Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia-Shu - killer sentenced
Mikey 15 comments
It was been a long time coming but child murderer Dante Wyndam Arthurs will be sentenced today for the 2006 murder of eight-year-old Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia-Shu.
Arthurs has admitted to killing Sofia, and faces a life sentence with a non-parole period of seven to fourteen years, though he is never expected to make parole.
I still stand by my previous suggestion of bypassing rehabilitation altogether, but if it is any consolation, Sofia's family will at least finally have justice even if it only turns out to be a life sentence for their daughters killer.
And as this sad chapter closes, let us never forget. Horrific crimes like this occur everywhere, even in our sleepy little town of . Keep your children close. Never take your eyes off them, and we might just never see monsters the likes of Arthurs making headlines again.
Rodney
Wednesday 7th November 2007 | 06:09 PMI just heard on the radio they actually had the evidence to lock him up 4 years earlier but didn't realise it, at the time.
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/07/2084138.htm
You mean life sentence and a minimum a 13 years before he can apply for parole
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=113355
Joe Marco
Thursday 8th November 2007 | 03:16 AMone bullet costs about .32 cents.
Jake
Thursday 8th November 2007 | 09:02 AMYes, however the gun and license cost a staggering amount.
Joe Marco
Thursday 8th November 2007 | 02:06 PMGood point, baseball bats are cheap.
Rodney
Thursday 8th November 2007 | 02:33 PMPut him in the prison general population. That's even cheaper, still...
Anders
Thursday 8th November 2007 | 06:17 PMHow about 10 minutes with me behind closed doors. Just have a grave ready.
Joe Marco
Friday 9th November 2007 | 04:17 AMNo seriously guys, There's always this lame ass debate about reducing oneself to the level of a killer if we support 'capital punishment'. But for fucks sake, what good does it serve society at large to keep filth alive? give me one good reason, anyone??
Instead, of having some long drawn out court proceeding that drains our coffers, if the case in fact is that either one has plead guilt or has been found guilty beyond any shadow of a doubt, then the family of the victim should have the right of revenge. Meaning, the guilty party faces their demise at the hands of the family.
It's old school, it's very tribal, and you know, I'm all for it. Think about it.
If I may just concur with...'what Joe said'.
andrew
Thursday 15th November 2007 | 07:57 PMif for some pathetic reason he came out after 13years then the family will have truly been let down, and it would send a message to more idiots out there...
Tahni
Tuesday 26th August 2008 | 01:47 PMI agree with all of u, i new sofia and i no her three best friends, one of wich is my brother, and i dont even have words to describe the pain they go through everyday, especialy that the school put that thing there to remind the students of Mater Christi which i personly think is wrong,
Ithink Joe is absolutly corect lets get the **** with a base ball bat, there is not one day that Sofias friends dont rememeber her, and they miss her verry much!
andrew
Wednesday 7th November 2007 | 04:39 PMwhats wrong with the capital punishment for these sort of people, they are absolutely no good to anyone..especially with what came out in court this morning..