tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983486988084014062.post1421595550274510319..comments2023-10-30T07:24:26.561-04:00Comments on Brody's Notes & Scribbles: Brody's Notes... Prosecution Rests In Larry King Murder Trial- "Larry King was executed for who he was.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983486988084014062.post-49049751366074788772011-08-26T11:52:18.200-04:002011-08-26T11:52:18.200-04:00When you think about it, it is bad parenting and l...When you think about it, it is bad parenting and lousy church influence that has really caused this abominable situation. There should be a law that tries to prevent mind warping, warping away from what we know is an instinctively generous loving nature that we are born with. Hatred is learned, which means it is taught, which means others are just as guilty for priming this unfortunate weapon.Trabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983486988084014062.post-34929357452492130622011-08-26T06:08:24.185-04:002011-08-26T06:08:24.185-04:00Larry King was 15 when he was shot by, then 14 yea...Larry King was 15 when he was shot by, then 14 year old, Brandon McInerney. Whichever way you look at it it is a double tragedy. One boy's life was taken from him, and the other's life is ruined by his own action.<br /><br />Even if McInerney escapes incarceration he will never have any thing like the life he would have had if he had not shot King.<br /><br />It is likely some kind of prison sentence will justifiably be imposed either as punishment or for prevention purposes. <br /><br />At 17, as McInerney is now, rehabilitation is possible, but rehabilitation brings with it, its own severity, its own punishment in the form of realisation of the full extent of what he did.<br /><br />Alternatively, and without rehabilitation, it is likely that the prison system will provide opportunities for him to be raped, and or abused in ways that also will make his life unbearable.<br /><br />Whatever the outcome for him is, his life is ruined. <br /><br />As I said, this is a double tragedy, and it should leave us feeling helpless and frustrated in despair of its horror.Desmond Rutherfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983486988084014062.post-2224666552786844402011-08-26T00:03:51.153-04:002011-08-26T00:03:51.153-04:00All very well Tim, but what if he is 'let go&#...All very well Tim, but what if he is 'let go' early, and he does the same thing with another unfortunate victim. I'm not altogether sure that punishing him with incarceration is really revenge as much as preventive in nature. I doubt very much that there are programs to help make him 'gay friendly' considering how badly American states do at even being accepting.Trabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983486988084014062.post-71439489573505368982011-08-25T19:45:01.313-04:002011-08-25T19:45:01.313-04:00If found guilty the young man deserves to be punis...If found guilty the young man deserves to be punished. The only defence he has is mitigation, assuming the evidence to be conclusive against him. And, if he did as it is stated that he did it is hard to see a plea for clemency of any degree succeeding.<br /><br />And yet he is, to an extent, a victim, too. He is a stupid victim, a vicious victim, and he committed a reprehensible act, yet my heart goes out to him as it does to any child caught up in the full process of the law. If he repents then we can start to forgive him. But he has been raised not to repent.<br /><br />So we take revenge on him. One young life has gone. Another is as near over as makes no difference. I want to know, in view of his background as stated by the prosecution how this will be justice being seen to be done. There is a case for mitigation here.Tim Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698536468287397610noreply@blogger.com