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NHGuy t1_iy6ks92 wrote

Reply to comment by Maldonian in Man charged in Brookline shooting released from jail days before incident by [deleted]

What's your proposal to resolve this?

Seriously, what's the solution here? Lock him up forever? Kill him? Put him on an island?

I'm not defending the guy by any stretch of the imagination, but just what exactly do you do about someone like this?

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Fluid_Kale_5599 t1_iy88tyj wrote

>Seriously, what's the solution here? Lock him up forever?

It seems you're posing a rhetorical question, but yes, locking him up forever is the solution.

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NHGuy t1_iy8av3a wrote

Who pays for this?

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Fluid_Kale_5599 t1_iy8dbgr wrote

Obviously taxpayers will be footing much of the bill. Keeping violent people away from the rest of society is a role I'm comfortable with government taking on.

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Maldonian t1_iy8f728 wrote

Same here. I wish these violent people would stop imposing these unnecessary costs on us, but I’m gladly willing to pay taxes to keep them locked up.

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Maldonian t1_iy85g2c wrote

No torture, and while everyone has their opinion on the death penalty, no, we certainly shouldn’t be using that for non-murder crimes.

But, the system could have been configured in such a way that habitual offenders must walk the straight and narrow for the rest of their lives, in exchange for being free.

Basically tell the guy: “You’ve served your time and you’re free for now, but this is it. If you so much as steal a stick of gum, you’re coming back here and staying here.”

Maybe some requirements that habitual offenders must maintain employment, attend ongoing classes about good behavior, maybe a requirement for community service?

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NHGuy t1_iy8atbl wrote

And who pays for this?

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Maldonian t1_iy8fe4w wrote

Sadly, you and me. We don’t have forced labor in prison here. It’s a tax I’m willing to pay, to keep you and me and our neighbors safe from monsters like him. As I said above, I sure wish this person would stop imposing these costs on us.

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HunterShotBear t1_iy74yz6 wrote

I think the island idea wouldn’t be too bad. Coast guard patrols with thermal vision to catch escapees. Make them farm and cultivate the majority of their food. No guards.

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AMC4x4 t1_iy6w2fe wrote

Exactly. If it's law, then law needs to be changed for special cases. But man, what a line to be crossed if after someone serves their time, someone or some panel can decide to just keep them locked up. I don't know what the answer is.

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Maldonian t1_iy85k0c wrote

I do agree that if the person has served their time, of course it’s time for them to be free. But see my comment above—perhaps repeat offenders should be on a special list where one more crime and they’re done.

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