Posted on 12/04/2023 5:19:36 PM PST by Az Joe
In 1980, state Judge William Newsom, who was the current governor's father, was on an appellate panel that reduced the men's life sentences to give them a chance at parole. He pushed for their release in 2011, after he retired, noting that no one was seriously physically injured during the kidnapping.
Wasn’t this guy confirmed to be MKUltra? In any case, they’ll need him for their soon to be unleashed mayhem.
Traumatized, yes. And we should include their parents and friends, one highly suspects.
I wasn’t involved but that incident scarred my consciousness too. Keep him locked up. Bastards.
Many still traumatized, yes. The roof was caving in and the hostages were running out of oxygen. The only reason no one was seriously injured or died is that a 14-year-old boy and the bus driver were able to break out.
...”The Newsom family is deeply saddened to announce that the governor-elect’s father — avid environmentalist and retired Justice William Alfred Newsom III — passed away peacefully...
in a buried school bus. He was not seriously injured.
They weren’t convicted of attempted murder?
Happened right down the road from me when I lived in Cali.
IIRC they were convicted of attempted murder and kidnapping.
They made no attempt to rescue the driver or the kids.
It was the judge that reduced their sentences, so that one day they would be eligible for parole.
I was living in Santa Rosa at that time. It was major news.
In a sane and just world they would have been executed forthwith, but we don’t live in such a world.
Wow... crazy. I remembered the case but not the outcome. Thank you!
The kidnapper’s family has big money.
Do the math.
Now that he's out, he will go back to a life of crime and preying on the public. He and his colleagues should have been executed. "Life without parole" isn't worth the paper it's written on.
Did not know that hair gel boy’s dad was a judge. Makes sense.
The Bible says that kidnapping should be treated as a capital offense:
Exodus 21:16 NKJV
He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
Yes, but the New Testament?
“Yes, but the New Testament?”
The New Testament affirms the righteous standards of the Old Testament and the appropriateness of the punishments contained in it, including the death penalty.
Matthew 5:21-22 NKJV
You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.
The passage above raises the moral standard and the consequences for disobedience, as throughout the sermon on the mount.
The law of Moses asserts the temporal consequences of certain crimes which can be punished with the death penalty (affirmed in the New Testament), and the New Testament asserts the eternal consequences of Hell. Kidnapping is specifically mentioned:
I Timothy 1:8-11 NKJV
But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
The morality of the death penalty for certain (i.e. capital) crimes is also specifically stated in the New Testament:
Mark 7:10 NKJV
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
Romans 1:32 NKJV
who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
Acts 25:11 NKJV
For if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.
Some have argued that the New Testament does away with the death penalty since Christ rescued the adulterous woman from being stoned to death for her crime. But while it is demonstrative of Christ’s mercy, compassion, and forgiveness, those who brought these charges were trying to create a conflict between Him and the Roman authorities by asking Him to decide whether to follow Moses or the Romans. The Romans allowed the Jews some autonomy for self-governance, but this did not include the death penalty. No one could be executed at that time without permission from the Romans.
God’s severity of punishment toward certain offenses is repeated elsewhere. Ananias and Sapphira were famously struck dead for the offense of lying to God (probably meaning breaking a vow):
Acts 5:1-10 NKJV
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things. And the young men arose and wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him. Now it was about three hours later when his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. And Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much?” She said, “Yes, for so much.” Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” Then immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. And the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband.
By way of clarification, the Church was never given authority to enact the death penalty, fines, beatings, or similar civil punishments. God gave this to civil authorities who are accountable to God to do so justly.
Romans 13:1-4 NKJV
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
We went to Middle School with one of the Schoenfelds, about 1967. Back in the day you would have called him goofy. That said, we were shocked and disgusted. No one around when they kidnapped the children thought any of them should keep breathing. Leave it to the Pelousy/Newsom Cartel to let them live, and eventually get out.
Capital Punishment: Catholic Viewpoint (The Catholic Church is the supreme earthly authority)
The Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.”
In his 1995 encyclical titled Evangelium vitae (The Gospel of Life), Pope John Paul II suggested that capital punishment should be avoided unless it is the only way to defend society from the offender in question, opining that punishment “ought not go to the extreme of executing the offender except in cases of absolute necessity: in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society.
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