I guess that pastor got what HE deserved!

Really though.. a sentence of 35 years seems excessive.  Jared Fogle got 16 years for far worse crimes, and that was the most severe sentence that was available for him. 
It sort of reminds me of the episode of Star Trek in which their punishment for ANY crime, no matter how minor, is death.  They were going to execute Wesley Crusher for stepping on the grass.  Unfortunately on Star Trek, Wesley was saved and went on to be the worst character in Star Trek TNG.  (Even the actor Wil Wheaton hated Wesley).

There's definitely some disproportionate sentencing. I think the best approach to prisons is rehabilitative (as it has a lower recidivism rate) but some people shouldn't be allowed back on the streets.

If anything, I just feel a sense of relief at knowing I'm not as pitifully messed up as he is.

PS: Wasn't that cannibal guy a schizophrenic? In his defense, he was totally out of his mind during that incident, assuming we're talking about the same story.

@blackwing:

For child-molestation?! Seriously?!? :blink:

@Frederick:

Really though.. a sentence of 35 years seems excessive.

Vince Li cut the head off a man who was sitting next to him on a bus.. and started eating it. 
Vince Li began doing unsupervised trips less than 6 years after his crime.. and is now totally free.

I didn't research this child molester much.. but from what I read, he was watching and playing with a teenage couple having sex.  I hardly think that warrants a more severe penalty than killing somebody. Jared Fogle did far worse, and he got the maximum sentence of just over 15 years.

I knew a guy who was a teacher in a high school. I went to school with him from the 5th to 8th grade (about 10 to 13 years old).  Anyway, as a teacher, he got caught having sex with one of his 17 year old students.  She was 17 years and 9 months old.  Another 3 months and it would have been legal.   The girl said it was consensual.. the guy admitted everything up front and didn't try to defend himself or do a plea bargain.   He was sentenced to 18 years!   I didn't like the guy, but damn.. he got screwed inside and out.

Thanks for making me loss faith in society again, I never heard that story of the cannibal guy before. I only wish it had taken place in the states where police would've shot him down or he'd be locked up forever/executed. That is completely indefensible, if your natural mental state is that of the voice of god telling you to kill someone, you are a complete danger to society and shouldn't exist within society.

For child-molestation?! Seriously?!? :blink:

@Frederick:

Really though.. a sentence of 35 years seems excessive.

Vince Li cut the head off a man who was sitting next to him on a bus.. and started eating it. 
Vince Li began doing unsupervised trips less than 6 years after his crime.. and is now totally free.

I didn't research this child molester much.. but from what I read, he was watching and playing with a teenage couple having sex.  I hardly think that warrants a more severe penalty than killing somebody. Jared Fogle did far worse, and he got the maximum sentence of just over 15 years.

I knew a guy who was a teacher in a high school. I went to school with him from the 5th to 8th grade (about 10 to 13 years old).  Anyway, as a teacher, he got caught having sex with one of his 17 year old students.  She was 17 years and 9 months old.  Another 3 months and it would have been legal.  The girl said it was consensual.. the guy admitted everything up front and didn't try to defend himself or do a plea bargain.  He was sentenced to 18 years!  I didn't like the guy, but damn.. he got screwed inside and out.

@Frederick:

Really though.. a sentence of 35 years seems excessive.

Really though.. a sentence of 35 years seems excessive.  Jared Fogle got 16 years for far worse crimes, and that was the most severe sentence that was available for him. 
It sort of reminds me of the episode of Star Trek in which their punishment for ANY crime, no matter how minor, is death.  They were going to execute Wesley Crusher for stepping on the grass.  Unfortunately on Star Trek, Wesley was saved and went on to be the worst character in Star Trek TNG.  (Even the actor Wil Wheaton hated Wesley).