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Nurse Suspected of Killing Up to 46 Kids Set to Leave Prison

A nurse convicted in 1984 of killing an infant and suspected of murdering dozens more will be released from prison without completing her 99 year sentence because of an expired Texas law that grants a "mandatory release" to inmates with good behavior.
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This is why all criminal legislation that includes "mandatory" should be repealed. We have judges for a reason, let's allow them to do their job and exercise common sense.
 
She was convicted of one death, and has served 29 years. That doesn't seem all that unusual.
 
29 years for one murder is a long time. There are a lot of murderers that spent a lot less time in prison.

And for those of you wanting judges to decide, most let people out even earlier. Especially someone like her.

I don't know if it is right or wrong, but the reality is, we don't have room in our prisons, and if someone has been good for 5 years, no matter what they did, they are probably getting out if eligible.
 
green said:
29 years for one murder is a long time. There are a lot of murderers that spent a lot less time in prison.

And for those of you wanting judges to decide, most let people out even earlier. Especially someone like her.

I don't know if it is right or wrong, but the reality is, we don't have room in our prisons, and if someone has been good for 5 years, no matter what they did, they are probably getting out if eligible.
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Yeah, 29 years is enough. I mean it isn't like the person she killed had to give up much more than 29 years, so it's only fair. And as long as she says she won't do it again I am sure we can all believe her at her word. No one who just killed one person would lie to us or anything. I mean it's not like she was caught with a few ounces of marijuana or something horrible like that. Then that would be really bad.
 
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Yeah, 29 years is enough. I mean it isn't like the person she killed had to give up much more than 29 years, so it's only fair. And as long as she says she won't do it again I am sure we can all believe her at her word. No one who just killed one person would lie to us or anything. I mean it's not like she was caught with a few ounces of marijuana or something horrible like that. Then that would be really bad.
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I agree with everything you said. The problem here is you are talking about the ideal and I am talking about reality. Reality is, most murderers don't spend 29 years in prison. Heck, most don't spend 10 years in prison. If she had killed a 21 year old instead of a baby, she would have been released a long time ago. Is that fair that she spent 29 years in prison, and someone who killed a young adult only got 7?

The drug issue is one of the bigger problems. This "war on drugs" is pathetic. The mandatory guidelines fill our prisons up with "victories" from the war on drugs and murderers and child molesters are allowed to go free. Messed up.
 
If our prisons are crowded why not build more? If we don't have the monies then why are we still shipping billions to Egypt?
 
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What were the children in prison for? Sad that she killed them when they were about to get out.
 
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