After what seems like forever, Ted Klaudt has been sentenced to 44 years in the State Penitentiary. And for a change he has been taken into custody by law enforcement (I guess that they finally decided to take things off Klaudt's schedule.) He will now be escorted to Meade County to be sentenced for the crimes he committed there.
Considering that he could have been sentenced to 100 years I think he is getting off a little light. I know with his health and age 44 years is probably a life sentence, but why not send a message. Someone (probably family) actually suggested that his "good works" should be considered in his sentencing. A lot of legislators have done a lot of good things, and I don't think any of them would deserve any leniency when it comes to crimes of this magnitude.
Anyway, it shouldn't be long and Ted will be in the pen, taking his punishment. And as I have said before, I hope he has a long healthy future in front of him. I for one will have no problem paying my share of his health care.
Hopefully he will run into some friends of mine in there, as I do know a few guys in the pen (and I'm talking about lonely guys with no future.) Maybe they will be lucky enough to run into Ted and let him know what it's like to have your innocence taken from you against your will.
Too bad a judge can't pass down that sentence. It is certainly deserved.
Rusty
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Klaudt committed horrific acts and was justly convicted. His sentence is designed to punish him, sequester him from society and hopefully rehabilitate him in the event that he is ever released. As a matter of public policy, tolerating (or in your case, advocating) a climate in our prisons where inmates are sexually assaulted is counter-productive. Remember that relatively few inmates die in prison. They will be released back into society at some point. Will people who have either been assaulted or assaulted someone (or both) while incarcerated be more or less of a threat to society upon release?
Dan,
I don't think a guy who commits the horrible crimes that Ted committed can be rehabilitated. I do know, that even prisoners convicted of the most heinous crimes, will look at Ted as the lowest of the low. I will say that well I would not want to be used in the way he will probably be used; If I did the things that he did I would expect no less. What would you expect in his shoes?
Rusty
I'm not disputing that in the prison culture people such as Klaudt are seen as the bottom of the barrel. In Klaudt's case, no doubt, he will definitely be a target. He brought it upon himself by his incredibly destructive actions. I don't feel sorry for him whatsoever.
However, having a prison system in which such conditions are the reality harms society on a macro level. Most inmates are going to be released eventually. Do we want to unleash people who have been abused back into society? Aren't even more innocent people going to become victims? We should keep that in mind when we fund our corrections system on both a state and federal level. We want prison to be punishment but we need to keep it humane.
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