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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, it's not their fault the man died a decade later. However, I certainly hope their punishment was commensurate with the victim's very serious medical state as a result of the beating.[/quote]

Was it?  One got seven months or something like that and the other was paroled after four years.[/quote]

That's the judge's fault. I agree that it's not adequate at all. [b]However, again, it's not fair to revisit sentences a decade later[/b].
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please explain why you feel this way.  I don't get it.[/quote]

Are you asking about double jeopardy?[/quote]

Its not double jeopardy. The initial charges were misdeamenor battery which is why he got off so light. Murder is whole different ballgame.

DJ only applies to the EXACT SAME charge. [/quote]

Revisiting the sentence is double jeopardy.

Charging them with the new crime of homicide is a separate question.  Although I think it is impossible, there are many posters (or one who has posted many times) who think it should happen.[/quote]

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