"Rich" kid kills 4, gets probation.

[Canarr]

from what I have read the MOST time he will do once back in the US is 120 days.

Unless the prosecutor gets her wish to have the case transferred out of juvenile court, if I understand correctly.

You're right. He really should be run over by a drunk driver, who gets probation for no reason whatsoever.

Yeah, yeah, I get it. Petty revenge fantasies are fun. Imagining how a kid who did something horrible and got away with it, then gets horribly raped in prison, makes you feel better.

Unfortunately, it also makes you look like a petty and awful person yourself. Not sure that it's worth it.

Seriously - NOBODY is defending this kid, aside from his mother. Nobody involved in this case, or commenting on this case, or discussing this case, seems to think he is anything other than a horrible person. When the Sheriff was asked why he'd expend resources on tracking down a teenage fugitive, he basically said that the kid had hurt a lot of people and he didn't want to let him get away.

Everybody already hates him. So, why bother with these revenge fantasies? What's the point?

[Racket_Man]

from what I have read the MOST time he will do once back in the US is 120 days.

[Tama]

I'm not sure if there are words for this kind of bullshit.

[Gravekeeper]

They threw a going away party before they left the country.

A going away party.

[s_stabeler]

for that matter- and this is getting a bit off- topic for this thread- aside from the moral arguments about prison rape- and I will admit I find it hard to find much sympathy for the victim where they have committed the more serious offences- it's not exactly going to encourage criminals to surrender (relatively) peacefully to the police, is it? it's the old "might as well be hung for a chicken as an egg" situation- if his life in prison is made a living hell, then what incentive would he have to avoid committing further crimes? (for instance, if a criminal knows they will probably get beaten to death in prison, then they aren't exactly likely to be put off from trying to shoot their way out of being arrested by the risk they'll be either shot, or given the death penalty.

[Gravekeeper]

Check out the disguise.

God he's so, just, punchable.

[the_std]

You're right. He really should be run over by a drunk driver, who gets probation for no reason whatsoever.

How about either rehabilitating him so he can contribute to society? Or, failing that, punishing him appropriately without using torture or revenge instead of justice? Nothing will ever bring back those four dead kids - whatever the system does to him now should be in society's best interest.

[dendawg]

Yay. Male prison rape jokes! Glad to see you guys are keeping to the moral high ground here...

You're right. He really should be run over by a drunk driver, who gets probation for no reason whatsoever.

[Greenday]

Yay. Male prison rape jokes! Glad to see you guys are keeping to the moral high ground here...

Yea, I still don't get how people can think rape is funny.

[mjr]

So since he's being held in Mexico it makes me wonder why they didn't go further away. Like somewhere in South America or Cuba or something. Maybe Europe.

My guess is that they were going to, but had to settle for Mexico.

[Canarr]

Yay. Male prison rape jokes! Glad to see you guys are keeping to the moral high ground here...

[catcul]

I think his cell mates are going to make him a sandwich.

[dendawg]

I wonder how many hours of community service he'll get.

He'll get plenty of service if he drops the soap.

[Gravekeeper]

Found and arrested in Mexico.

Caught near a Puerto Vallarta at that. Fled the country but couldn't stay away from a resort.

[Greenday]

Found and arrested in Mexico.

I wonder how many hours of community service he'll get.