Annapolis Capital Punishment

Three headlines in last evening's Capital really highlight what is wrong with the system.

• Grand jury cannot indict a 15 year old that beat a homeless man to death with a baseball bat.
• A convicted armed robber who was given a second chance gets 5 years in fatal crash in stiolen vehicle
• Man gets 46 years for sex abuse

A Grand Jury cannot indict a kid for beating a man to death with a baseball bat? This is NOT the trial; and if you have read any of the background, it certainly seems like an easy indictment. Now he is facing 5 years in a juvenile facility. Certainly there is some middle ground here and I am all for second chances, but a 15 year old certainly knows (or should know) right from wrong.

Get nailed for armed robbery and get your 10 years reduced to 5 months. Steal a car and crash it and kill someone and you get a sentence of 10 years, but Judge Mulford II reduces it to 5 years. And this is considered a harsh sentence? Martha Stewart did more time than this guy will and she didn't kill anyone.

The only crime story that makes sense is the 46 years for abusing a kid. Finally a judge saw what was going on and threw the book at him. This was his third time abusing kids since 1991 and hopefully he will serve the full time and come out at age 87!

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