wasnt this that movie, Double Jeopardy?

and can't he just kill him now?

kkoch499: and can't he just kill him now?

Guess you didn't read the article, this took place in Sri Lanka.

and even then,

His father, perhaps the only one who might have cleared up the confusion, never came. He died in 1981, 23 years after James' arrest for his murder. The uncle who occasionally visited died 15 years ago.

The moral of the story: Watch out for falling coconuts.

How many stone did he gain?

Drats! Foiled again!!!

Well, to be fair, this happened in Sri Lanka.

It's not like you could be locked away without charge or trial in THIS country...

At least he wasn't executed.

I came here for the Ashley Judd. You have all disappointed me.

This is why we should have manditory capital punishment for all murderers.

How terrible. At least they didn't make him wear an iron mask.

PS. $5000 in compensation for 50 years? Damn. That's $100 a year.

He got five grand, what's the big deal?

My name is Indigo Montoya you killed my father, prepare to...oh wait, nevermind.

Because People in power are Stupid: This is why we should have manditory capital punishment for all murderers.

Agree - now for the rest of his life, the rest of us will have to hear him whine about "injustice." Better for him to have simply moved on to a better place.

Sounds like the criminal justice system any GOPer would love.

kkoch499: wasnt this that movie, Double Jeopardy?

and can't he just kill him now?

Nope. That movies whole premise was bullshiat. You can't be tried for the same crime in criminal court yes. But the act of murder you were tried for and the new act of murder are separate crimes. It doesn't matter that it is for killing the same person.

FreeCrime: He got five grand, what's the big deal?

5000 can buy you a lot of paneer

JerkyMeat: Sounds like the criminal justice system any GOPer would love.

*Sigh*

/shutup

Oh goodie, death penalty thread! Obviously, this proves that all people convicted of murder committed the crime!

Coconut lands on his head, he tangles with a wild elephant, and then this shiat. Talk about shiatty luck.

Laoise;

O.K., cause I'm in a good mood:

Makes you wonder how he was convicted in the first place.

Wow....talk about taking a little responsibilty. That last sentance........

For now, he just wants to spend his last years in peace, working the fields, this time as a free man.

He says he is not bitter, that half a century in jail was simply his fate. He doesn't blame the government, the hospital or even his father for his ordeal. In the end, he says, he has only himself to blame.

"I should have fought harder to get myself out," he said.

TuesdayClub: Makes you wonder how he was convicted in the first place.

Makes you wonder how people can read an article and miss where it says he never stood trial and was never convicted.

TuesdayClub: Makes you wonder how he was convicted in the first place.

He wasn't. If he had been he would have been out in 20 years.

Just more proof that this brief, mortal life is just one big existential joke . . . on us.

/ Now beer me! It's Saturday night, and there's wine, women, and song to be had

I hope we all take a moment to realize how well written that article was. That kind of quality journalism isn't too common these days.

FreeCrime: He got five grand, what's the big deal?


this. and he probably got fed a few times too. what a crybaby.

It sounds like all he had to do was commit a crime and get the system to process him again.

Primum non nocere: Just more proof that this brief, mortal life is just one big existential joke . . . on us.

/ Now beer me! It's Saturday night, and there's wine, women, and song to be had

fodder for the worm?

Well, I see this has been a big waste of time then.

Laoise: I came here for the Ashley Judd. You have all disappointed me.

RosevilleDan

Epic!

RosevilleDan

You might just be the best person in the history of ever!

dgc360

Guess you didn't read the article, this took place in Sri Lanka.

and even then,

His father, perhaps the only one who might have cleared up the confusion, never came.

So he wasn't really his father?

Bertsura Oh goodie, death penalty thread! Obviously, this proves that all people convicted of murder committed the crime!

Nonsense. Everybody knows it's the fact that our legal system is 100% infallible that makes the death penalty right and proper, without opportunity to appeal.

I had this discussion once, with a guy who said he didn't care if the death penalty had a 50% error rate (executing the non-guilty), because he was convinced it had a deterrent effect. Never mind that it has the reverse effect.

RosevilleDan: Laoise: I came here for the Ashley Judd. You have all disappointed me.

Now see, that's an awesome post.

Axolotl:
Nonsense. Everybody knows it's the fact that our legal system is 100% infallible that makes the death penalty right and proper, without opportunity to appeal.

I had this discussion once, with a guy who said he didn't care if the death penalty had a 50% error rate (executing the non-guilty), because he was convinced it had a deterrent effect. Never mind that it has the reverse effect.

or you might kill the angel from sent from heaven to save two innocent young blonde girls. jesus would get mad if we did that.

FTFA: "I should have fought harder to get myself out," he said.

Gee..... you think?

/Dumbass....

JerkyMeat
Sounds like the criminal justice system any GOPer would love.

Nice Trolling!

Obviously you jerk your meat way to much.
You should get out in the world and notice most of the legal system is Democratic and leans toward Liberal. I just look a few miles West at St Clair County (in Southern Illinois). John Edwards and his class of lawyers can make in the millions here. And I see very few of these lawyers being "GOPer"s

RosevilleDan : A simple "thank you" fine sir.

RosevilleDan: Laoise: I came here for the Ashley Judd. You have all disappointed me.

BEST THREADJACK EVER!

/carry on...

So, how many farkers made it through all the pictures?

RosevilleDan

Wow. How's that restraining order treating you? Somewhere around pic 10 it got uncomfortable.

He would have gotten only 15-20 yrs for murder?

no STNG ashley judd pics?

c'mon wil, you're slacking

RosevilleDan

You sir are a scholar and a gentleman.

This headline is another piece of evidence for my theory that mods and admins do not care about the quality of Fark anymore- it's a business that makes money.

i'll get over it, maybe

*sigh* She wasn't nekkid in any of those.