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1. themar+(OP)[view] [source] 2015-05-30 02:19:06
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.

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2. icebra+e1[view] [source] 2015-05-30 02:46:04
>>themar+(OP)
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!

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3. tptace+E1[view] [source] [discussion] 2015-05-30 02:54:12
>>icebra+e1
He was convicted of the charge to which that allegation was formally attached.
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4. icebra+lf[view] [source] [discussion] 2015-05-30 09:03:02
>>tptace+E1
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.
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