They Don't Have Even "Walking Around Sense"

A recent event has prompted us to broach a subject we've long considered. Our series on Fourth Amendment rights will continue later.

Computers...are they the great equalizer? No, sorry. Just being able to type one's opinion doesn't make it valid. Here are some of the most asinine comments we see on a regular basis.

1. He/She needs to have more time added to the sentence. Sorry, it doesn't work that way even if she helped her boyfriend kill her child or whatever. If there's no new crime, there can be no new sentence. It's called double jeopardy.

2. He/She should fry for the murder. Sorry again. If a person isn't charged with Capital Murder, there can be no death penalty meted out. Life with chance of parole is the greatest sentence that can be handed down.

3. We need these five crimes added to the capital list...and this was from a state legislator. If you could read, you'd know that four are already capital crimes. Why aren't you trying to balance the budget or perform some other task that would actually benefit the state?

4. That's "fake news." Sorry once again. Fake news isn't reporting that a person has been arrested on certain charges. The person may be innocent, but the arrest is quite real. Oh, your loved one's court appointed attorney will sue? Good luck with that also. Public information is just that. 

5. It's illegal to report which jail/mental hospital a felon is in. See above comment on public information. It's public for a very good reason, and you just make yourself look very foolish if you don't understand that.

6. That's libel! Please look up the definition of libel in this state. Refer again to public information.

Perhaps we should go on with this long list, but our main thrust of today's blog is to ask why anyone would post/share a February article on a fairly standard event? The article is ten months old. If you didn't read it in February, you were either in a coma or just didn't care about any news that didn't involve the Kardashians. 

We've seen several reasons given for individuals posting this article now. The most egregious is that "he ruined my husband's/son's/boyfriend's life." No! We've pretty sure this man fought for either freedom or a lighter sentence for your loved one. The person who ruined his life is the person himself. 

No one makes anyone kill, rob, rape, or commit arson. It's a free choice the felon made. You should be thanking your lucky stars that someone took the case to defend your relative. Us? We'd have just laughed at you!