What is wrong with our Judicial system?
I do not write blogs….. but this has really got my anger rattled !!!! Why is John Hinckely being considered for an early release???? Didn’t he attempt to assassinate our President ? He already is receiving 17 days release without supervision. He has a girlfriend. He is able to live with his mother and enjoy life as a free man. He can lie about his comings and goings and doesn’t get reprimanded for it. His family says he is healed of his mental illness. What? What? If I was Jodi Foster, I’d run. Ohhhh yea…. let me ask this again….. Didn’t he try to assassinate our President ?????? He should never see the light of day again !!!!! What is wrong with our Judicial System? This is just a travesty. Thanks for letting me sound off….. !!!!!!!
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Blush. a short comment I am in a hurry. What is wrong with our legal system, MONEY, The family has money. But also, it has been about 35 years, and maybe he is cured or has served his time. Money is the problem, though.
Thank you for your comment Rose……. I agree that his family has a lot of money…… and it’s working quite well on his behalf.
Blush injustice happens everyday of the year here, you can kill and get 15years for life, what a joke, very often released way before then………you commit a crime involving large amounts of money and the prison term is a lot longer……says it all really, more importance put on money than a life……….psychopaths can fool the most experienced of medical staff, they are assessed, released and go on to kill again, sometimes within hours of being released……..xx
Starlette, I agree with your comment 100% !!!! But when it comes to the President of the United States, it would seem that a assassination attempt by anyone would have Laws that could never be modified under any circumstances….. every when money tries to buy the freedom.
Travesties such as mentioned above are a huge argument for bringing back the death penalty.
Shoot me down in flames here if you will, but I would welcome the death sentence being brought back if there is no doubt whatsoever that the person is guilty, and with todays DNA programme there should be no problem in proving the guilt, but I will also add not for genuine mercy killings, not saying it makes them ok and that they should be ignored without trial, but compassion should be shown depending on the circumstances……….
Thank’s Star for the clarification. That is exactly what i meant with my comment
Waylander and Starlette……… As I have said…….. I do not understand why a person that attempted to assassinate the President is walking free. WHY???
Money…….. YEP!!!!!! SAD !!!!!! I think of Sirhad Sirhad who KILLED Robert F. Kennedy. He will die in Prison. John Hickley should be in the cell right next to him. And I also will stick my neck out and agree with the death penalty. Anyone that attempts to kill a President should be put to death. Period!!!!
Starlette your comment is so true. Bring back the death sentence but don’t allow years of appeals as in the Scott Peterson case. …and definitely show compassion for mercy killings. Thank you Blush and Starlette for your comments.
MarionP……… Great point….. I agree about all the appeals as well…. ! Thank you for your post.
I had not heard of the chap in question and had to google him. I do remember the assassination attempt though, as even in England in the early 80’s it made the news. Justice is meant to be impartial, objective and not vengeful. We are meant to look at each case and judge the person on the crime that they have committed and then seek a way to punish them. It is never about the person who carried out the crime or the victim.My understanding is that he shot and wounded four people that day. One of which went on to die 30 odd years later. But at the time of the trial the charge was attempted murder. The average time that someone serves for attempted murder in the US varies from state to state but is usually 5-15 years. He has served that time and more. If you take into account that one of his victims died 30 years later and then charge him with murder. Then the average time served for murder is 18 years. Again he has served that time already. I understand that it’s emotive that the president was shot, but I don’t think that you can lock the door and throw away the key, just because the victim of the crime held a position of office. I would also say that from reading about him and what drove him to carry out the crime. he was clearly mentally unhinged, though this could just be the angle that his defence team chose to defend him. Having said that the prosecution and also the judge would have been able to see through this and because the insane verdict was given and accepted I would have to assume that he was insane. To be fair I think that anyone who wants to kill another person has a screw loose. Therefore the real question that needs to be answered is, if he was found insane and not accountable for his actions, or unable to stand trial in a normal way. Is he now sane. On his release from prison, will he reoffend or pose a threat in anyway to those around him or society. The only ones who will be able to answer that one are the team of psychiatrists who have been treating and monitoring him. I just hope that they got it right.