Until they leave and go where? Your view is so myopic it's disturbing.
ISU Student and Champion Golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena Murdered at Coldwater Golf Course
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Until they leave and go where? Your view is so myopic it's disturbing.
100%. I've seen cases where it was pretty clear the judge was feeling pressure to be very selective with imprisonment.
And yes, the drug cases are the biggest reason for this. The misplaced emphasis on drug crimes in our judicial system was the most infuriating part of working in it for me. It starts at the top and rots its way to the bottom. I can't tell you how many times I saw phoned in assault or theft investigations, only to see intricate and persistent investigations of marijuana dealers. It's just astoundingly misguided and pointless.
I'm sorry, I don't care if you have mental issues or not. If you kill some one and its premeditated you should be put to death.
There’s so little hesitation to lock up non-violent drug offenders when they piss dirty but the second chances for theft/domestics/etc are never ending.
Curious to your thoughts, but what does this solve? It's been proven that death penalty is not a deterrent. So it won't stop any future crime by another person. The guy is going to suffer the rest of his life (as he should).
Not only a deterrent, the death penalty isn't even a punishment. More often than not, it's taking someone with nothing to lose and removing them from all earthly pains, stress, etc. That's not a punishment, that's relief from responsibility.
Why does it have to be a deterrent? Only punishment equal to a life is a life.
So you're just going Old Testament with no real reason than to go Old Testament?
Here in Lincoln there is a large homeless population. I see them everyday. The police and Center Pointe (centerpointe.org) know who most of them are and where they sleep most nights. Center Pointe will find a place for anyone to sleep if they follow the rules (no alcohol consumption). Therefore the ones you see sleeping on the street are usually drinking or mentally ill.
I have business cards from Lincoln Police and Center Pointe on my desk. Both have said to call them if the regulars I see cause a problem or seem like they are having health problems.
I have business cards from Lincoln Police and Center Pointe on my desk. Both have said to call them if the regulars I see cause a problem or seem like they are having health problems.
This is the kind of reactionary decision-making process that leads to poor policy. This is a complex problem and the solution will not be simple, but probably complex.
Also, as human beings we always want to find a solution. Sometimes, there's just sick people who can't be helped and the crime could not have reasonably been avoided. Life doesn't always make sense. Some decisions people make are irrational.
I'm not saying that's the case here, as it may have been preventable if the facts suggest so, but it is too early to say and too early to conclude the problem was nearby homeless camps that need to be bulldozed. Your suggestion implies bulldozing them would have prevented this crime.
Regardless, so, so sad and tragic. Heartbreaking.
What does it being a deterrent matter? Do you think he believed life in prison to be a deterrent?
How does society benefit in a scenario like this by supporting a person behind bars for decades?
Dilution isn’t the solution, nor is dispersion, but it can provide more utility than most immediate actions, such as do nothing due to feigning empathy.
The most impactful help is generally at the most local of levels, often grassroots. So dispersing and diluting isn’t just about NIMBY, it distributes out the costs of “helping” these people to more locales, which gives it a better chance of succeeding.
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The sadness from this is incredible. I am even sad for the public defender who will be assigned to the case.
National golf media and PGA Tour players (Johnson, Fleetwood) are talking about this now. I don't know what that really has to do with anything but the story will be big.
All of this is true, however, this individual would have to seek and agree to being locked in a psych ward. That's probably unlikely.
