In a message dated 1/3/02 2:21:14 PM US Eastern Standard Time, loismauk@home.com writes: > The St. John Kanty Catholic Cemetery in LaPorte County has again suffered > substantial vandalism. See: > http://www.heraldargus.com/content/story.php?storyid=206 > for the full story. > > Lois > > > When you think you've heard and seen it all something like this happens. There should be no Plea bargain if these persons are caught, and Yes there are more than one, with one it's no fun. They should receive Jail time with full restitution for every cent of damage. If the crucifix can even be repaired. You could put up a new one, but you can't replace the 50 years it was there. It sounds like the judge may lean toward the tolerant side. I hope there is enough community pressure to prevent that. The only way to stop these repeated acts of vandalism is to severely punish those that should be caught and convicted. Jack E. Briles, Sr. jb502000@aol.com Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 Jb502000@aol.com wrote: > When you think you've heard and seen it all something like this > happens. There should be no Plea bargain if these persons are caught, and Yes > there are more than one, with one it's no fun. They should receive Jail time > with full restitution for every cent of damage. If the crucifix can even be > repaired. You could put up a new one, but you can't replace the 50 years it > was there. It sounds like the judge may lean toward the tolerant side. I hope > there is enough community pressure to prevent that. The only way to stop > these repeated acts of vandalism is to severely punish those that should be > caught and convicted. If we jailed everyone for every crime of vandalism, we would need to build even more prisons than ever concieved. Plus, I believe much of this is teenage vandalism. When a 15 year old does a year in jail, the stats show he will end up being nothing when he grows up. Most do attend 'school' while in detention, but never attend real 'school' once they are out. A massive fine PLUS cost of repair nailed to THE PARENTS is what is needed.