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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Knight_(murderer) There is no doubt that Knight killed 7 people and injured many others in a crime where my city of Melbourne lost its innocence. He is a reprehensible creature and I’d have no problem with him remaining in jail for life. However he was...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41822218/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts He remembers nothing of his crime. Psychiatrists say he's not faking his amnesia. Should he be paroled or is a life sentence a life sentence.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/25/national/main507237.shtml Prior to the hearing, which Manson refused to attend, Los Angeles Assistant District Attorney Stephen Kay said Manson has been a "terrible prisoner" in recent years, and that his record shows multiple incidents in which he hit...

Many JREFers are too young to remember Sirhan Sirhan. Sirhan Sirhan killed Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968 minutes after Kennedy won the California Presidential Primary. His motive was Kennedy's support for Israel as Sirhan Sirhan was a Palestinian Arab. Well Sirhan Sirhan is up for parole...

Here's a story reported by KCCI-TV and the AP, which might be suitable for Jay Leno's "stupid criminals" schtick. A man killed a cab driver because the cab driver reminded the killer of the killer's stepfather. The killer hated his stepfather. At age 18, the killer got tossed in the pokey...