file this as "let me tell you something very upsetting!" journalism

and "lets punish the people im upset at exorbitantly, who cares if it fits the crime!?"

from aol fanhouse- michael david smith responds to news that burglars raided the house of the mother of recently passed NFL player marquise hill while she was at his funeral.

look it's not that this isnt a horribly sad story. but you cant write stuff like this and not sound like an idiot:

I don't know what the usual sentence is for burglary, but it's not nearly enough. Whoever did this should never see the light of day again.

i certainly dont mean to sound unsympathetic, or be mr.-overly-practical-when-a-situation-calls-for-emotion, but i think our prisons are crowded enough as it is. every day hundreds of people in this country are tried and convicted of crimes worse than burglary without getting life sentences. look at the big picture, you dolt.