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Katrina Beer Looters Get 15 Years In Prison
Posted by Pile
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 Three people convicted of looting a liquor store in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina last year were given the harshest sentence possible in a Louisiana court on Wednesday.
The three were convicted on May 2 of stealing 27 bottles of wine and liquor, six cases of beer and a case of wine coolers over the course of a week after the storm first hit. |
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Coralnelle Little, Rhonda McGowen, and Paul C. Pearson, all of Kenner, La., received 15-year sentences. The district judge said he wanted to send a message with the sentences.
Pearson's lawyer called the sentences "excessive" and said he would appeal.
Pearson, who had a clean criminal history, testified he went to the store to get insulin for his ailing mother, who stayed home through the storm and was running low on her medication. Deputies later confirmed Pearson's story and delivered the insulin to his mother, according to testimony.
Released from jail on bond, Little was later hired by the same store she was accused of looting, the store manager testified. |
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Justice?
Posted by wizeGurl on 2006-06-29 11:15:34 | Right, because if those people had wanted beer during the week following Katrina, they could have just bought it. What? What do you mean no stores were open? I mean, if a person ever NEEDED beer and liquor, it was that week.
I'm all for prosecuting crimes, but I wonder how many of the people convicted of defrauding the government with false claims worth thousands more than a few beers will receive 15 years for their crimes. |
Your absolutely right wizegurl
Posted by RandomHero on 2006-06-29 13:55:51 | What about government officals whose ineptitude lead to the loss of lives?
What about police officers who looted as well?
What about those who improperly maintained the levees, and those who said those levees would hold?
Or those who told people to meet at the superdome, only to abandon them there to die?
No, this is clearly an issue where small time looters need to be the ones that go down first, because after all, theyre responsible for all of this right? |
15 years
Posted by Joe on 2006-07-01 09:11:24 | | That's the maximum sentence for murder in some developed countries outside the US. Interesting legal system you've got. |
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