The BEAST: Buffalo's Best Fiend

The case of Thomas M. Roland seems to perfectly illustrate the flaws in our criminal justice system.

I just happened to be physically present in the same court "hold" room right before and then just after this creep was sentenced to 18 years flat for murdering a female acquaintance over a rock of crack cocaine, stabbing her to death with a knife because she "cheated" him out of a puff or two from a crack pipe!

He laughed, joked, socialized, and conversed in high spirits with the others who were also awaiting court appearances in the same holding room, at one point saying "shit, I'll be home in twelve years and change," and "when I see the deputies that fucked with me, I'm knocking them straight the fuck out! Bunch of punk-assed faggots."

Then he bent over and furiously polished his shoes'with a wad of toliet paper admiring the shine afterwards and commenting, "I don't want them cameras in my
face."

The Buffalo Snooze wrote in their blurb about this guy that the judge in this case cited "learning and mental problems" as his reasoning for allowing this cretin to plead to a reduced charge of Manslaughter First Degree and the subsequent 18-year
sentence. With the time he has already served and the time off allowed by law, this maniac will be free in approximately 13 years. He will be just slightly older than the woman he murdered, who was 43. Interestingly enough, this deranged killer will not have to see a parole board to be released; he will just walk out the door!

Whoever prepared the forensic report on this animalistic brute apparently never learned the difference between someone actually having real "learning and mental
Problems," as stated in the Snooze, and someone who is just downright brutishly stupid.

"Gee doc, I just lost it I guess." Duh! Anyone who stabs someone to death cannot
possibly be without a mental problem of some sort. And just because a person lacks "learning ability" does that also mean that he/she has no clear understanding of what is morally right or wrong?

The judge gave "credit" for the murderer's "remorse," according to the blurb in the Snooze. Remorse?! This asshole is only remorseful on paper or when he is within earshot of those that he knows he can manipulate.

This fiend manipulated the system to his distinct advantage by acting dumb, acting sorry, and thereby seeking a break, which he succeeded in getting. The message here is that if other killers have a "learning problem" or a "mental problem" or are willing or able to express remorse, real or otherwise, they should be punished less severely?

Looks like all the learning disabled and mentally troubled crack users can kill
without fear of a stiff sentence with life parole attached to it afterward. Hell I could be wrong, but don't we want to restrict the activities and supervise the learning disabled, mentally disturbed, and murderously violent? Wouldn't that make some iota of sense?

After just five years of post-release supervision this madman will be untethered and able to assume his previous crack infused lifestyle.

We have no problem giving a guy who sold 100 doses of LSD 15 years in prison and
lifetime parole, or a guy who sold 10 pounds of cannabis. And I might be wrong, but- I know who I want to be supervised for the rest of his/her life.

Corning soon to a neighborhood near you, the learning disabled, mentally problematic, crack-crazed and murderously violent Thomas M. Roland. Have no fear; he's sorry he did it.

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