Members unicorn Posted yesterday at 04:44 PM Members Posted yesterday at 04:44 PM I recently heard in the news that a judge in Chicago was sentencing a mass murderer to seven consecutive life sentences. I'm happy that this murder will never see the light of day (he pleaded guilty), but I don't understand the logic of sentencing someone to seven consecutive life sentences. I've only heard of one, probably apocryphal, story of someone coming back to life after death. Only cats, as far as I know, are reputed to have 9 lives. Maybe we have someone more knowledgeable in legal matters who can explain this type of sentence... https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/highland-park-shooter-to-serve-7-consecutive-life-sentences/3730113/ "A judge handed seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole to the gunman who pleaded guilty to a mass...". Quote
Keithambrose Posted yesterday at 05:59 PM Posted yesterday at 05:59 PM 1 hour ago, unicorn said: I recently heard in the news that a judge in Chicago was sentencing a mass murderer to seven consecutive life sentences. I'm happy that this murder will never see the light of day (he pleaded guilty), but I don't understand the logic of sentencing someone to seven consecutive life sentences. I've only heard of one, probably apocryphal, story of someone coming back to life after death. Only cats, as far as I know, are reputed to have 9 lives. Maybe we have someone more knowledgeable in legal matters who can explain this type of sentence... https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/highland-park-shooter-to-serve-7-consecutive-life-sentences/3730113/ "A judge handed seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole to the gunman who pleaded guilty to a mass...". I'm afraid this is just American justice, so called. This type of sentence is not uncommon. You see,'life plus 99 years', for example. A guy convicted of child porn offences, pretty nasty, was convicted on 10 counts, so Judge gave him 20 years on each count,to run consecutively. I believe that prisons there are largely privately run, for profit. I read an article this week about a district in Texas, where they were saying they must do something about the number of murders of inmates in prison! Quote
reader Posted yesterday at 06:54 PM Posted yesterday at 06:54 PM 46 minutes ago, Keithambrose said: I believe that prisons there are largely privately run, for profit. Actually the UK has a higher percentage of inmates in private lock ups. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison unicorn 1 Quote
