Two men with long rap sheets were on parole when they broke into a doctor’s home, strangled his wife and killed the couple’s two daughters in a fire they set to cover their tracks, authorities said Tuesday.
State officials are re-examining their policies after learning two convicted burglars out on parole
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"But three people died," Farr said. "We’re not going to say, 'Those things happen.' We've got to see if there is anything we can do that would reduce the likelihood of this happening in the future."
Nothing is going to change, and here's why;
But Robert Farr, chairman of the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Parole, said the task would be difficult because neither suspect had a history of violent crimes. "That’s why this is sort of shocking — because it doesn’t fit a normal mode," Farr said.
"Shocking"? If my pet rabbit stood on its hind legs and said "What's up doc?" I would find that shocking. But a career criminal feeling emboldened by slaps on the wrist, and graduating to more vicious and violent crime? That's not called "shocking", that's called a natural progression which has been acknowledged and documented in countless cases. "...it doesn't fit a normal mode" which is code for, "most of the career criminals we let back into society before they serve their time don't murder people, so it's OK." Besides, if they were to do something radical like *gasp* make criminals serve the time they've been sentenced, then the jails would be too full! Surely we'd rather risk a few people murdered than cut spending to fund more jails.
Surely I exaggerate; they can't be that lenient!
In Connecticut, prisoners may be released from confinement and receive parole after serving more than half of their sentences.
Well... It's either that or cut spending, right? Wouldn't want to miss out on the 316+ great government-sponsored services, agencies, and departments like The department of aging, The Inter-racial Commission, Milk Administrator, Wilderness School, Business Regulation, and who could forget the all-important Shell-Fish Commission. Yes, Connecticut has much better things to do with your tax dollars than to incarcerate career criminals.
Connecticut is actually very moderate with pork and useless commissions, so if you're laughing at Connecticut, you should check out what YOUR state is spending your tax dollars on. I'm afraid to look at how my home state chooses to spend the money it takes from me.
The attack stunned Cheshire, an upper-middle class community of 29,000
Reality hurts. Especially when someone hits you in the face with it when you're not expecting it. I wonder if any other members of this upper-middle class community who shunned firearms in favor of a cell phone with 911 on memory 1 (to save the time of dialing one digit), are reconsidering the notion that the police will protect them no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary.
I can't imagine what this poor man must be going through. These guys will be eligible for the death penalty for murdering someone under the age of 16 (CGS § 53a-54b), the youngest daughter being 11. That is; unless they determine her death to be accidental or unintentional since it was caused by smoke inhalation, and these poor, misguided career criminals who don't have the history of violence that would have kept them from getting parole, were just panicked and afraid. Even if they do make it to death row, they're more likely to die of old age since only one person has been executed in Connecticut since 1976.
Here's the million dollar question; how long does stuff like this have to happen until decision makers get the point? How many people have to die "because it doesn’t fit a normal mode"? How many of these "isolated incidents" have to occur until the people start to realize that those in charge aren't doing their jobs to protect them? How long will we continue to accept the lies and absolution of guilt? How many more times will we hear; isolated incident, freak occurance, unexpected outcome, "doesn't fit the normal mode" before we start mentally replacing those words with "We failed to prepare for this." and start holding people accountable.
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