Posted on 01/25/2002 6:33:03 AM PST by chriservative
Thomas Junta sentenced 6 to 10 years. Breaking . . .
You are an excellent example of the type of Freeper I was referring to, when in the same post, I wrote the following:
Yes, Costin was a jerk. Did he pick a fight? More than likely. Does that mean he deserved to die? Not at all. By that criteria, a significant number of Freepers should not be alive, judging by their behavior on these boards.
Thank you for volunteering to be Exhibit "A".
Unless I missed something, the Judge did not want Costin's history discussed during the sentencing, which is the only part of the trial that I saw.
6-10 for a Politically Incorrect letter to the editor of the Boston Globe. It is Massachusetts, after all.
Hyuk hyuk. I kid. Sorry!
Actually, it was part of a charity program, aimed at rehabilitation of inmates. I was only involved for a few months, and frankly, I have no idea whether it did any good at all. I suspect that it may have helped one or two of the dozens involved, but I don't know.
There were lots of very heavily guarded and locked doors...and that was to the relatively public areas. The place was incredibly loud. I'd rather not spend my days and nights there.
Prior arrests and convictions are a mandated consideration during sentencing - for the perp, not the victim. This is just commmon sense. If we start allowing the "he was an @$$hole" defense, we may as well open the prisons and set every murderer free.
I know that. That is why I wrote in my original post (#81);This was a fight between two obnoxious individuals. A big one and a little one. Both with histories of violence and antisocial behavior. Did you read it?
BTW, you are a good example of something too, however, I won't say what.
I think you already have. In your previous post you wrote; No, smart a-s little punks with big mouths are safe without him. I guess you must feel better..
Sounds like you do a fairly good imitation of the man you despise.
Now that I think of it, I never remember seeing or hearing about this guy's wife during the trial. Are they divorced?
I disagree, but even if you are right, that does not mean that Junta should not be punished for doing it. The guy could have done the exact same thing to someone else who did not "deserve" it. You should not be able to beat someone to death and escape punishment because the victim was not a nice guy.
I recall Court TV reporting Costin was a single-father.
Oh, the irony of it all. It is okay to walk away from a woman who will drown in the back of a submerged, overturned automobile (or swim across the channel as he would have us believe).
Maybe Teddy can put him in touch with a good lawyer.
You forget Woodward is a woman. Women should be allowed a free pass on stuff like that because they've been repressed by white males who are the real criminals in our society < /sarcasm>
IMHO, The wrong guy ran into the wrong guy! The judge summed up the case very fairly this morning. The Big Guy assaulted the skating rink manager on his way back inside to fight the Little Guy. It's clear the Big Guy was looking for trouble and found it. On the other hand, maybe the Little Guy could have skated away to safety, too.
But the Big Guy did not have to go back in there. It was over. Also, I had thought that the Little Guy had thrown the first punch ... apparently that is very unclear. At first, he may have just put up his hands to protect himself. I can tell you from personal experience, it's pretty tough to throw a good punch on skates ... which is why there are not more dead hockey players!
The Big Guy's lawyers were pretty slick. During the trial, they had trained him (he kind of reminds one of Lenny, in "Of Mice and Men") to feign deafness on one side so it might look as if he might not have heard the rink manager screaming for him to stop; that he was killing the Little Guy. It was a pathetic ruse that any sober juror could have seen through easily.
Of course, Big Guy's team will appeal the sentence. Let's see what the Kennedy appointees at the appellate level come up with!
Why don't the Junta defenders write the guy in prison? I'm sure that he would relish like-minded people who admire him for ridding the world of jerks like Costin. Maybe they could add a little note about how his former wife was a @itch, the rink manager was in his way, and that both women deserved to be put in their place so that he could display his violent ego-driven manliness.
Junta is a murderous thug who also abuses women according to witnesses--among them his own children! (I can just hear the Junta defenders say that those women had an equal chance to defend themselves against the "gentle giant" or "provoked it" because of their "past behavior," right?) Junta deserves a stronger sentence. I believe that women and children are also safer with this thug in the pokey; not just smart-@ss jerks...
Cheers.
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