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Cops warned Cambridge gunman would ‘hurt or kill someone’ before judge gave him light sentence
Six years later, that message proved to be prophetic — when he unloaded an assault rifle at random across a busy Cambridge thoroughfare in broad daylight Monday.
These judges and the people who support them need to start thinking about the victims!*
I read the articles, but I have no experience with sentencing in Massachusetts. All that it says is that in a prior criminal act, the suspect was recommended for a 13 year sentence *by the victims*. Victim recommendations and prosecution recommendations tend to be high and defendant recommendations tend to be low. We don't know what (or if) the prosecution filed a report/request (or if that was it) or what the defendant (now shooting suspect) filed on his behalf. There may also some sort of independent analysis from the court. The article does not say. Then there is the question about what the defendant did and how his sentence relates to other sentences for similar crime and what is the general trend in Massachusetts. Do judges frequently give sentences that are half the victim/prosecution requests? Do victims/prosecutors inflate their requests knowing it will be reduced.
It's an extremely light sentence for a criminal with a previous violent conviction. In 2014 he was convicted of assaulting a person with a knife and witness intimidation. It makes one wonder if the gun control people are serious about stopping shootings. How did he get his hands on the knife or gun? He's been in prison and he knows other criminals. It happens commonly in areas with the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation.
Seeing as how we have open borders among the states and within the states, its the least restrictive gun control laws that rule.
On your judgement of what sentences should be. Do you know what typical sentences are for crimes like his in Massachusetts? I don't. I'm not a lawyer or a criminal so I don't know the typical punishments for crimes in a state I've never been in.
See above.
From what I can tell in the article used, the weapon he used in his most recent event (the one you think would be prevented by aggressive sentencing) is not one that I think should be commonly available. He wouldn't have access to such a weapon.
We can't complain to protect some victims and betray other victims. Yes, I think 7 years is not enough punishment. On this same forum, The people complaining about this crime. Don't seem to care about some people breaking the law. Or the victims are caused harm.Cops warned Cambridge gunman would ‘hurt or kill someone’ before judge gave him light sentence
Six years later, that message proved to be prophetic — when he unloaded an assault rifle at random across a busy Cambridge thoroughfare in broad daylight Monday.
These judges and the people who support them need to start thinking about the victims!
