It dosent pay to loot.......

[gocowboys31]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/29/looters.sentenced.ap/index.html

[Frimp]

I saw this earlier. I applaud this.

These parasites were not taking milk, food, or medicine, etc. It was alcohol.

Their lawyers say it is "excessive" and I think Jesse Jackson and the ACLU will be along within a week singing Kum By Ya.

[Sunstroke]

I saw this earlier. I applaud this.

These parasites were not taking milk, food, or medicine, etc. It was alcohol.

Their lawyers say it is "excessive" and I think Jesse Jackson and the ACLU will be along within a week singing Kum By Ya.

I agree with ya completely, Frimpster...I applaud the max sentences handed out here too.

For your general useless trivial knowledge file though, that song is titled "Kumbaya," and is a bastardization of the old religious ballad "Come by Here, Lord" (which my grandmother used to sing to us kids).

[EDGECRUSHER]

Good sentencing. If they were taking food I would understand letting it slide, but booze? Screw them. Enjoy prison douchebags.

[YoFuggedaboutit]

They're lucky they ended up in prison.  If this was Miami after Hurricane Andrew, they could've all ended up with bullets in their heads. 

South Dade residents didn't fuck around after Andrew.  Signs were up everywhere saying that looters would be shot without warning. 

[run_to_win]

South Dade residents didn't fuck around after Andrew.  Signs were up everywhere saying that looters would be shot without warning. 

Sounds like my kind of people.  Too bad we have to wait until a hurricane hits though.  Why can't this type of common sense be applied to all looters, taggers, car thieves, etc,  24/7/365?

[Dave Gray]

Alright...I'm going to say my piece that shouldn't shock any of you:

15 years for this seems excessive to me.

[YoFuggedaboutit]

Sounds like my kinds of people.  Too bad we have to wait until a hurricane hits though.  Too bad this type of common sense can't be applied 24/7/365 to all looters, taggers, car thieves, etc.

You're right....... People weren't too kind to price gougers either.  I broke a guy's nose after he tried to sell me a can of baby formula for $75.

[Frimp]

Alright...I'm going to say my piece that shouldn't shock any of you:

15 years for this seems excessive to me.

Why?

[run_to_win]

Alright...I'm going to say my piece that shouldn't shock any of you:

15 years for this seems excessive to me.

What is their criminal history?  Is this their first or "umpteenth" brush with the law.

[Buddhagirl]

I gotta side with Dave on this one.  15 years is excessive for stealing alcohol.

I'm not even going to comment on the nose breaking...

[Frimp]

I gotta side with Dave on this one.  15 years is excessive for stealing alcohol.

I'm not even going to comment on the nose breaking...

This is more than stealing. Its looting, which is a much harsher crime. Maybe if these thugs know thay they will get 15 years, they will think twice before looting.

[Dave Gray]

Why?

Why do you mean why?....I just said it's excessive.  The explanation is in the statement.

[Dphins4me]

Why?

I'm guessing because people who have committed violent crimes have gotten less.

Regardless, they will be out in a couple of years anyway, if their past is clean.

[Dphins4me]

This is more than stealing. Its looting, which is a much harsher crime. Maybe if these thugs know thay they will get 15 years, they will think twice before looting.

Nope, because people that commit crimes do not think about getting caught.  That is why they commit them.

No one plans on getting caught.