Baltimore police are scrambling to find an “extremely dangerous” man suspected of murdering 26-year-old tech CEO Pava LaPere, who was found dead in an apartment building on Monday.

The suspect, 32-year-old Jason Dean Billingsley, should be considered armed and dangerous as he is wanted on charges of first-degree murder, assault and other offenses, acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said Tuesday.

LaPere, co-founder of the small startup EcoMap Technologies, was reported missing Monday morning, police said. Hours later, police were called to a downtown apartment building, where LaPere was discovered with signs of blunt-force trauma to her head, Worley said.

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    It’s almost like the US prison system isn’t meant to rehabilitate and instead is meant to control the lower class and imprison the ‘right’ people.

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        So because our criminal justice system is so terrible, instead of changing anything about it, we just need to… *checks notes… keep people locked up indefinitely.

        Man, I hope you’re never railroaded with a false charge by cops and get what you want out of that. Locked up indefinitely over some made up bullshit because you yourself were like “Nah, we shouldn’t release criminals, because our justice system is fucked.”

        This is some Olympic level mental fucking gymnastics here.

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          No. My point was don’t let them out until it’s fixed. No gymnastics required. I didn’t say anywhere not to change things. Just don’t release people that haven’t been rehabilitated or even served their entire sentence.

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        You: “The system is broken, so we shouldn’t let anyone out.”

        Man, I hope you never get busted for a crime you did or did not commit, seeing as you believe we should throw away the key like that. Would be a shame if the reason you weren’t able to get out was because of people like you saying that BS.

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          If you put bad people in and do nothing to fix them you get bad people out. That’s what this post is about. Wrongful convictions are also unfortunate but that’s a separate issue. This guy was convicted and had a 30 year sentence not rehabilitated and released after 7. Now another woman is dead.

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            It may be a separate issue for you, but if you’re advocating for throwing away the key like you are, you are advocating for people that were wrongfully convicted to continue be locked up. That’s the whole point, and it went right over your head.

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              Are more people wrongfully convicted than shitty ones? If not unfortunately blindly releasing people from prison will do more harm then good. I’m all for reforming the system but just letting convicted rapists/murderers go free with no rehabilitation isn’t the way to go.

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      The idea that imprisonment is for rehabilitation is fucking stupid and new.

      Prison may rehabilitate some people, and those people should have the means to seek that rehabilitation if they want to.

      The main goal of prisons is to protect society from criminals by removing them and deterring others from committing crimes through fear of punishment.

      I swear, some people just say dumb shit to see if it catches on. Unfortunately, ‘prisons are for rehab’ is just as stupid as calling people latinx.

      I think it’d be hilarious if some right-wing troll just floated the idea to see how many fools would pick up on it.

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        “The United States suffers from among the highest crime and recidivism rates in the world. This is in part due to its focus on retribution as the purpose of punishment and its high sentencing structure. Norway, on the other hand, has some of the lowest crime and recidivism rates and boasts Halden prison, which has been hailed as the world’s most humane prison. In Halden and other prisons, the Norwegian penal system applies the principle of normality. Under the principle of normality, Norway seeks the reintegration of its offenders into society. Its prisoners suffer fewer of the negative, unintended side effects of prison that isolate the prisoner from society, reinforce bad habits, and make reintegration upon release nearly impossible. This Comment proposes that the United States could reduce its high crime and recidivism rates with a penological approach that bridges that of the two countries—a rehabilitative retributivism. The United States can keep its focus on retribution while at the same time making sure that its punishment does not swell to include those negative side effects. By reducing its sentencing structures and incorporating the principle of normality into its retributive goal, the United States could better ensure that prisoners return to society as productive members, and it could experience lower crime and recidivism rates as a result.”

        https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1177&context=eilr

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                    Hahahahaha dude I was probably shitting btwn meetings in my real adult life laughing at you, while writing you. You’re clearly paradigms above me Big Dog. I didn’t even know I was in a conflict in my life but apparently I was cornered.

                    While we’re at it… dayum! I’m triggered!

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          What about it?

          The only difference between Norway and the US is their prison system?

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            Norway has demonstrated that rehabilitating prisoners leads to less crime than just punishing them. Who would be against that?

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              Who would be against that?

              People who realize there are more differences between Norwegian society and American than just how they treat their prisoners.

              Norway didn’t ‘prove’ your point. Sorry you think they did.

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                I’ve provided evidence to back up my position. What have you provided except your opinion?

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                  What do you mean ‘my opinion’?

                  It’s a fact that there are more differences between Norway and the US than how they treat their prisoners. Do you think these differences may impact the recidivism rate of prisoners in either nation?