[Eagles6]

I'll answer all posts at once and keep Second Amendment First in the loop.

23 yrs old is not a kid. He was a grown man when he committed a violent armed robbery.

I am extremely disturbed that this man has been turned into a hero. So he turned his life around. Good for him and society, but that's what he should have been doing instead of armed robberies.

I would need far more information than is provided by the msm. That they judiciously state that he hadn't been convicted of a serious crime prior to the robbery puts me on alert.

Why didn't he contact authorities? I can understand why, I probably wouldn't either. If he did in fact ask his lawyer and the lawyer told him to keep quiet then the lawyer is partly at fault for his predicament.

If, in fact, this story is completely true as reported, which I doubt there should still be punishment for the crime.

Prison is not rehabilitation, it is punishment.

Community service, house arrest, weekends in jail.

Again, this man committed a violent criminal act and punishment is appropriate. He is not a hero and is not being oppressdd by da man.

[Defiant]

We’ll have to disagree. When someone wants to take something from me, even if I owe it to them, they have to file the proper legal proceeding, and if they fail to in the proper time, they forfeit their right, through the statute of limitations, to get what I owe them. In my opinion, though there is no statute of limitations on how long the government has to come get you after they convict you, the same principle applies. They leave you alone for 13 years, and now want to take away your family that happened in the interim, to me, they blew it. I can understand the other viewpoint, I just don’t think that it is just.

[ican'tbelieveit]

I know you find the facts in this article lacking, but, in response to your question:

Why didn't he contact authorities?

From the article:

He told The Associated Press last month that he waited, and even asked about going to prison, but the order never came

According to this he did contact them.

There are statutes of limitations on taking action for crimes, filing lawsuits. In this case, if the government couldn't get it together for 13 years - their loss.

[AppyPappy]

______ always taking credit for stuff they supposed to do. “I pay my child support”. You supposed to support your kids, you low-expectation ________.....Chris Rock