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Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Justice'

By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Thu Sep 15, 2005 at 09:14:54 PM EST
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A retarded man upon whom a jury declined to impose the death penalty has been killed by another inmate in an Indiana prison. The prosecutor called it "poetic justice." The cop on the case said, "I see it as a higher court passing judgment...I think he got what he had coming."

Where do these prosecutors and cops come from?

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    Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Justice' | 16 comments (16 topical)
    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    Disgraceful. Any trolls want to try to justify what these morons said?

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    I think the prosecutor is sick for saying those words. How do we know an agency didn't make this happen? But, it is ok, the Gov't can do what it wants to ensure justice is served. The Gov't lost the battle so it won the war.

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    Where do they come from? Well, Indiana. Welcome to my world.

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#4)
    by Dick Durata on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    They come from a zone of hell mostly populated by lawyers, judges, and cops. "Evil is what we say it is, despite the evidence. And it shall be punished."

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    Dick, Please eliminate criminal defense lawyers from the group of "lawyers" -- there's a big difference.

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#6)
    by rob on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    How do we know an agency didn't make this happen? But, it is ok, the Gov't can do what it wants to ensure justice is served. The Gov't lost the battle so it won the war.
    You ask the question then assume the answer and blame the government, freedom2b. Nifty. What the prosectuor and police said is not excusable - and I am no troll - so I personally won't try. I will respond to the comment by freedom2b, though. Quite simply, this mythical government agency that sees fit to assasinate - better yet murder - inmates they think got off too lightly, has no economic incentive. Why would the state prosecute at great expense a prisoner then execute him anyway? Rob

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#7)
    by DonS on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    There are some commenters on this site whose predisposition would make them good candidates.

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    The prosecutor's remark is contemptible enough, but the cop seems to believe that this jailhouse murder was an act of God: I see it as a higher court passing judgment No doubt many Indiana prison guards feel similarly that the rapes, beatings, and murders they are supposed to prevent are God's will as well. Prison violence: not a bug, but a feature.

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#9)
    by cpinva on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    as i understand it (maybe too many "law & order" episodes?), you have to be nearly brain-dead to qualify as mentally retarded, for criminal purposes, in most states. that being the case, the argument could reasonably be made that, had he not been mentally deficient to begin with, he never would have killed the child. not that one automatically leads to the other, but it certainly doesn't help matters. while the cop's comments don't particularly surprise me, the prosecutor's do. don't lawyers take some class in law school on how to make public comments without coming off as a total jerkwad? of course, bear in mind, 50% of all lawyers graduated in the bottom half of their class!

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#10)
    by peacrevol on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    I see it as a higher court passing judgment
    wow. it amazes me at how many people try to wrap something bad into a punishment from God. i'm really getting tired of that kind of stuff. it's a rediculous statement to make and quite frankly, incredibly embarassing to me as a christian. regardless of whether this cat was retarded or not, that was just an ignorant thing to say.

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:53 PM EST
    I tell you who I feel sorry for the people this retarded or not retarded guy killed. Maybe if he killed the dog the same way he killed them you would want him dead to.

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#12)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:54 PM EST
    my guess is that if you had to deal with the family of the 10 year old brutally murdered, you aren't going to expend much sympathy on the passing of his murderer. were the statements polite? no. did any of us expend a lot of sympathy after the untimely passing of Dahmer? not me.

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#13)
    by Lww on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:54 PM EST
    I truly wish that this child murderer (where do they come from?)had lived long enough to be paroled. He was too retarded to know what he was doing and he should've been released in a short time. Maybe some of you good folks in here would've taken him in and let him live with you?

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#14)
    by Johnny on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:56 PM EST
    The depth of compassion for human life from the so-called "culture of life" amazes me... I know the wrong wigners will try to tear me a new one over including a retarded in the class of humanity... Oh well. That murder is accepted as an alternative, nay even a gift from an invisible man in the sky, is extremely troubling to me. I have heard the same sentiments expressed everytime another 2 or 3 hundred Iraqi's are killed. The urge of the wrong wing to kill runs deep... So, does this mean that the sytem really does not work? Because I believe it does not work in any way shape or form.

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#15)
    by wishful on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:56 PM EST
    I see it as a higher court passing judgment.
    The cop didn't mean G*d, he meant the inmates. It is so unusual for a cop, of all people, to hold inmates in such esteem to call them a "higher court". It is obvious that when the inmates that murdered the retarded man are charged, the D.A. and the cop will be leading their vigorous defense, out of their sense of duty to justice.

    Re: Retarded Inmate Killed, DA Calls It 'Poetic Ju (none / 0) (#16)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:58 PM EST
    my culture of life doesn't really extend to feeling a great deal of compassion for a psycho who murders 10 year olds. if he had not done that, perhaps he would not have been in the position to be killed by one of his colleagues in the joint. to most of the posters here, though, the 10 year old is just an abstraction-we don't know his name or know how much his family loved him. what matters to the left is the poor victim of the criminal justice system that left his corpse in the basement.

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