Prepare for Drama... MO Gov. Parsons commutes sentence for Britt Reid

[DenverChief]

Originally Posted by notorious

I'm shocked the governor wasn't stupid enough to do this the week leading up to the Superbowl.

Reid should stay behind bars for a long time for what he did to that girl.

I mean…I’m all for punishment but keeping him and others like him in prison is just taking up space and tax payer dollars. I think prison should be more about violent offenders, there are other ways to punish without prison that are more productive for society as a whole. He could be sentenced to 1000’s of hours of service etc. I just don’t think prison is the right answer. Now, jail is another thing. In CO you can only sentence up to two years in jail - probably the same in MO - but prison typically does not rehab people it makes them worse.