Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Ross Ulbricht and Deep Web | Justice or Harsh Punishment?" video.

@annickalexander Conspiracy to commit murder charges are brought all the time, regardless of whether the victim even knew about the plot, much less whether they were ever confronted by a gun-for-hire. A person most certainly can be sentenced on the basis of something called "related conduct" to the charges for which they were convicted, even if they were never mentioned at trial. The logic is supposed to be similar to "aggravating (versus mitigating) circumstances," but has gone well beyond that concept. Look up the federal Sentencing Guidelines. If he did attempt to hire anyone to kill another person, then charges should have been brought. He is too dangerous release from prison, ever? Prove it. The government should have to. A serial killer who was active in Paris in the '80s was eventually released, over a generation later, to a halfway house. We are incarceration mad.
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@dositless9554 Why were those charges DROPPED? Or dismissed? Should someone be sentenced on the basis of conduct that was never proven at trial?
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This is the first time I have ever seen the National Lawyer's Guild and the American Conservative Union (and others) file a joint amicus brief in support of a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court. It was denied.
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This is the first time I have ever seen the National Lawyer's Guild and the American Conservative Union (and others) file a joint amicus brief in support of a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court. It was denied.
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@annickalexander Why were those charges dropped?
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@satsubatsu347 Entirely different case. Also, I am talking strictly about cases where there was a trial, not where a person declared unfit to stand trial was committed to a mental institution, potentially for life, only to be improvidently released some years later.
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@satsubatsu347 I had to look up Sagawa. I remembered the facts of the case but not the name. You knew he was not a serial killer, or at least was unsuccessful at it, being caught the after one murder. He confessed to planning others and not going through with it. He was deported to Japan and placed in an institution there. That institution eventually released him, something like 5 or 6 years later. At any rate, a very short time.
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@jsmalls9575 I hate to tell you, but Federal Sentencing Guidelines allow this conduct in the back door, as a basis for sentencing.
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