Should this teen get life without possibility of parole?

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Ohio teen sentenced to life in prison in Craigslist killings

A remorseful teenager was sentenced Friday to life in prison with no chance for parole for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phony Craigslist job offers.

"I thought it was something horrible," a grim-faced Brogan Rafferty, 17, told Judge Lynne Callahan before he was sentenced.

If his life has been hell since the killings last year, "They must be living in it," said Rafferty, gesturing with his cuffed hands at victims' relatives who crowded the court. He said they also were victims of his crimes.

Rafferty told the judge, who will preside at the January trial of alleged triggerman Richard Beasley, 53, that his mentor is evil and deceitful and said he wished he had taken the opportunity to flee and stop the killings.

"There were many options I couldn't see at the time," said Rafferty, who remained composed during the sentencing, watching with a slight frown as relatives of the victims addressed the court.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/1...slist-killings/?test=latestnews#ixzz2BrizGvmK

i'm not sure he should.

 

[zappasguitar]

Ohio teen sentenced to life in prison in Craigslist killings

A remorseful teenager was sentenced Friday to life in prison with no chance for parole for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phony Craigslist job offers.

"I thought it was something horrible," a grim-faced Brogan Rafferty, 17, told Judge Lynne Callahan before he was sentenced.

If his life has been hell since the killings last year, "They must be living in it," said Rafferty, gesturing with his cuffed hands at victims' relatives who crowded the court. He said they also were victims of his crimes.

Rafferty told the judge, who will preside at the January trial of alleged triggerman Richard Beasley, 53, that his mentor is evil and deceitful and said he wished he had taken the opportunity to flee and stop the killings.

"There were many options I couldn't see at the time," said Rafferty, who remained composed during the sentencing, watching with a slight frown as relatives of the victims addressed the court.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/1...slist-killings/?test=latestnews#ixzz2BrizGvmK

i'm not sure he should.

I don't know.

He certainly knows all the right things to say to indicate remorse, but is he truly remorseful?

Were the two perpetrators luring men with the Craiglist ads just for the thrill of the kill? Or was there another motive that came out at the trial?

 

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I don't know.

He certainly knows all the right things to say to indicate remorse, but is he truly remorseful?

Were the two perpetrators luring men with the Craiglist ads just for the thrill of the kill? Or was there another motive that came out at the trial?

fair questions and points. for me, this a 17 year old who clearly had an older man influencing him. imo, this diminishes his culpability. i believe he should receive a term with the possibility of parole. for one so young, he should be given a chance to show he can rehabilitate.

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

jail for life. too bad, so sad.

 

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jail for life. too bad, so sad.

no hope for rehabilitation?

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Hard to be sympathetic with him but I don't know enough about the case to offer an informed opinion.

 

[Billy the Great Khan]

Yup. Life forever.

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

As a general rule, people who committed crimes as teenagers should be given some opportunity for retroactive review in the future, no matter the crime. As for this case specifically, I don't really know enough to say myself.

 

[zappasguitar]

fair questions and points. for me, this a 17 year old who clearly had an older man influencing him. imo, this diminishes his culpability. i believe he should receive a term with the possibility of parole. for one so young, he should be given a chance to show he can rehabilitate.

Maybe something along the lines of giving the kid ONE shot at parole. Twenty years down the line he gets ONE review and he MUST keep his behavior above reproach for those twenty years to get his shot at parole. If he blows it...he's in there for life.

 

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Maybe something along the lines of giving the kid ONE shot at parole. Twenty years down the line he gets ONE review and he MUST keep his behavior above reproach for those twenty years to get his shot at parole. If he blows it...he's in there for life.

i'm ok with that.

i like california's system of life with the possibility of parole. these convicts must prove themselves at each hearing. if they screw up, they do not get out.

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

look it's not like he was 9 years old, he was 17 when he did this. he has the decision making capacity of an adult. He should be considered pwned to the fullest extent of the law.

 

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look it's not like he was 9 years old, he was 17 when he did this. he has the decision making capacity of an adult. He should be considered pwned to the fullest extent of the law.

there is scientific evidence that shows juveniles, 17 years of age, lack the moral development of an adult.

with that, don't you think the fact he was lead by an older man, a matter of mitigation?

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

if there is peer reviewed in depth science i would consider that, if it was off the fact of the day panel of a cheerios box then that is something else.

 

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if there is peer reviewed in depth science i would consider that, if it was off the fact of the day panel of a cheerios box then that is something else.

peer reviewed out of some ivy league school. i forget which one, but i did read it. i had to research this area as part of a pro bono case.

 

[DamnYankee]

look it's not like he was 9 years old, he was 17 when he did this. he has the decision making capacity of an adult. He should be considered pwned to the fullest extent of the law.

Yes. Too bad the law doesn't include a death sentence.