Murderer finishes 30-year term, kills mother after welcome home party

[SlyPokerDog]

ATLANTIC CITY — A 45-year-old man who on Friday finished serving 30 years in prison is charged with killing his mother two days after being released, authorities said.
Steven Pratt was arrested Sunday morning, less than 48 hours after he was freed from Bayside State Prison for killing his neighbor in 1984.

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[Mediocre Man]

+1 for the death penalty

 

[julius]

+1 for the death penalty

Or an argument for "no parole" offenses. Seriously, the guy killed someone, why is that person ever given the chance to be free again?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Or an argument for "no parole" offenses. Seriously, the guy killed someone, why is that person ever given the chance to be free again?

He was 15yrs old when convicted. Meaning he must have been 13 or 14 when he committed the murder. It's a tough deal, do we keep people locked in prison for the rest of their lives for a crime committed when they're a kid?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Or an argument for "no parole" offenses. Seriously, the guy killed someone, why is that person ever given the chance to be free again?

Or an argument for prison reform. The guy has spent two-thirds of his life in prison. If the system were in any way effective at rehabilitating criminals, it would have shown.

It isn't.

 

[julius]

He was 15yrs old when convicted. Meaning he must have been 13 or 14 when he committed the murder. It's a tough deal, do we keep people locked in prison for the rest of their lives for a crime committed when they're a kid?

Murder isn't just a "crime".

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Murder isn't just a "crime".

I agree.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

He was 15yrs old when convicted. Meaning he must have been 13 or 14 when he committed the murder. It's a tough deal, do we keep people locked in prison for the rest of their lives for a crime committed when they're a kid?

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[magnifier661]

Or an argument for prison reform. The guy has spent two-thirds of his life in prison. If the system were in any way effective at rehabilitating criminals, it would have shown.

It isn't.

+1

Obviously the current system isn't working. You become who you surround yourself with. Surrounding yourself with murderers and violent criminals makes it much harder to overcome violence.

So what do we do? I always liked any violent criminal being shipped to some Island in the middle of some ocean infested with sharks. AirDrop food and let them fend for themselves.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I don't think you can say the system can or will work on every last single person.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Maybe his mother was a horrible bitch and needed killin'.

 

[MARIS61]

I don't think you can say the system can or will work on any murderer.

FIFY.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

sometimes, when you're in prison, I imagine you're just waiting to get out to exact revenge on society.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

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LMFAO one of the best skits ever imo

 

[PaulBrown]

Makes you wonder, if the people who judge that he's 'sane' are doing their job...

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm still a fan of dumping them all on an island and letting them work it out for themselves


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[jlprk]

That's how European countries "subdued" natives in Australia and the New World.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I'm still a fan of dumping them all on an island and letting them work it out for themselves


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