CANTON -- Amy Bishop has been charged with murder for the 1986 shotgun slaying of her 18-year-old brother in their Braintree home, Norfolk District Attorney William R. Keating said this afternoon.Way to go Massachusetts! You only decided to prosecute her 24 years after the fact, after three more people died at her hands! It's because of the lackadaisical attitude taken towards violent (connected) criminals that three people lost their lives - and NOW you're finally going to look into a murder that happened more than two decades ago! Way to close the barn door after the horse ran away, had a long career in the racetrack, was put out to stud, died, and was turned into glue...
"The grand jury has indicted Amy Bishop for murder in the first degree,'' Keating told reporters. "Here in Massachusetts, we had evidence of a murder. We proceeded with that, as we should have."
The funny part - and here by "funny" I mean sickeningly ironic - is that MA is only interested in prosecuting her now that she's facing the death penalty in AL. At first I thought it was simple MA buffoonery - they're going to charge her with second degree murder, plead out to aggravated manslaughter, and sentence her to *maybe* five years in jail. Then, the more I thought about it, I wonder if this is a way for her to avoid the needled in AL - have her plead guilty to second degree murder, sentence her to a 20 year hitch at MCI Framingham, and then claim she's too old to face the death penalty upon release...
Then again, this is Massachusetts - never ascribe to malice that which can also be explained by cronyism, nepotism, or gross incompetence...
That is all.
2 comments:
Hey what's the difference ? The average MA murderer does 2-4 years then gets out for more. So she did it out of order - kudos for her as now she can serve her 3 years for MA-murder consecutive with 3 life sentences for AL-murder.
So does that mean that the system is broken ? Or does it mean the life of a free-stater is worth more than that of a Mass resident?
I am tempted to say both are true
They think that they are looking "tough on crime" by charging her now. In fact, they are looking like the slack jawed liberal criminal coddlers that they really are. It's just that NOW they are playing catch up.
My guess is that AL will be more than happy to send her back to MA for trial. AFTER they execute her. That way the outcome of the MA trial won't matter a bit.
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