OT: Moving story about Rae Carruth's son
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This is a story about Rae Carruth's son. For those of you who don't remember, Rae Carruth was send to prison for conspiracy to murder him and his mother (who did die). He is scheduled to be released from prison in 2018. Intense story and worth the 15 minutes to read.
EDIT for clarity: His mother was pregnant with him when it happened.
http://m.wbtv.com/wbtv/db_346288/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=joZNQ7cl
November 17th, 2015 at 12:53 PM ^
What a powerful story.
November 17th, 2015 at 12:53 PM ^
November 17th, 2015 at 1:14 PM ^
A murderer? Of which there are apparently two of on this site.
November 17th, 2015 at 1:19 PM ^
Apparently enough to create at least two accounts.
November 17th, 2015 at 1:38 PM ^
And as is always the case, they're apparently too chickenshit to post a comment that might explain exactly why they negged the comment in the first place.
November 17th, 2015 at 12:53 PM ^
be released from prison.
November 17th, 2015 at 12:54 PM ^
Thanks for posting
November 17th, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
November 17th, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^
Yeah these people often make me wonder if I'd ever be strong enough to do the same thing in that situation. We have a family a friend who is now caring for her granddaughter becuase her daughter and son-in-law were murdered in their sleep one night because the son-in-law happened to witness a roberry.
November 17th, 2015 at 1:55 PM ^
And to think I get pissed off when someone around me drives like an ass...That woman truly has a much kinder heart and soul than I have and will ever hope to have.
November 17th, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
Rae Carruth....what a piece of shit.
November 17th, 2015 at 12:58 PM ^
November 17th, 2015 at 1:26 PM ^
As someone who has spent a significant amount of time in a maximum security prison, if punishment is your goal, life in prison is way worse.
Would take me a nanosecond to decide between death and life in prison.
November 17th, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
I appreciate your perspective, but my goal is not to waste any of my money keeping him alive. Still vote for death.
November 17th, 2015 at 1:37 PM ^
November 17th, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^
So you're asserting that the cost of a single lethal injection is more than 40-50 years of lodging, food, medical care, light, water, and physical infrastructure maintenance.
November 17th, 2015 at 1:51 PM ^
November 17th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
There's one very big flaw in the common argument that the death penalty is costlier. They tend to make bad assumptions about the cell costs. Namely, that while every death row prisoner is kept in maximum security (true), the comparison is to average cell costs in general, including minimum and medium security (ludicrous, since prisoners who commit a crime worthy of the death penalty are going to maximum security anyway.)
Also, if we didn't have the death penalty, the hours charged by the attorneys who work on them wouldn't just disappear. Billable hours are billable hours, and life-sentence convicts appeal, too.
Even "commonly known facts" can be scrutinized and shouldn't be accepted as gospel.
November 17th, 2015 at 3:18 PM ^
Don't you get access to a much more thorough appeals process if you are sentenced to death?
November 17th, 2015 at 2:08 PM ^
November 17th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
I read this story this morning too actually. I can still remember when the whole Carruth trial was going on. Fascinating story about overcoming tragedy.
Also, what a powerful message about forgiveness. Something I think we can all learn from.
November 17th, 2015 at 1:35 PM ^
who have been there far longer than the seriousness of their crimes would logically warrant.
Carruth is not one of them.
November 17th, 2015 at 1:58 PM ^
Wonder why all those on death roll keep appeal until their last minutes.
November 17th, 2015 at 2:12 PM ^
and forget about what Carruth did for a moment and focus on this inspirational story. It focusses on forgivness and success in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. What an amazing woman and what an amazing young man. Let's not let Carruth be the focus of this thread.
November 17th, 2015 at 2:15 PM ^
I don't understand how he only got 18 years and I don't understand how the guy who pulled the trigger only got 40 years. One life ended, another one severly impacted. And they have the death penalty in that state.
November 17th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
Does this mean I should pick him up for my fantasy team?
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November 17th, 2015 at 3:18 PM ^
This is a crazy story --- horrible and amazing at the same time.