“...so it is disingenuous to imply they were not part of the same crime spree.”
I didn't say that it wasn't “part of the same crime spree.”
But this was a “spree” that lasted over a year. To consider him a first-time offender by the time he was being sentenced for his fifth set of felonies is what is really disingenuous.
“The typical sentence for burglary is 2.5 years and for robbery 6.5 years.”
I don't much care what's “typical.” Six and a half years for one offense might be reasonable, but by the time someone is being prosecuted for his THIRD violent assault/robbery, the sentence should be in the range of a few decades. Which, by the way, is what he got on the robbery/assault of the woman from whom he netted the grand total of $16. He was willing to injure and maim another human being for SIXTEEN DOLLARS. At that time, he should have been thrown away permanently.
As well, I don't think most states provide eligibility for parole (and almost automatic freeing on parole once eligible) after less than 25% of the original sentence. Thus, a sentence of 60 years on the burglary charge really netted less than 15 years. That's not so unreasonable for someone back before a judge for a fifth time.
“Which would be the non-violent burglary of the State Trooper's home which is why I figured he had the book thrown at him.”
I figure he got the book thrown at him because it was pretty clear that in the course of a better part of a year, he'd made a decision to become a career criminal. This was his FIFTH set of felonies, and they weren't all committed in a short period of time, but rather over the course of a year or more.
I think that what also contributed to the hefty and deserved sentences were the acts of violence while incarcerated, intending to seriously harm, maim or kill prison guards and judicial personnel. I'll betcha that that sort of behavior will ordinarily draw a little bit of extra time.
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When you disagreed with me regarding his being a first adult offender that was what I took you to mean.
I'll betcha that that sort of behavior will ordinarily draw a little bit of extra time.
And I'll betcha that there are a whole lot of people -- non-teenage people -- walking the streets of Baltimore (and Little Rock, for that matter) on probation or parole who are far more of a threat than Clemmons was at age 17.