A Justice Issue

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SnorterLuster:
I am not defending the pardon and parole boards or even the justice system. My own belief is that as much as lawyers claim we have rule of law, the whole thing is too irrational to be based on a written code. The bone in my throat is this particular case. The defenders of Mr. Martorano mischaracterized the facts like “he was just a poor kid with a joint in his pocket that got caught and the mean ole judge sentenced him to life in prison and the whole world is against this poor creature and we need to write the president and stop this injustice”. Just on the surface, there appears to be whole lot more going on in this case than Mr. Martorano’s defenders are telling us.
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I’m not that framilier with Mr. Martorano’s case but sometimes when inmates don’t ‘talk’ its to protect someone like their families…
 
Snortluster,are you familiar with Father Corapi?If you aren’t find out about his conversion:nope: How many young people might get lured into that lifestyle because of the money?What gets me is if he would’ve murdered someone he would’ve served 8 years maybe less:nope:
 
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Lisa4Catholics:
Snortluster,are you familiar with Father Corapi?If you aren’t find out about his conversion:nope: How many young people might get lured into that lifestyle because of the money?What gets me is if he would’ve murdered someone he would’ve served 8 years maybe less:nope:
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I am not familiar with Father Corapi so I will follow your advice and look into his conversion.

What gets me is if he would’ve murdered someone he would’ve served 8 years maybe less
I don’t think you can compare today’s sentencing guidelines to previous crimes. I don’t really know what exactly the judge had in mind, but I could guess that he thought such a major dealer in illegal drugs may have contributed to many more deaths and ruined lives than a drunk on an Indian reservation that murders his wife.
 
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Lisa4Catholics:
I certainly am glad you weren’t around when St.Paul was :nope: From my understanding with God all things are possible:nope:
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You are right…let’s just throw open the prison doors.
 
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Lurch104:
You are right…let’s just throw open the prison doors.
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Since when did Lisa say throw open the doors…?

Ever heard of fair sentencing?..
 
The point is that under the current sentencing guidelines, Martorano has served more than he should…and regardless of what the government says ( because we all know that our government would never exagerate anything in making any kind of case against anyone that they wanted, now would they?), he is entitled to equal justice under the law. I think that just because someone has committed a crime that we shouldn’t trash heap them… That’s just simply not Christ-like. (Wisdom 8:6 Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof.)

The United States has only 5% of the world’s total population and yet it has 25% of the world’s prison population. IOW, 1/4th of all those incarcerated in the whole world are here in the good ole U.S.of A. It this because we are a more lawless society than the rest of the world? Or is there something seriously wrong with our society and our justice system shows it?

Ever read His Holiness John Paul II’s **MESSAGE FOR THE
JUBILEE IN PRISONS **vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_20000630_jubilprisoners_en.html
I recommend it to everyone.
Pax vobiscum,
 
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Lisa4Catholics:
What are you talking about???:confused:
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You compared St. Paul to this inmate. If God can turn around St. Paul, who was complicit in the Murder of Deacon Stephen, he can turn around this “gentleman”. I was agreeing with you. We should not incarcerate criminals/
drug dealing mobsters because of St. Paul. I was just following your logic.
 
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Lurch104:
You compared St. Paul to this inmate. If God can turn around St. Paul, who was complicit in the Murder of Deacon Stephen, he can turn around this “gentleman”. I was agreeing with you. We should not incarcerate criminals/
drug dealing mobsters because of St. Paul. I was just following your logic.
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Now you were doing something but agreeing :rolleyes:

I would think it possible for this inmate to be ‘turned around’…
 
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Lurch104:
You compared St. Paul to this inmate. If God can turn around St. Paul, who was complicit in the Murder of Deacon Stephen, he can turn around this “gentleman”. I was agreeing with you. We should not incarcerate criminals/
drug dealing mobsters because of St. Paul. I was just following your logic.
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The point here is he has done a whole lot of time and we are left with this do we believe God can change a life?Do we show mercy or ignore it?
 
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