sure he won't resort to similar or even worse crimes. Hopefully not, but he does have 22 years to think about what he has done.

While I understand his parents are upset by the denial, they should be more concerned with what life would be like for their child if he was released. In his mind, he initially must have thought he did nothing wrong...imagine what he'd think if he was promptly released for such a heinous act. It would almost be like positive conditioning.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Encephalon

I think that at 15 you know the difference between right and wrong and I hate to say it but killing a man is kind of wrong.

Well, kinda what I was hinting at was that since in his mind he may have not known he was doing anything wrong isn't justified by his age per se, but a lack of mental capacity to process what he was doing wrong. In other words, there was possibly some psychosis going on.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Soluzar

Prison isn't supposed to be nice.

It's called "a detterent". If you do that, you get this. As far as I can tell, it's working in this case. This young offender won't want to go back to prison, so he will have been deterred from re-offending.

I can't help but wonder if he is going to resort to some other form of criminal activity when he is released though. As I mentioned before, it almost seems like there is some form of psychosis going on with his lack of being able to acknowledge the severity of what he did wrong by displaying no remorse.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by thesaint

I think the death penalty is "easier"...could be messy but I am sure it would be easier to clean up in the end, and less taxes I have to pay for!

Actually that's a misconception. In a lot of ways, the death penalty is more expensive than a life sentence so in all actuality, you're paying more taxes for those on death row than those on life imprisonment. Not to mention the death penalty is often not viewed as a deterrent to violent crimes to begin with. Check out these two sources for more info on that...

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How ya doing, buddy?