Well, the defense lawyer talked to us after the trial about his client's determination to stay medicated (even when doctors wanted to mess with the dose or change to something with fewer side effects). Also, California has the three strikes law. In his rapes, it was seen as a sort of escalation of bad behavior -- he did other minor crimes before those convictions set in. All he has to do is steal a pencil and he's put away for life. We sort of have to hope that he'd make a minor offense before racketing back up to that point.
We all sort of were like, "Clearly he's not going to do anything remarkable with his life, but if he wants to watch TV at home forever (since he'll never get a job, probably), who are we to say, 'No, you can't do that.'?" He should be given the chance to live a meager life first. Most of the prosecution's case was built on fear-mongering -- she even went on and on about his homosexual tendencies when he first moved to San Diego, etc.
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Date: 2009-07-25 06:00 pm (UTC)We all sort of were like, "Clearly he's not going to do anything remarkable with his life, but if he wants to watch TV at home forever (since he'll never get a job, probably), who are we to say, 'No, you can't do that.'?" He should be given the chance to live a meager life first. Most of the prosecution's case was built on fear-mongering -- she even went on and on about his homosexual tendencies when he first moved to San Diego, etc.