re: Ohio man lashes out at judge over sentence, gets longer sentence

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"It was clear that the remorse he was trying to portray was phony and that he wasn't remorseful at all," the judge told WJW. "And that if given the chance, if I let him loose on society, he's going to prey on other people."

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Yep. Don't start nothing, won't be nothing

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What do you propose to fix it? Serious question

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requisite regular mental health therapy. there have been loads of breakthroughs with psychedelic therapy, this is a good place to start.

we also need to realize that while they've done terrible things, most have had terrible things done to them and many are dealing with ptsd, etc. i don't think most folks understand the terrible situations from which these people come. i'm not excusing their behavior, but explaining and trying to better understand it.

99% of criminals will serve their time and get out, we want them to be prepared to be a functional, mentally healthy member of society who contributes and is not a danger to the public. the prison system as it is now does not come close to that, and in most cases just makes them worse.

in the end, it's cheaper and safer for us to rehabilitate. plus, isn't that what jesus would have done?

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Gonna try that next time I fight a traffic ticket

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in the end, it's cheaper and safer for us to rehabilitate. plus, isn't that what jesus would have done?

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If they want to be rehabilitated. Perhaps make prison a place so horrible that they don't want to ever go back The excuse that their life is hard and where they came from, doesn't fly with me. If that was the case every person who has had it hard would be in prison. Are there better ways of doing things, I'm sure there are but I would bet that if prison was a place you feared going to, things might change. Who knows?

I'm going to assume you think I don't know where some of these people come from, Wrong. Everyone has a choice. Good, bad or indifferent. I have been around it quite a bit. Are you going to keep making excuses for peoples bad behaviors? Since, in your opinion, prisons don't work what actually has a realistic chance of working? You say rehabilitation. That should start with growing up and being held accountable for one's actions. Don't wait until they actually commit a crime. It's usually too late then. I don't care if it makes people more hateful, that's your assumption. I'm sure the people the crime was committed against don't give a damn either. This victim mentality for those who break the law is a joke. Maybe if certain people started getting off their lazy arses and do something actually productive with their lives, then things might get better. So damn sick of the feeling sorry for idiots who commit crimes (repeatedly). Don't want to do time, don't commit the crime.

And respect is earned. Maybe if certain people took care of business and stopped repeating the same behaviors, there might be more respect and self worth. I've seen bad things does that make it okay for me to go and do them? No, it's an excuse.

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It's about public safety.

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No it's not. If it were about public safety he would've been given the time right away. He was already given a 22yr sentence it's not like he's going to be out next week. It's absolutely about "disrespecting the court".

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He was already given 22yrs, then had his outburst, then had 6 years added on.

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Seems the judge thought he was remorseful and didn't give him a harsher sentence until he opened his mouth and proved that he wasn't remorseful at all. No one to blame here but himself.