Once a thug always a thug.

A power politicians shouldn’t have

 

Obviously not excusing this shooting, but mandatory life in prison with no possibility of parole seems excessive for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. 22 years served seems like more than enough.

 

Looks like it wasn’t.

 

Not unclever, I'll give you that.

But using that criteria and considering rearrest rates, no one would ever be released from prison. Every sentence would be life.

 

great idea. What do you suggest. Say after 5th arrest, minimum 25 years. Maybe 10th arrest life in prison ?

 

Probably depends on the crime, don’t you think?

meanwhile, does anyone think this guy should not have been released? That at the age of 25 with two previous minor convictions, he should have gotten life without parole for being a street-level courier? Even the sentencing judge disagreed with it.

 

Some make the most of their commutations and some don't. The reality is Obama had no way of knowing this guy would act out again. Sounds like it's at least been 14 years since his commutation when this incident occurred?

 

I'm sure nobody was left rotting in prison who deserved another chance more than he did.

 

Thanks Obama.

 

Sadly I already knew the color of the accused’s skin based on the thread title and poster before clicking into it. What gives?

 

Do you, 51, after reading the story, think that he should not have had his sentence commuted? &, if so, why?

 

What gives?
Your judgement based on a thread title and your political disagreement w/ ‘51
Given your judgement, it seems as though you would have kept this guy in prison forever; so, in an ironic twist, you’re supporting ‘51’s position.

 

Like everything, there is always a gray area. Everything can't be black and white 24/7. Otherwise, we are approaching minority report stuff and I emphasize MINORITY. The war on drugs failed miserably. If I had to guess, the man was released and had trouble finding steady work with a felony conviction on his record. With little or no options, he most likely returned to a life of crime. That is still a choice however, and he will pay the consequences. Rehabilitation of prisoners is severely lacking in this country.

 

It’s too bad this guy didn’t embrace the wonderful opportunity given him by Turban Durbin and Barack Obama.

 

Shocking

 

Damn. I thought this thread was gonna be 51 stating his hood bona fides and declaring himself a thug for life

 

I read that story somewhere else... it's disgusting that this career violent criminal was released from his life sentence, because one person thought he had been rehabilitated. You can't rehabilitate habitual violent criminals.