"prison is hard" waahhhh

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Teen Murderer Says Jail Is Too Hard, Appeals Sentence - News - WFTV.com | WFTV



DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- One of the teenagers responsible for beating a Holly Hill homeless man to death asked a judge to reduce his 22-year prison sentence Monday. Warren Messner and three other teens pled guilty to killing the man because they were bored, but Messner said prison is too hard.

Messner is a big boy. He was 15 at the time he was brought into the woods to see the homeless man his friends had been beating. Even at that young age, he outweighed the victim, Michael Roberts, by 200 pounds when he jumped on his chest, crushing his ribcage. Roberts died.

"Did you feel bad when you are doing it?" Messner was asked during questioning."Not really, no," he replied.

He didn't feel bad then, but he does now. He has been in juvenile detention for eight months, locked in a small cell and occasionally allowed to go to class.Messner and his attorney said he has already learned his lesson and is ready to go home to help others.

"I want to be an inspirational speaker for troubled teens," he said Monday.

Messner got the lightest sentence of the four boys. Teens Jeffrey Spurgeon, Justin Stearns and Christopher Scamahorn got 27 to 35 years. They all cut plea deals to avoid life in prison.The state attorney said that's as much leniency as they should get and the judge agreed.

"I can't think of some reason to change the sentence. I'm going to deny the motion," said the Hon. Joseph Will.Messner's parents broke down at the denial. His mother said it's unfair, that her son fell in with a bad crowd and prison is killing him.

"He's not getting the mental health, the schooling. He's not getting anything, anything but locked in a cell all day long," Lori Messner said.The judge and the state both argued that being deprived services and being locked away is precisely the point of prison. Warren Messner will spend the next 22 years in prison without the chance for parole.

Sadly many killers view the homeless ,gays, prostitutes, the elderly, etc as being sub-human and in some way deserving of their fate .
John Wayne GACY who tortured, raped and killed 40 young men railed that they were "hustlers" and "transvestites" as mitigation for his appalling crimes !
The Yorkshire Ripper felt he was on a Godly mission to clean the streets of filth when he murdered 16 or more women ...
 

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If nothing else, incarceration gets these dangerous types off the street, at least for a while.

Perhaps some attempts should be made to understand why they did what they did, and some attempts should be made at fixing them - but to suggest that they should be fed and sheltered and clothed and tended and coddled is absurd. Prison should not be easy or comfortable. They should have to work, and work hard, at something productive, not spend their time one third, watching TV, one third at the gym, and one third earning a law degree.

The posts stating that prison is not a deterrent, of course it isn't. Not any longer. I understand that no prison sentence is a breeze, but the other prisoners should not be the only unpleasant aspect of it.

For about the last 30 years, parents have not been teaching their children that actions have consequences. If prisons were a lot harder, and parents didn't teach their children the entitlement mindset, I'm sure we would have (at least somewhat) fewer crimes and fewer incarcerations.