The man deserved this, plain and simple. It is just how it is and how it always will be.Jabberwock xeno said:
This disgusts me.
How do you guys feel about this? Any idea of what we can do to make this shit better?
Wow that was a cool siteThe Unworthy Gentleman said:"Roy Brown Homless" [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Roy+Brown+Homeless]Mouse_Crouse said:In fact the only information I can find online points to a COMPLETELY made up story.
http://www.shreveportla.gov/dept/Police/2007/052507.bank%20robber%20turns%20himself%20in.htm
The robbery in question has nothing to do with this prisoner or anything. No I can't verify it either. But everything I can find points to fake. And nothing I can find goes with the original story. It looks like this blogger created this story and used the info of Roy Brown.
Homeless man gets 15 years for stealing $100 [http://tinyurl.com/3rlcjeh]
It happened enough for it to make it onto several news sites.
the first ones a lawyers blogMouse_Crouse said:By all means follow those links and find me a news source (not a blog or a re-post) A direct copy paste is not a news source. An actual quoted, researched, or sourced article. I haven't found any in the first SEVERAL pages of google search. So I'll happily "let you google that for me". Because all there is. Is twitter like feeds, facebook, and blogs.The Unworthy Gentleman said:"Roy Brown Homless" [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Roy+Brown+Homeless]
Homeless man gets 15 years for stealing $100 [http://tinyurl.com/3rlcjeh]
It happened enough for it to make it onto several news sites.
Apparently this 'isn't' all the info; considering the story appears to be fictional. Rendering the entire topic moot.Liudeius said:In jail you can get $15 for $100? Wow that's a bad deal.
Yay corporate america! More rights than actual people since 1776!
That is all the info.Dr. wonderful said:I can't judge till I know ALL of the Info.
And it's really just a specific example highlighting the over-arcing problem. It has been the case for a long time that corporations and the rich get away with everything, when the poor get away with nothing.
Lawyers are revolting, their job is to help find the truth, not warp the truth to get their guilty client off/a reduced sentence.
I think you mean parole.John the Gamer said:I hope the guy gets enough media attention and gets an early probation.
Well, first, you have to learn how to type "HOMELESS".Jabberwock xeno said:
This disgusts me.
How do you guys feel about this? Any idea of what we can do to make this shit better?
Which dosen't lend any credence whatsoever to it being true. A lawyer saw the story on the internet same as everyone else and wrote a commentary.Patrick Young said:the first ones a lawyers blog
[link]http://jonathanturley.org/2009/01/28/homeless-man-steals-a-100-bill-from-bank-turns-himself-in-the-next-day-and-apologizes-and-is-given-15-years-by-louisiana-judge/[/link]
From what I've gleaned so far from what I've managed to find; I'm going with this article as being fabricated...like so many others.Mouse_Crouse said:Which dosen't lend any credence whatsoever to it being true. A lawyer saw the story on the internet same as everyone else and wrote a commentary.Patrick Young said:the first ones a lawyers blog
[link]http://jonathanturley.org/2009/01/28/homeless-man-steals-a-100-bill-from-bank-turns-himself-in-the-next-day-and-apologizes-and-is-given-15-years-by-louisiana-judge/[/link]