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Common Dreams reports
In a much-hailed, if modestly problematic, act of righteous revenge, [on Thursday August 4,] an African-American inmate allegedly sucker-punched [...] Dylann Roof--an act that sparked much online praise for the "vigilante hero", a fundraiser for donations to his commissary account, and, finally, the posting of his $100,000 bond by a supporter.
Roof is in protective custody at the Charleston County Detention Center for killing nine African-American churchgoers in South Carolina in 2015. He was in the shower when Dwayne Stafford, a 26-year-old inmate reportedly doing time for either weed violations or strong arm burglary, allegedly got out of his cell, reached Roof, and landed a couple of punches to his face. The sheriff said Roof was attacked "for no reason", which many would argue was less than accurate.
Roof suffered only minor injuries, and his lawyer declined to press charges.
[...] The next day, 18 months after he'd originally been arrested, an anonymous supporter posted [Stafford's] bond, and on Friday he was reportedly freed.
I find that heavy.com typically has the facts quickly on violent crimes.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday August 10 2016, @09:32PM
There is one circumstance, and only one, I support it in: massive white-collar crime. Those are the only people who would be deterred because the point of their crime is to continue to live, and that in splendor. Though even in their case, it might be a more effective punishment to let them sit around in prison, constantly reminded that they lost it all...
They are not violent people. A violent punishment will simply not be understood. Better to strip them and their families of their assets and force them to live on minimum wage for a court determined period of time. That they would understand. What? You say their innocent families should not be punished as well? Tell that to the families of those that were victimized by them.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday August 10 2016, @10:08PM
Sorry, I don't agree with this one at all, unless you mean their immediate families (by which I mean spouse and children). There's plenty of cases of parents who have to cut off contact with their own kids because the kids are so horrible (I used to know a lady who had to cut off contact with her 20-something son because he was always trying to swindle her, and she was living on disability assistance). There's probably far more cases of people who cut off contact with one of their siblings because that sibling is such a problem. I'm sorry, but if my older brother who I haven't talked to in 20 years rips off someone, that's not my fault. A law like this would basically encourage people to knock off their relatives if they're afraid they're going to get in legal trouble.
Now, if you're talking about stripping the assets from the wife and children of someone like Bernie Madoff, I can see an argument for that being valid, after all they got to their position because of him, and likely are living large because of his ill-gotten gains, and while he may not be enjoying them much in prison, they still are.
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Saturday August 13 2016, @09:39PM
I did mean immediate for the most part. Any such thing would have to have a pretty clear due process setup, and there would have to be allowances for judges to determine the proper justice for any given case.