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Jon King

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32. Why should it matter who someone shoots or kills?

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 03:22 PM

Sep 2021

Why should anyone be granted release or not based on who they killed or shot. So if a homeless women is killed, her killer serves 40 years, her killer meets all the requirements to be released, that person is released.

I could not give a dang if its a famous person or politician they attacked. Whatever the protocol is, whether they killed a Kennedy or shot a Reagan or did the same to a random poor person, the rules should be followed.

The problem with the justice system is how arbitrary it is. These guys should be released if others have been released under similar circumstances.

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U.S. judge will grant unconditional release of would-be Reagan assassin John W. Hinckley Jr. [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 OP

He'll need the equivalent of "witness protection"... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #1

I hope Jodie foster is protected from this lunatic jimfields33 Sep 2021 #3

I'm sure he'll be monitored. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #5

Let's hope. I don't know why he needs released. jimfields33 Sep 2021 #6

Because he served his sentence and is no longer considered to be a threat? NurseJackie Sep 2021 #7

We'll see. I guess time will tell. jimfields33 Sep 2021 #10

Yes, it will. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #12

I'd think Jodie Foster is still 'horrified' bigtree Sep 2021 #13

Okay. Has she explored her legal options? Can she insist that he be locked away... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #14

no, her fears don't override the court decision bigtree Sep 2021 #15

What legal justification is there for keeping him locked up? NurseJackie Sep 2021 #16

hard to say from here :sarcasm: bigtree Sep 2021 #17

I'm sure they've considered everything. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #18

what a strange way to describe concerns about a convicted murderer being released 'unconditionally' bigtree Sep 2021 #27

I'm honest enough to call it what it is and not take myself too seriously. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #28

never disagreed with a judge's decision? bigtree Sep 2021 #29

He's being treated fairly. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #30

This has been under consideration since 2016. And his mother has since died. Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #40

Everyone in the community he lives in knows about him underpants Sep 2021 #8

WHAT Reagan cultists? brooklynite Sep 2021 #33

Lunatic Reagan cultists who overlap a lot w anti-Bush tRumpanzees & anti-Clinton cultists: Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2021 #34

Post removed Post removed Sep 2021 #2

That is a little harsh. Ray Bruns Sep 2021 #4

I can only imagine what that post said...... oldsoftie Sep 2021 #25

Well, there's nothing more I need (or want) to learn from you . . . Journeyman Sep 2021 #11

This is like Sirhan Sirhan iemanja Sep 2021 #9

Exactly. JohnSJ Sep 2021 #21

One was found guility Sgent Sep 2021 #41

No. Dawson Leery Sep 2021 #19

OK, I guess. maxsolomon Sep 2021 #20

mom is dead, July 2021 whistler162 Sep 2021 #39

Sirhan Sirhan, Hinkley,... LudwigPastorius Sep 2021 #22

Its ridiculous isnt it? People like this should NEVER go free nt oldsoftie Sep 2021 #23

Maybe these people won't kill again, in the professional opinion of those who exam them, but... LudwigPastorius Sep 2021 #26

I agree nt oldsoftie Sep 2021 #31

Is the line for permanent imprisonment based on who the target is? onenote Sep 2021 #36

"Aggravating circumstances" make a charge heavier. Yes, there is a difference. oldsoftie Sep 2021 #42

I hear you, but I think your approach is a slippery slope. onenote Sep 2021 #44

So they are having a special on presidential assassins this month? nt. BlueIdaho Sep 2021 #24

Why should it matter who someone shoots or kills? Jon King Sep 2021 #32

Why it does matter Ron Obvious Sep 2021 #35

Then pass a law making an attack on a president punishable by life in prison with no onenote Sep 2021 #37

Should the insanity defense be abolished? onenote Sep 2021 #38

Watch out everyone Marthe48 Sep 2021 #43