And how do you determine this? You would need to be able to read the minds of everyone. How do you know there wasn't at least one person who thought "if I kill this guy I'd face the death penalty" and then didn't?
"but if it saves just one life it is worth it" .... That argument does not work for gun control either.
Personally if I had to face any significant jail time at my age, I'd be looking for a way to punch out, I'm not going to do the time.
There was this kid I went to Jr high with, He would bully me, one day I had enough and in the gym locker room I put a knife to his neck.. he got the message. We went to Voke school ... different shops... he kept his distance.
He spent most of his Senior year in Billerica, he got a standing O from his friends when he got out early enough to make graduation
After that he was arrested a few times for B&E and other petty crimes....
Then he was caught up in drugs in a bad way. He ended up killing the sister of one of my drinking buddies, My buddy was never the same, his Mom died of a broken heart. The girl that was killed had a toddler that was in the apartment at the time of the murder. My buddy eventually drank himself to death, the funeral was a few months ago. The son went to live with Dad in Florida.
What gave me some satisfaction was that coward who killed a young mother, ended up in jail. I promised my buddy back in 1998 that I would always oppose any bid for parole.
I still have all the newspaper accounts I printed from microfiche... but I'll never need them
One day I was perusing the internet and found one of those prison reform type newsletters, and it had an article about what happened to Francis Gallagher... it seems he had a real tough time in jail, and I am glad he did. The article went on to describe all the problems he had, especially with the prison staff. After one event he went back to his cell and hung himself.
I get great satisfaction that he lived in a Hell of his own making for over 27 years, I hope he was someone's "bitch", I hope he had the sh*t kicked out of him. I wish he had lived longer and experienced more pain. If he had a swift execution I would have been deprived of that satisfaction.
GALLAGHER, COMMONWEALTH vs., 408 Mass. 510
Francis Gallagher, Franie to his
friends and acquaintances, tragically
committed suicide at MCI-Norfolk
within an hour of being lugged on
June 24, 2014 to “the RB” (SMU –
Security Management Unit).
By all accounts it was a beautiful
summer day to be enjoyed. Franie
had the morning off because the area
of the shop where he was employed
was closed. Just several days into
occupying a single cell (the golden
standard – especially for 1st degree
lifers), he signed out to the Gym from
his housing unit (6-3). The Gym, as
usual, was closed (why should it be
open?). The circumstances of his
“situation” are still somewhat cloudy
but some facts are that he was found
to be “out of place” (determined by
who is yet to be discovered). We do
know that he went to see a case
worker in 4-2, and at some time
before this had gone to the property
window to have stickers placed on
two appliances. An exchange of
comments was made at the property
window not the least bit favorable to
Franie regarding the property in
question. It is presumed he at some
time left the window to speak with
his CPO and was apprehended in unit
4-2, determined to be “out of place”
(not where he was signed out to) –
and there he was cuffed and lugged to
the aforementioned establishment
(“The Hole”).
Unbeknownst to many, Franie
was under the care of mental health
and is purported to have asked to see
his mental health professional and
furthermore stated that he “was
going to kill himself if they lugged
him” (for what purpose we can only
suppose what he judged to be his
continued unfair treatment and
further intolerable punishment for
just trying to live). Bear in mind that
prison, in and of itself, is the
punishment meted out by society
(the Courts). No one comes here to be
punished or abused. There are some
however who work here who have
other aims and objectives (as Devil’s
disciples). They prey on the weak all
too often.
It’s a real shame. Twenty-seven
(27) years into his sentence, mildmannered,
unassuming, with a wry
sense of humor – he didn’t bother
anyone and was trying as he may to
make his way in the world “we live
in.” I remember him living in (or
tolerating) a five man ghetto in 6-3
for the longest time. Prior to that,
according to others, he didn’t have an
“easy bid”. So, he must have “had it”
with the dilettantes and d…. b….s who
are employed at MCI-Norfolk. A lug
and a ticket usually mean losing
everything: the single cell, his job (a
means of support), much of his
personal property along with
creature comforts whatever he
judged them to be. Don’t get me
wrong – there are some good and fine
men and women at work for the DOC
and at MCI-Norfolk.
The problem is that the worst of
the worst are put into positions of
authority and/or administration. And
micro-management is the norm
wherein contemporary publications
that could otherwise be purchased at
any news stand by a 10 or 11 year old
are contrabanded at an alarming rate
because depictions of scantily clad
females are now considered sexually
explicit (oh, my!). And for more than
50+ years where sun bathing has
been popular in the “real world” and
enjoyed also at MCI-Norfolk – one can
no longer lie on the ground or in any
horizontal position out-of-doors
within the confines of this venerable
institution because either someone
has too much time on their hands (to
write a new policy/regulation) or the
recent visit via helicopter by another
d/b, the governor felt unmanned by
his eyeballs when viewing the
sunbathers from above. Who knows –
but dumb and dumber.
Franie’s unspeakable suicide and
death was the result of an
unreasonable intrusion into the
quality of what is left of a personal
life… by the uncaring cascade of
bravado, abuse of power and
stupidity of persons supposedly
charged with care & custody, who
believe “they” are untouchable and to
be held harmless.
After all, he was only a lifer…
serving “THE OTHER DEATH PENALTY"
