Nink
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Post by Nink on Apr 16, 2016 23:52:54 GMT
I think if you get life in prison for something you did then you have to serve the whole term. Reformed or not. I think that for anyone, for any sentence. I am not a fan of lessening sentences because of good behavior or over-crowding. But that's me. It was never a life sentence without the possibility of parole. At the time of her sentencing, the prosecutor believed she would eventually be "suitable" for parole. If I'm not mistaken she actually got the death penalty. But then the death penalty in CA went away and her sentence was changed to life with parole, because life without parole didn't exist at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 0:00:10 GMT
You don't rise higher by keeping other people down.
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Post by bc2ca on Apr 17, 2016 0:12:28 GMT
It was never a life sentence without the possibility of parole. At the time of her sentencing, the prosecutor believed she would eventually be "suitable" for parole. If I'm not mistaken she actually got the death penalty. But then the death penalty in CA went away and her sentence was changed to life with parole, because life without parole didn't exist at the time. She initially received a death penalty but that conviction was thrown out on appeal because her lawyer had died during the initial trial, and she was granted a new trial. The second trial resulted in a hung jury and, at her third trial, she received the two concurrent life sentences with eligibility for parole. ETA The initial convictions were all commuted to life sentences when the CA death penalty laws were found to be unconstitutional in 1972, but revisions to the California Constitution and Prop 17 put the death penalty back on the books by 1973.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 0:35:07 GMT
When the Manson victims all come back to life, I'll be fine with letting her out. Until then, stay put.
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ComplicatedLady
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Jul 26, 2014 21:02:07 GMT
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Apr 17, 2016 1:41:12 GMT
I can't help but wonder how she will be able to function in society. She was young and part of a cult and then went to prison for 40 years. Even with her education and rehabilitation, I'm not sure she'll know how to function. That doesn't mean she shouldn't get the chance, but I just can't help but wonder.
I don't know enough about the case and the parole hearings to have a decision as to whether or not she should get out.
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Post by lucyg on Apr 17, 2016 21:06:38 GMT
Eligibility for parole is not a guarantee of parole. The horrific-ness of the original crime and the effect on the surviving victims should the perpetrator be released are taken into account by the parole board.
Those people took pleasure in terrorizing and murdering their victims.
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luckyexwife
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Jun 25, 2014 21:21:08 GMT
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Post by luckyexwife on Apr 17, 2016 22:33:44 GMT
You don't rise higher by keeping other people down. Can you expand on what you mean by this comment on this specific case?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 23:44:30 GMT
You don't rise higher by keeping other people down. Can you expand on what you mean by this comment on this specific case? Keeping this criminal from getting an advanced degree while she's behind bars does not have any impact whatsoever on the original poster's ability to get her degree. The two have no connection. The OP seems to intimate that she's jealous or somehow it's unfair that a criminal serving her sentence gets a degree while OP has to struggle to pay for hers...while not in jail. I was pointing out that keeping a criminal down (not allowing her to get a degree while in jail) would have zero impact on the original poster's ability to attain and pay for her own degree.
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