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Two without chance of parole.
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1070618256/ahmaud-arbery-killers-sentence
Let's be clear. In general I'm not in favor of life in prison, particularly without chance of parole, for many of the same reasons I'm not in favor of the death penalty plus the added bonus reason that the US prison system takes even worse care of geriatric prisoners than the rest of them.
It's not a sentence to toss around lightly, and should be reserved for people who have committed particularly heinous crimes and have a high likelihood of reoffending.
Well, these three committed a particularly heinous crime due to their deplorable beliefs, and judging from their behavior and words since then my gut feeling is that they probably would have a high likelihood of reoffending if given the chance.
So I will enjoy my sense of justice unhindered by any vague sense that the sentence is generally wrong, because in their particular case it really isn't. All that's left is for me to wish I could see the look on their faces when it finally sinks in that they are really, truly, 100% going to suffer the consequences of their decision to engage in cold-blooded murder. (I don't think, based on their words, that it really has yet.)
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1070618256/ahmaud-arbery-killers-sentence
Let's be clear. In general I'm not in favor of life in prison, particularly without chance of parole, for many of the same reasons I'm not in favor of the death penalty plus the added bonus reason that the US prison system takes even worse care of geriatric prisoners than the rest of them.
It's not a sentence to toss around lightly, and should be reserved for people who have committed particularly heinous crimes and have a high likelihood of reoffending.
Well, these three committed a particularly heinous crime due to their deplorable beliefs, and judging from their behavior and words since then my gut feeling is that they probably would have a high likelihood of reoffending if given the chance.
So I will enjoy my sense of justice unhindered by any vague sense that the sentence is generally wrong, because in their particular case it really isn't. All that's left is for me to wish I could see the look on their faces when it finally sinks in that they are really, truly, 100% going to suffer the consequences of their decision to engage in cold-blooded murder. (I don't think, based on their words, that it really has yet.)
