Man Caught After 56 Year Escape From Ohio State Reformatory
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I think that he should have served a flat 5 yrs for manslaughter and that's that.
Instead, they gave him probation. He gets himself 'violated', and I know that that can be a matter of whimsy right there...on the part of Law and Judicial. THEN, for violating probation, he gets TWENTY YEARS! He was almost a teenager back then, and decided to 'run'....I bet he couldn't see the day coming when he'd have to go back after 56 years on the lam....wow...and he'd been found out already once before in W.byGawdVA and they let him go! Guess he shoulda stayed THERE!
Instead, they gave him probation. He gets himself 'violated', and I know that that can be a matter of whimsy right there...on the part of Law and Judicial. THEN, for violating probation, he gets TWENTY YEARS! He was almost a teenager back then, and decided to 'run'....I bet he couldn't see the day coming when he'd have to go back after 56 years on the lam....wow...and he'd been found out already once before in W.byGawdVA and they let him go! Guess he shoulda stayed THERE!
At 79 yrs of age & in a wheelchair I doubt very much if he will do much time, maybe a few months or even house arrest then they will commute his sentence to time served. They won't want all the expense of taking care of him. The article said he has family so he will likely be released to them to care for him. But by his capture it allows Ohio & law enforcement to close the books on his case. As I recall it was their oldest open case on the books, so there is your motive for capturing & bringing him back.
johnnyreb has it on the nose. Also, the man does owe a debt to the people Ohio for the unlawful killing. Killing is serious business. I doubt it will happen but, he should serve his sentence and it should be hard time. Society has it's right to avenge its loss of an innocent life.
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