Robert Card, the suspect wanted in connection with Wednesday's deadly mass shootings at two businesses in Lewiston, Maine, was found dead on Friday night.
Fitting end for human trash. Too bad he didn’t think of it sooner
For sure. What I like to ask people who (very understandably) seek harsh or cruel punishment in these cases is “Will it help? Or will it just make you feel better and produce a better criminal?”
I wonder, what is the right path for people like this in a just society? Rehab and let them back in society? Lifelong imprisonment somewhere nicer than federal prison? Ideally, in a fantasy world, the former. But I guess latter would the most realistic choice
There are no consequences in our laws that actually fit crimes like this. Retributive justice is a farce and an insult to humanity.
For sure. What I like to ask people who (very understandably) seek harsh or cruel punishment in these cases is “Will it help? Or will it just make you feel better and produce a better criminal?”
I wonder, what is the right path for people like this in a just society? Rehab and let them back in society? Lifelong imprisonment somewhere nicer than federal prison? Ideally, in a fantasy world, the former. But I guess latter would the most realistic choice
Mental institution until they are stable.
I don’t know why he was released after just two weeks when he was committed before. Someone fucked up.