Author Topic: Anyone think this jail sentence reasonable? (Read 2677 times)

Thrawn · « **on:** August 28, 2002, 04:51:50 PM »

Mother in shock over teen's sentence
Authorities had recommended lighter sentences for the teenager, but a judge says 10 years. ''It's always somebody else's fault other than their own,'' the judge said.

By CARRIE JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published August 28, 2002

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INVERNESS -- Earlier this year, 16-year-old Adam Bollenback swiped a six-pack of beer from a refrigerator in a woman's garage and got caught by Citrus County sheriff's deputies.

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/08/28/Citrus/Mother_in_shock_over_.shtml

midnight Target · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2002, 04:55:57 PM »

Sounds wrong.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2002, 04:56:07 PM »

10 years for stealing beer?

Thats wrong!

F*ck the kid up for life over beer?

Jeez......

Animal · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:08:06 PM »

read it the kid was a punk, he already had assault and battery charges, this was not his only crime.

though when he comes out of jail he will be one of the most violent persons in america.

Sunchaser · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:14:34 PM »

No GtoRA2, the kid f*cked himself up for life over beer.

Ten yrs seems a bit much though and the kid will probably skate on appeal.

Sounds like the judge was doing Mom and anyone who might encounter this kid along the way a favor.

Elfenwolf · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:15:57 PM »

Read the story. The kid has a history of being in trouble with the police and finally a Judge got tired of looking at his dumb ass. The clown has two prior battery convictions plus an aggrevated assault conviction. Then after sentancing he flashes his mother a peace sign? 10 years seems bout right to me, but I doubt this dumb bellybutton will ever learn.

lord dolf vader · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:22:53 PM »

sounds like he got the "just one more time boy" speech. he screwed the pooch he can marry it.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:26:54 PM »

Lol damn you guys are right lol

The ONE time I don't read the damn story lol

Yeah the kid sounds like a punk. Ten years really does seem harsh for the crime though.

Prolly wont make a difference, he will prolly just get worse with age.

Thrawn · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:35:58 PM »

He does sound like punk. But after reading the circumstance of his previous crimes, I hardly think he's a harden criminal. And I don't see how 10 years of getting raped by Bubba is going to help.

Animal · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:37:07 PM »

10 years means he will get 4 at most.

Toad · « **Reply #10 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:40:11 PM »

Yep. Just a poor, misunderstood youth.

Slap on the wrist with a plastic ruler and turn the little scamp back out on the streets.

Oh, those KIDS!

Now, if he actually goes and KILLS someone after this.. well... certainly a few weeks in jail would be in order. Might have to be harsh on him then!

Thrawn · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:53:22 PM »

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Originally posted by Toad
Yep. Just a poor, misunderstood youth.

No one said he was a poor misunderstood youth.

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Slap on the wrist with a plastic ruler and turn the little scamp back out on the streets.

Who said he should get a slap on the wrist?

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Now, if he actually goes and KILLS someone after this.. well... certainly a few weeks in jail would be in order. Might have to be harsh on him then!

Uh, he hasn't killed anyone. Quit misrepresentin'.

Did you read the whole article? We are talking about ten years of hard time for the crime of stealing a six pack and escaping custody after getting caught.

funkedup · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:58:44 PM »

Dude that is a tragedy. Ridiculous enough to put somebody in jail for 10 years for stealing beer. But add in the fact that he is a minor with a serious mental illness and I am sickened by the judge's decision. Sentences like that will only cause a lot of us to continue to lose respect for what this country calls "law and order".

Hangtime · « **Reply #13 on:** August 28, 2002, 05:59:16 PM »

20 lashes, with the cat 'o nine tails, then keel-haul his ass, and if he still lives after that; flog him round the fleet, then hang the lil toejam from the yardarm, and leave the corpse swinging in the wind fer a month.

do it very publicly. film it. send a copy of the film to every elementary and junior-high school in the country. make it required viewing. make a few similar examples of any local punks at the same time.

just think of the hundreds of thousands of lives that could be improved by making examples of the incorrigable few.

Animal · « **Reply #14 on:** August 28, 2002, 06:04:22 PM »

I bet I did worse crimes, just that I never got caught.

Now though I hesitate to even jaywalk.

When that kid comes out of prison he will be a menace.

[in jail]

bubba: so what are you in for? i killed a judge

kid: stole a six pack of beers

bubba: did you kill the cop who caught ya?

kid: no I just stole the beer

bubba: well if you had killed the cop you'd be a free man

kid: maybe you are right...