re: Who here knows someone that's been convicted of a violent crime?

Yesterday you started a thread about prisons and peoples experiences in them and today you start this thread? What's up baw?

Just curious. Making conversation.
It's all good boss.

My brother in laws uncle killed his wife.

A guy I went to school with became a crack addict later in life. He broke into the home of someone he thought wasn't home to get money for crack. The woman busted him, and he proceeded to stab her... 40 times in front of her kids. He's serving life in Angola, and reportedly has rectal cancer now.

Another guy I went to high school murdered a guy, and is serving life at St. Gabriel.

A guy from my hometown killed his girlfriend and her dad with a shotgun after an argument. He is now serving life in Angola.

I know a guy (not real well, more of a passing hello at a party or 2) who is serving 37 yrs for killing his girlfriend! Kid had everything, His grand parents owned the local Honda car dealership. His Granddad gave him the money to open up a John Deere dealership that was making money hand over fist. He also has an uncle who was a pretty famous NASCAR driver in the 90's.

The story goes he killed her then wrapped her in duct tape and plastic. His dad went by the house to see him and caught his son loading the body into his car.

Guy's dad that I went to school with went to prison back around 82-83 for murder. He was a county deputy and they had been chasing this guy who had stolen some gas. At some point the guy ditches the car and takes off on foot. MY friend's dad jumped out of his cruiser and shot him in the back of the head with his service .357 revolver. His defense was that he meant to fire a warning shot over the guys head but I guess the jury didn't buy it.

I knew an old guy who shot his wife but she survived. They were separated and he went over to where she was staying to ask her to come home. When she said no, he pulled out a pistol and shot her in the chest. They sent him to prison but he died like a year or so later.

Another one, I never actually met him, was a distant relative on my father's side. He came home and found his wife in bed with a dude. He pulled out his pistol and made the guy get on his knees to beg for his life before he shot him dead. From what I was told it was the fact that he made the guy get down and beg that got him a murder charge. Had he just pulled his pistol and started shooting he would have got off easier.

I know a dude that killed a guy with a brick and is serving 35 years.

I'm glad I'm not your friend.

My brother's best friend was on the verge of losing his business because of a gambling addiction. He bludgeoned his wife to death in an amateurish attempt to make it look like a burglary gone bad so he could collect the insurance money to bail him out of his gambling debts. He's doing life in prison now and has lost everything, including his children and grandchildren. To this day I still shake my head over how a guy who would give you the shirt off his back and was a gentle and loving father and husband could do something like this.