Julius Patterson article

[wiseguy182]

I felt sick to my stomach reading this.

http://articles.philly.com/1995-05-1...y-manslaughter

[amandab1234]

Originally Posted by wiseguy182

I felt sick to my stomach reading this.

http://articles.philly.com/1995-05-1...y-manslaughter

IMO, he deserved the death penalty

[RobinW]

So technically, Patterson could possibly be released sometime within the next decade? Wow.

I've always been curious about why Patterson called the police several years after the fact to confess to the murders. Otherwise, he might have gotten away with it indefinitely. You could assume that his conscience was getting to him, but anyone who could commit these crimes clearly has no conscience.

[Thiussat]

Originally Posted by RobinW

So technically, Patterson could possibly be released sometime within the next decade? Wow.

I've always been curious about why Patterson called the police several years after the fact to confess to the murders. Otherwise, he might have gotten away with it indefinitely. You could assume that his conscience was getting to him, but anyone who could commit these crimes clearly has no conscience.

That article was written in 1995. So he has had 20 years of prison time as we speak today.

[RobinW]

Originally Posted by Thiussat

That article was written in 1995. So he has had 20 years of prison time as we speak today.

So if Patterson serves the full 25-year sentence for the robbery/escape charges (which ran concurrent with his sister's murder) and then the maximum 5 years on the Gordon murder, then the latest he could remain in prison is until 2025. Yikes! But Patterson would be 70 years by then, so maybe he won't survive that long.

[LilMissKryssy]

This reminds me of the Tommy Gibson case. The dad (Larry Gibson) only received a few years for basically beating his son Tommy to death and then covering up the crime. I believe he was convicted of second-degree manslaughter. Its so ridiculous. He beat his son to death (as his daughter later came forward with). The only manslaughter that even could fit would be Involuntary manslaughter (Criminally negligent manslaughter) which if a person is so reckless as to "manifest extreme indifference to human life", the defendant may be guilty of aggravated assault as well as of involuntary manslaughter In many jurisdictions such as California, malice may be found if gross negligence amounts to willful or depraved indifference to human life. In such a case, the wrongdoer may be guilty of second degree murder.

The voluntary manslaughter ones are provocation, imperfect self defense and diminished capacity. None of those make sense but anyways, its absurd. He should have gotten second degree murder not manslaughter. To me his conviction and sentence is more like someone who was drinking and driving and kills someone (however even those sentences can be much longer). He beat his son to death and was free a few years later never ever revealing where he hid his body.

Anyways, as with Julian Patterson the system can suck sometimes. At least he had other lengthier sentences to serve first but its still a shame and another tragedy when things like that happen.

[WishfulDreamer]

Originally Posted by RobinW

So if Patterson serves the full 25-year sentence for the robbery/escape charges (which ran concurrent with his sister's murder) and then the maximum 5 years on the Gordon murder, then the latest he could remain in prison is until 2025. Yikes! But Patterson would be 70 years by then, so maybe he won't survive that long.

I'm hoping that he won't or that he will be too feeble/frail to do anyone harm ever again.