Annapolis Capital Punishment

Last night, The Capital had a piece about a convicted killer that is now back in jail. I am venturing to say that this is where he belonged in the first place and had it not been for lenient judges, he would have been there in the first place.

The dude strangled his girlfriend in a drunken stupor and was sentenced to 36 months of jail (18 in prison and 18 in his living room) by Judge Paul Harris (who is usually tougher).

But after his release from prison, Christopher O'Brien began his 18 month stint at home. Which apparently allows you to leave for certain reasons with permission. Seems like a pretty cushy deal to me.

Where we fall down is that he has been repeatedly leaving the house without permission and when he does have permission he is late. He had been warned by county prison officials about this, but he declined to obey.

I am sorry, if I was cut a break on killing my girlfriend, I woudl follow the rules!

He did not and now he is back in jail (where he should be) and waiting on a ruling from Judge Paul Harris.

Judge, this time there should be no leniency. He was given a break and he essentially laughed it off. Sentence him for the full 8 years which is called for!