Progressive objections to three strikes laws included that sending criminals away for life wastes resources because "justice-involved persons" stop being a hazard as they age.
So imagine why surprise at reading this 5/18/26 CBS Boise article:
BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — District Judge James Cawthon sentenced 65-year-old Robert Johns on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury found him guilty of Lewd and Lascivious Conduct and Sexual Abuse of a Minor Under 16....
Johns has a criminal history spanning over four decades, including prior felony convictions for grand theft, burglary, robbery and Murder in the First Degree, for which he received an indeterminate life sentence.
Maybe he is exceptional. I can remember some others, however. The old guy who raped a 14-year-old ib California and cut off her arms with a hatchet was released after just a few years. (Not a very serious crime by progressive California standards. ) He moved to Florida and was then convicted of murdering a woman. Florida not being progressive sentenced him to life.
I remember the case in California. I had not read that he "reoffended" (what a tepid word!) in Florida. All I can say is, "And yet he consumes oxygen and has ye to meet his maker."
ReplyDeleteThe other difficulty I see is that, yes, as these dangers to society age, they do become more mellow and are less likely to reoffend. However the fact overlooked by the Leftist Agents of Chaos, is that in order to mellow out, these violent thugs have to spend about forty years in the slammer. Even five years is not enough time for them to
age out of the offensive years (18 years is mere "catch and release revolving door justice once they've stepped beyond merely stealing).