Man sentenced to 15 years in prison for breaking into Mosque and vandalising it

Apparently he was a repeat offender, some people just don't learn so you have to hand our increasingly harsher sentences.

It is because he was a Habitual Felony Offender. http://sa18.org/press/id/454 Plenty of US states have strict punishments for repeat offenders, with the so-called "three strikes" rules. The story here is not that it's bacon -- by all means, he went to a mosque with a machete and doesn't deserve any sympathy -- rather the story is that the state of Florida does not tolerate felony recidivists.


It looks like he could have been given 30 years for it! https://www.richardhornsby.com/criminal/sentencing/enhancements.html#

He does not deserve a single second in prison. This action harms nobody. Obviously breaking into anywhere is a serious crime, but when you do not steal anything or do any remote damage, I cannot reasonably say that you have done anything warranting jail time. This is patently absurd.

He was running around chopping **** up with a machete.

Right, I just actually read the article. Must concede that first time around (I swear the thread title originally only referenced the bacon) I didn't make much of an effort so my bad. In this case I agree with Reue at the top of this page; vandalism should not carry such a hefty sentence. As I understand it the key factor is him being a repeat offender, and such individuals are liable to get incommensurate sentences in America. I still don't think that makes this long sentence okay though.

What an absolute joke. 15 years??? People convicted of much worse crimes get less time than that.

"Vandalizing" "Hate crime" If he was violent towards Muslims or physically damaged the Mosque (e.g. fire etc.) it would make more sense, but for leaving bacon? What a ****ing joke.