On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 12:46:46 PM UTC-5, Bod wrote:
On 10/01/2017 17:35, trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 12:20:31 PM UTC-5, Bod wrote:
On 10/01/2017 16:49, trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 11:23:51 AM UTC-5, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 08:15:10 -0800 (PST), trader_4
wrote:

The prosecutor says Bramwell, after his arrest for stealing the TV remote, confessed to committing a total of 60 burglaries in the area, though Berlin says Bramwell did argue he was innocent at trial."


Some states have habitual criminal or three-strike laws. No sire
about Illinois.

That is exactly what he was sentenced under, IL habitual offender law.

Hmm, he was sentenced under a Class X felony.I didn't see a Class X
offence in the list of Class X offences. Habitual offender wasn't on the
list.

Idiot. He was sentenced under the IL habitual offender law, which applies
Class X *sentencing* to habitual offenders, who have committed multiple
felonies, are career criminals. There is no reqt that he actually
commit a class X felony. Got it now? Probably not.

I've got it, but it still seems way OTT to me. No wonder your jails
are so full. Spend more money on rehabilitation and you'll get a
percentage of prisoners who will stop re-offending.

Sure, that works. ROFL


Seems like a sledgehammer to crack a nut to me.

You're the nut. Nothing we do here is right. If this career criminal
was allowed to go on to his 61st burglary and he wound up surprising
some homeowner, with one or the other winding up dead, why then you'd
be here bitching about that. Enough is enough. Why should 60 families
be traumatized? How'd you like it if he was in your house? The guy
can be out in just 11 years if he wises up and behaves himself.
Perfectly OK with me. He knew the rules, he gambled again, he lost.