…needs an overhaul.
For instance, if I were to be convicted of doing what these men were doing, my lifespan in Texas would be measured in heartbeats.
And rightly so. Sad to say, it’s not even a particularly unknown crime in Hungary — the gypsy community is infamous for it.
Who says we shouldn’t have a death penalty?
Happycrow's Eyeball Factory 
Anna
/ September 5, 2007While I agree with the gist of what you are saying, just would love to see the actual sentence write-up. We don’t exactly know the details and how much evidence there was to actually convict for a certain specific crime. That’s the problem with these small snippets of newsbits…
happycrow
/ September 5, 2007Simply being convicted of grabbing people and beating them for trying to escape qualifies as aggravated kidnapping (5): even without the forcible prostitution, those facts alone are sufficient to land one in jail for life: five years would be the absolute minimum.
Sec. 20.04. AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING. (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly abducts another person with the intent to:
(1) hold him for ransom or reward;
(2) use him as a shield or hostage;
(3) facilitate the commission of a felony or the flight after the attempt or commission of a felony;
(4) inflict bodily injury on him or violate or abuse him sexually;
(5) terrorize him or a third person; or
(6) interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function.
(b) [inserted 9/1/95] A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly abducts another person and uses or exhibits a deadly weapon during the commission of the offense.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.
(d) At the punishment stage of a trial, the defendant may raise the issue as to whether he voluntarily released the victim in a safe place. If the defendant proves the issue in the affirmative by a preponderance of the evidence, the offense is a felony of the second degree.