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The dual solicitations of murder put him well off the list of people I will ever have any sympathy for. Having said that, he's 31 and reading "two life sentences" and "no chance of parole," was a little bit of a shock. He didn't actually kill anyone and I would guess some actual murderers have served less time. I can't help but feel this is mostly meant as a warning to any other smart guy who might think about setting up a black market.

>>markbn+(OP)
Shoot this is a repost thread. Didn't notice the older one before replying.

>>markbn+(OP)
I'm very against making examples of people. Justice should be dealt entirely equally. Punishing one person more harshly as a warning to hypothetical criminals with a like mind is an unequal application of justice.

I didn't know he had solicited murder (it's not mentioned in the short article linked) so I was wondering what made a glorified drug dealer middleman deserve life in prison.

I agree that "without parole" is ridiculous.

>>themar+8
I didn't know he had solicited murder (it's not mentioned in the short article linked) so I was wondering what made a glorified drug dealer middleman deserve life in prison.

But the thing is: he wasn't even convicted for that!

>>markbn+(OP)
My understanding is that there is no parole in the federal penal system; parole wasn't an option available to the judge.

>>icebra+m1
He was convicted of the charge to which that allegation was formally attached.

>>tptace+G1
It sounds like it wasn't his second choice anyway.

>>tptace+M1
Yes, but he can still be convicted for that in Maryland, right? So massively inflating this sentence due to the murder-for-hire allegations sounds like potentially convicting him twice for the same crime.