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Convicted Spammer Jeffrey Kilbride Flees Prison

Posted by timothy on from the be-cautious-subject-is-considered-a-spammer dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this news from California: "According to the article, 'Officials at the Federal Bureau of Prisons say an inmate escaped from a minimum security area of the federal prison in Lompoc. Prison officials say Jeffrey Kilbride, 48, was discovered missing at around 1:30 p.m. on Friday....A search is reportedly underway. Prison officials say Kilbride was serving a 78-month sentence for conspiracy and fraud. He was due to be released on December 11, 2015.'" Here's why Kilbride was in prison.

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  1. What an idiot. by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Due for release in 2015? Not anymore.

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    1. Re: What an idiot. by AmazingRuss · · Score: 5, Funny

      He better hope the cops get to him before we do...

    2. Re:What an idiot. by tomhath · · Score: 5, Interesting

      This kind of person often thinks he's so much smarter than everyone else that he doesn't need to follow the rules like the rest of us fools.When he gets caught he'll blame other people, bad luck, whatever; it's never his fault. After all, he never did anything that was really wrong. Just followed a different set of rules because he's special.

    3. Re:What an idiot. by blue+trane · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "Said every person in jail and every kid in detention."

      Example of a false positive error. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_positive_paradox. When your justice system pursues a high conviction rate rather than truth, there are likely more innocent people in jail than guilty.

    4. Re:What an idiot. by Oysterville · · Score: 5, Funny

      He will learn what we all have learned: opting out doesn't work.

    5. Re:What an idiot. by Rich0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It's money well spent. Spammers need to rot in jail and the longer the better. He's caused millions of dollars in damages with his spam shit and if he stays on the loose he'll be back at it. These guys never quit, they think they have the right to annoy us without end.

      If that were true then the sentence should be life, not a few years.

      Our justice system is extremely messed-up. It is about punishing people for past transgressions, and not about preventing future transgressions. If anything the way we treat people once they're out just makes them more likely to offend - do you think this guy could get a job running mail servers for a legit corporation once he's out? No, they'd never hire them, so that leaves what he's good at - sending more spam.

      People who commit crimes should be kept under an appropriate amount of supervision until they've been rehabilitated to the point where they're not likely to commit future crimes. The right "sentence" isn't going to be the same for every criminal. Some criminals could probably be put on immediate probation for 2nd degree murder, and others might need 30 years in max security for shoplifting. It shouldn't be about punishments that fit the crime, it should be about rehabilitation that fits the criminal. There shouldn't be registered sex-offenders - people likely to re-offend shouldn't be let out at all, and those unlikely to re-offend shouldn't be treated as if they are likely to do so. Whether a criminal in rehabilitation is behind bars or not should depend on how likely they are to re-offend during rehabilitation, and how likely they are to comply with their rehabilitation activities. If they were trusted to be out on bail during their trial, I'd probably trust them to show up on time for their 8 hours a day of brainwashing until they do otherwise.

  2. Sounds like that prison needs a better by Arancaytar · · Score: 5, Funny

    *sunglasses*

    spammer filter

    YEEEEEEAH

  3. Re: Good for Him by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Right they should just gas everyone with a 15+ year sentence

    No, we should not be looking at incarceration as the default punishment for crimes. The only people that should be locked up are people that are a physical threat to other people. Anyone else should have an alternative punishment, such as working for victim restitution. No other country locks up as many people as America, and many other countries have lower crime rates.

  4. Re:Going to PMITA prison! by Artifakt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You truly want it to happen...
          You want the less powerful offenders, the non-violent ones, the ones who aren't so dangerous, raped by the most violent and physically dangerous prisoners. You want those already most dangerous ones to get the message that a moderate amount of crime doesn't pay, but pedal to the metal violent overdrive has its perks. You want the guards to have to work around criminals who expect to be bought off with a supply of victims instead of staying in line for fear of more punishment. You want the prisons to be full of racist gangs constantly ready to riot, and using protection from the rapists on the other side as their chief recruiting tool. You want the rapists and murderers in there to get more practice at violence before their inevitable release, more confirmation that violence gets them what they want. You want prison to not be as bad for the worst of the worst, by making it hell for the rest of the people in there.

    Yes, you want it, and now you know, deep inside, that your want has nothing to do with justice.

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