The Nevada Board of Parole is scheduled to consider releasing Ruggs.

[Rabidraider]

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/nev ... ZDDy4Pr98L

[Rabidraider]

My guess is he gets denied since its the first time he's up for parole and considering there was a death involved.

[SkullCrusher]

And if the family finds Ruggs remorseful and forgive him?

Irrelevant. That's not how criminal debts are paid.

This was swirling around social media last week from 2017:
A Georgia couple was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday for shouting racial slurs and threatening black adults and children at a child's birthday party in 2015, prosecutors said. A jury gave the couple a guilty verdict earlier this month on several counts of aggravated assault, making "terroristic threats" and violating Georgia's Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act.

The victims forgave them right in court right before the sentence was read. But the judge has to look at other factors and one doing something again, especially if they get away with that something.

I don't get how some get very few years for murder, another gets the book thrown at them for some drug usage etc. Those have always been all over the map.

I'm not going to lose sleep either way, nor do I have to make such judgement for real, but it seems too soon for me if justice is properly weighed.

[Viper]

Him stating a reason to get early parole was because he wanted to take care of his fiancé and child probably isn’t gonna sit too well with the judge considering he just took someone else’s child.

3 years isn’t enough to set an example for this type of behavior. Young, wild kids need to see real life consequences for their reckless behaviors.

[Attyla]

Since the crime he is in prison was not intentional and/or premeditated, I believe it should be left up to the family since they are the ones who suffered most. If they believe he's paid his debt, turn him loose. But if they do not, they can say, "See ya at the next scheduled parole hearing."

That would require us changing the laws on the books. At the time of his crime, the laws in place did not allow the victim's family to decide his fate and they do not reflect that now. If we are going to have laws, we need to be consistent with those laws and the laws state that a parole board decides and while the victim impact statements are taken into consideration, the severity of the crime and the duration of the sentence will have a far greater impact. The state of Nevada, like many in the country, use trained and appointed parole board members who are almost always educated in the law, psychology and other related fields.

However, I do think the victim's family and their voices should be heard if they wish. It sounds like if they did, it was in private which is their right. The Tate and La Bianca families certainly used their voices to keep Charlie locked up. But to be honest, those voices were not needed. Charlie did about as much damage to his chances as possible. Not that I am comparing Charlie to Ruggs, but his case is one of the higher profile one's in which victim impact statements were national news each time he came up for parole.

[Cruisin with Tooz]

He needs to be denied parole. I am all for second chances, but I am also for second chances once your actions have had sufficient penalty. 3 years for two lives? Not even close to the scales being balanced.

Two lives?

[Attyla]

Two lives?

A dog is a living being.

[Cruisin with Tooz]

The only chance that the family gets recompense is if he is paroled; plays again; and has his wages garnished. Denying him parole, in effect, also punishes that family all over again.

[Cruisin with Tooz]

A dog is a living being.

Every day tens of thousands of cows, pigs, chickens, etc are killed for food. Every day hundreds if not thousands of dogs and cats are killed in dog pounds, simply because they are inconvenient. Every day dogs are experimented on, then killed when the experiment is over in university laboratories. An animal's life is not equated to a human life. People are not imprisoned for killing animals, unless it involved deliberate cruelty, eg dog fights. That a dog also died in that accident isnt any legal justification for denying him parole.

[mstrbass2000]

He needs to be denied parole. I am all for second chances, but I am also for second chances once your actions have had sufficient penalty. 3 years for two lives? Not even close to the scales being balanced.

IM IN AGREEMENT, you dont get take 2 lives and only serve such a short amount of time and then resume your career and make millions

[RunOverByHubbard]

The only chance that the family gets recompense is if he is paroled; plays again; and has his wages garnished. Denying him parole, in effect, also punishes that family all over again.

For starters, he got a $9.685 million signing bonus. Did he already spend all of that? We know he bought a fancy car. And this:
4 yr(s) / $16,671,626 AVERAGE SALARY: $4,167,907 GTD AT SIGNING: $16,671,626

Not sure if the Raiders could void paying him all the rest, but he at least got over $9 million. Keep him in prison and take his money for the family.

[mstrbass2000]

I may have some liberal and libertarian views on some aspects of how this society should operate but when I comes to crime, I don't have many such views. With apologies to those who have had a DUI, I see what he did was reckless, irresponsible, immature, and in fact, criminal behavior. If he had just totaled his and her car and killed the dog, that would be one thing but....If I am her family and other loved ones, I would be at the parole hearing and ask him to be kept in jail longer no matter how sorry he is.

it was horrific death both burned to death while alive and awake ...no way do you get such a short sentence and then get to resume your career making millions...the sentence should have been at least 10-12 yrs

[mstrbass2000]

And if the family finds Ruggs remorseful and forgive him?

the family may forgive him but the victims had no say even though they burned to death while awake and alive "what a horrific death"

[Attyla]

Every day tens of thousands of cows, pigs, chickens, etc are killed for food. Every day hundreds if not thousands of dogs and cats are killed in dog pounds, simply because they are inconvenient. Every day dogs are experimented on, then killed when the experiment is over in university laboratories. An animal's life is not equated to a human life. People are not imprisoned for killing animals, unless it involved deliberate cruelty, eg dog fights. That a dog also died in that accident isnt any legal justification for denying him parole.

Those are not valued pets

[Attyla]

Every day tens of thousands of cows, pigs, chickens, etc are killed for food. Every day hundreds if not thousands of dogs and cats are killed in dog pounds, simply because they are inconvenient. Every day dogs are experimented on, then killed when the experiment is over in university laboratories. An animal's life is not equated to a human life. People are not imprisoned for killing animals, unless it involved deliberate cruelty, eg dog fights. That a dog also died in that accident isnt any legal justification for denying him parole.

and they were not burned to death in an avoidable criminal act

[Xramfan]

Taking all emotions out of it, the recidivism rate for violent criminals is insane and they let them out early more than once. The entire system is flawed.

Having said that, again taking emotion out of it, Ruggs was given a sentence and he is serving it. If the system allows an early release, that is then system and not his fault. Being a felon he loses some rights but I don’t think being banned from the NFL is one of them. Of course Roger and the NFL may have their own say on that.