RI Senate Passes Raptakis Murder-Parole Bill
Legislation requiring 50 percent of sentence to be served goes to House for consideration.
The Rhode Island Senate approved legislation Tuesday requiring individuals convicted of first- or second-degree murder to serve as least 50 percent of a sentence prior to being eligible for parole. Sen. Leonidas P. Raptakis (D-Dist. 33, Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich), who sponsored the legislation, said it was drafted in response to recent reports of murderers released on parole without serving large portions of their sentences. “Individuals who commit first- and second-degree murder should be expected to serve at least a majority of their sentences and really, I think, they should be serving their full sentences for such a heinous crime,” said Raptakis. “At the very least, they should serve no less than half of their term, …
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Maxin
10:14 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
I am also sick of hearing about our so call local hero’s the police. I do not feel bad when they get shot at or killed. This is the future they prescribed for themselves when they decided to go into that profession. God said, if you believe in a god, “live by the sword die by the sword”, do police really believe because they kill in the name of mans laws that god will think this is ok? No you are… more ›