Twisted Justice
I am so angry and disappointed by what happened here in NJ this week. For those not familiar with the story, two young men set a fire at a local college over six years ago in which 3 students died and dozens were injured, some very seriously. Their families were implicated in covering up their involvement during the early months of the investigation. This week prosecutors accepted their pleas to a VERY reduced charge. Currently 24 or 25, they will get up to 5 years (and as little as 16 months) in a youth correctional facility with sentencing to be delayed until after the holidays so they can spend them with their families! Well, I guess that will teach them, huh?
As part of the plea agreement:
As part of the plea agreement:
"I didn't intend to harm anyone," each told Superior Court Judge Harold W. Fullilove. "It was a prank that got out of hand."[...]While the men admitted setting the fire, they don't admit causing the three deaths or the injuries to nearly five dozen other people...more (end of article has a summary timeline)I agree with two editorials in the local paper (ed1 & ed2) which you can read if you want. This totally sucks!
posted by Lillian | 12:28 AM
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That is twisted. Whatever happened to "You do the crime, you do the time". It is really sad in this world that families will work their hardest to fight to keep their kids from being punished rather than work to create honest, hard-working citizens who understand the meaning of cause and effect and the consequences of your actions. They are so worried about their own kids that they forget about the people their kids hurt. My guess is that won't be the last time those "men" are in jail for "pranks".
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