Comments on: Molino Park Burglary Suspects Appear In Court

By: paul

paul — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:50:36 +0000

David….you are giving way more credit than is deserved. crime only for the fun of it? please. people steal things so they do not have to go through the work of earning it. they destroyed a lot of evidence here to avoid prosecution, but keep in mind that they stole ipads. not something insignificant for the fun of it. an expensive toy. and as for starving? the state is not going to let that happen. we pay taxes for that. good try though, defending the perps seems to be the way we are going in this country. sorry for grammar or punctuation- am on mobile

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 21:09:55 +0000

REGARDING:
“These kind of people.dread work more than sitting in jail anyway.”

Some are hard workers. They just like to commit other crimes for the fun of it, like I said, few commit crimes to avoid starvation. They do it because their values are different.

David for mental modification
(of others, never myself)

By: perdido fisherman

perdido fisherman — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:49:38 +0000

What would that be Bin? All i see is 5 thieves who have the same chances and opportunities everyone else has in life. They made a choice and now must pay the price.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:42:25 +0000

David, they do not need an income while in jail or prison. They do not deserve an income. We have let our jails and prisons become way too easy on criminals. Make them perform intense, physical labor until their debt is paid. They can worry about an income when they get out. I’m not for cruel or unusual punishment but maybe the chain gangs need to be brought back. Make them work. These kind of people.dread work more than sitting in jail anyway.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:29:41 +0000

bin,
Nope.

Even if they WERE mistreated, that does not justify hurting those who did them no wrong.

By: Neighbor

Neighbor — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:49:12 +0000

Parents should be held accountable for the actions of their minor children…..if they would have known where there children were this could have had a different outcome. Not only should the two adults be charged , but the parents of the minor children should be charged also! They should have to make restitution equally…..once again fine parents , for NOT being parents to the children they bring in this world…..the community should not be punished because these children are allowed to roam the streets all hours of the day and night…..STEALING!!!!!

By: Joe Bagofdoughnuts

Joe Bagofdoughnuts — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:24:26 +0000

I vote that they all should get a full scholarship at the License Plate Academy.

By: bin

bin — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:45:51 +0000

all are victams, not perps. built up rage for something that was robbed from them them. it’s right there.

By: Dr. Kevin R. Linam

Dr. Kevin R. Linam — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 02:21:26 +0000

“Thou shall not steal, a commandment not an old fashioned idea”!!!! Sorry I didnt proof read my comment!!!

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:09:47 +0000

CONTEMPLATING:
“Parenting includes taking responsibility for the actions of minor children, put the parents in jail and require restitution of every cent, if it takes the rest of their lives!!”

Tempting but unlikely to succeed financially.

The cost of keeping them in jail would run up their debt and they would have no source of income while in jail even to pay off the initial debt.

(This is another reason it is foolish to refer to time in jail or prison as “paying your debt to society”. The only thing society gains from incarcerating criminals is that they are unable to prey on society as they did when they were running around freely. Their debt actually grows greater the longer they remain incarcerated. But you can’t justify charging them for what you require them to do because they don’t really want to be incarcerated, no matter how much they act like they do.)

Further, if you’re talking about two adults and three minors, you have the problem of assigning portion of blame to each one. The parents of the minors aren’t responsible for damage done by other adults. Further, if the parents of the minors have abandoned them or left them in the custody of say a grandparent, it will be especially difficult getting anyone to think a retiree who can barely get around should or could pay off the debt.

Place a surcharge on their income taxes for the rest of their lives or until the debt has been paid with interest, and you might be onto the start of a solution.

David for raising taxes
on OTHER people, not me