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Topic	Republican governor pardons a convicted child rapist + murderous campaign donor
adjl 12/16/19 10:36:34 PM #14:	Zeus posted... How much of their sentence had been served at the time of the pardon? Far-Queue posted... Mr Baker had served just two years of his 17-year sentence when Mr Bevin pardoned him on 9 December. Far-Queue posted... He also pardoned a man who was sentenced to 23 years in prison last year for raping a 9-year-old child. That's not all of them, but there are two answers if you keep reading. Zeus posted... And, broadly speaking, life in prison should be reserved for people who represent a permanent threat to society, which is a pretty f*ing small list. Somebody who just does a horrible thing should get a reasonable set number of years. There is indeed an argument to be made for lighter, rehabilitation-focused prison sentences, rather than the "tough on crime" attitude many Americans are so fond of, but using pardons to effect such a paradigm shift definitely is not the way to go about it, nor is there any reason at all to suspect that's what's going on here (and not just because most of the people listed were not serving life sentences). I know you love to play devil's advocate and all, but the guy literally pardoned somebody who raped a 9-year-old. You don't want to try defending that. Playsaver posted... Oddly enough I didn't think there was a republican worse then Mr. Trump. Oh, there definitely are. As much as Trump is a bumbling douchebag of a president, his motivations are pretty much entirely limited to incompetent narcissism. There are and have always been politicians far more corrupt and outright evil than him, and that's unlikely to ever change. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:931689248] in Republican... [t:78254094]...</cite> <quote>Zeus posted... </cite> <quote>How much of their sentence had been served at the time of the pardon?</quote>Far-Queue posted... </cite> <quote>Mr Baker had served just two years of his 17-year sentence when Mr Bevin pardoned him on 9 December.</quote>Far-Queue posted... </cite> <quote>He also pardoned a man who was sentenced to 23 years in prison last year for raping a 9-year-old child.</quote> That's not all of them, but there are two answers if you keep reading. Zeus posted... </cite> <quote>And, broadly speaking, life in prison should be reserved for people who represent a permanent threat to society, which is a pretty f*ing small list. Somebody who just does a horrible thing should get a reasonable set number of years.</quote> There is indeed an argument to be made for lighter, rehabilitation-focused prison sentences, rather than the "tough on crime" attitude many Americans are so fond of, but using pardons to effect such a paradigm shift definitely is not the way to go about it, nor is there any reason at all to suspect that's what's going on here (and not just because most of the people listed were not serving life sentences). I know you love to play devil's advocate and all, but the guy literally pardoned somebody who raped a 9-year-old. You don't want to try defending that. <quote>Playsaver posted... </cite> Oddly enough I didn't think there was a republican worse then Mr. Trump.</quote> Oh, there definitely are. As much as Trump is a bumbling douchebag of a president, his motivations are pretty much entirely limited to incompetent narcissism. There are and have always been politicians far more corrupt and outright evil than him, and that's unlikely to ever change. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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