Crime and Punishment

Honestly, I read and watch the news and more often than not, I catch myself wondering what in the world has happened to our once great nation – and great citizens? It’s as if a “lazy, irresponsible, ignorant, selfish bomb” went off and infected at least half our population – if not more.

There are so many things going on today in America that completely sickens me, I’m really not quite sure where exactly to start my rant. To keep myself from rambling too badly, I plan on tackling each issue separately. So, in no particular order:

Crime and Punishment (or the lack of)
I watch the crime shows on TV like American Justice, Notorious, COPS, 48 Hours, Cold Case Files (on A & E, not the “drama” television series) etc. More often than not, I am completely disgusted by the eventual sentencing. 25 years to life for raping and killing two women. Life in prison for killing 8 or more women. Of course, often, life in prison means several decades and then laws will change and these scum of the earth will find themselves in front of a parole board.

The death sentence in this country, for the most part, is a joke. Look at Charles Manson and his murdering followers. Death Penalty – yet, there they all sit some forty years later. Sentences commuted to life in prison – all on the tax payers’ dime. However, they too get in front of a parole board….how anyone who faced the death penalty at one time could possibly end up in front of a parole board is criminal in itself – and makes our justice system look like a farce.

The death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment? No, slaughtering people in their own homes – killing a pregnant woman while she pleads for the life of her unborn baby, kidnapping an eight year old, raping and burying her ALIVE is cruel and unusual. The death penalty (when it’s actually carried out) is probably too easy.

I think a lot of Americans feel that we’ve taken our justice system and turned it on its head. Victims have NO rights compared to the criminals. Someone drags you from your car at gun point and steals your vehicle? They might see the inside of a jail cell. Heck, just watch a couple of episodes of COPS and you’ll see an officer pull up a suspect’s record and it’ll be screen after screen of convictions and arrests – and there the turd is, out on the street to claim more victims instead of tossed into a cell where he belongs and the key thrown away.

Take a good look at California and you’ll see what will eventually take over our entire country. The police chase a suspect running from them in a vehicle, some innocent person trying to go to work or home from work is injured during the pursuit and all of a sudden, instead of the suspect being blamed – there are idiots lining the street cheering the scum on…and the politicians screaming at the police for CHASING A CRIMINAL for crying out loud. In some cities, the police are no longer allowed to even chase a fleeing vehicle. Instead, the same people who screamed to stop pursuits will be the same people screaming the police “let” criminals get away when these same fleeing twits end up victimizing them or their families when they commit another crime. And, they will commit another crime.

*sigh*

So, I say we need to toughen our laws and once again make criminals face consequences – stiff consequences. Here are a few of my ideas:
* Run from the police in a vehicle? Face attempted murder charges for every occupied car you hit, assault with a deadly weapon charges for people having to dodge your sorry ass – a charge for each person in a car that was in danger of being hit. Run those charges up – make mandatory minimums and here’s a concept – make people SERVE the exact time they are charged with! Get 15 years? Your butt will sit in a cell (or preferably a hot tent like the Arizona sheriff started) for the FULL fifteen years from the date sentenced.

* Assault one of our nation’s finest? Automatic LIFE in prison. If these fucks will hit a uniformed officer – what do you think they will do to you or your family without hesitation? I don’t care if it’s just a tussle and the officer breaks a nail. LIFE in prison – no parole. Shoot at an officer or use any kind of weapon against them (whether anyone is hurt or not), automatic death penalty. These men and women have to deal with abuse on a daily basis from the worst society has to offer. The least we can do, as a law abiding society, is to let them know we stand behind them 110% and will not stand quietly by and allow them to be at the mercy of the scum in our society.

* Gangs. Sheesh…if we think it’s bad now, give it another twenty years. Not only does every large city in our country face these thugs, even smaller cities are being taken over. Along with our home-grown gang bangers, our ever growing illegal immigrant population is now importing some of the most deadly gangs the world has to offer. If we thought the Mafia was dangerous and enacted RICO to combat them – we need to take a look at these gangs and find a way to wipe them out too. At least with the Mafia of a generation or two ago, they didn’t target innocent civilians. It was pretty rare for someone who was not involved to wind up hurt or killed. With the gangs of today, killing is as easy to them as deciding you’re the wrong color (or happen to be wearing the wrong color) to walk on “their” street. Never mind the fact that they are unemployed, pay no taxes and have done the LEAST of any citizen to say they own anything – much less a street. They do own it though…they own it by control and fear – and it’s time we stand together and say enough is damn enough. There has to be something we can do to destroy them without destroying our Constitution. If we keep doing nothing, even the smallest towns will find themselves on the wrong end of a losing battle.

* Sexual Assault. Let’s face it, whether it’s against a child or an adult – not much can impact a victim of a crime more profoundly than sexual assault. None of the victims will EVER be the same. Why do we ever let these animals out of prison? I’m fine with the death penalty on this one too – but I’d settle for life with no parole – ever. Invading some one’s body…gosh I cannot imagine what it must do to a person. Victims of home invasions often never feel safe in the home it happened and end up moving. What about sexual assault victims? Where do they go to EVER feel secure, to ever feel safe? For impacting another human’s soul on such a violent scale – the criminal should have to pay an extremely high price and never be given the opportunity to harm another person.

I decided to scale this back and only cover crime and punishment… Originally this post was titled, “I’m Sick of the Nanny State” and I’d planned to vent about the biggest problems with our current crippling of our Constitution, starting with crime and the lack of punishment and ending with the FREE society – free as in, “I want everything free and I have a RIGHT to FREE food, health care, housing” et al. But, think I’ll stop here and tackle the other subjects later. Not like they are going anywhere unfortunately.

One last thought though – if I could afford to live in Florida, I’d be packing us up and moving us there. I like their stance on gun rights and the fact the state government realizes that law abiding citizens have A RIGHT to defend themselves from the thugs of society – including the right to use deadly force. My state is coming around, but unfortunately, with a demoRAT in the governor’s chair, they are coming around much too slowly. It’s much more important to make sure our illegal immigrants have IN STATE tuition than to pass laws that protect a law abiding citizens’ right to defend themselves, their homes and their property. *sigh* Just typical…