Joran van der Sloot Pleads Guilty to Flores Murder: Should He Get a Reduced Sentence?

by SodaHead News Posted 2012/01/11 20:04:18

Related Topics: Joran Van Der Sloot, Van Der Sloot, Van Der Sloot Guilty, Stephany Flores, Natalee Holloway, Holloway, Flores, Peru, Murder, Law Enforcement, School, Family, Crime, High School, Graduation, Enforcement

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Joran van der Sloot is best known as law enforcement's primary suspect in the case of Natalee Holloway, who vanished in 2005 while on a high school graduation trip in Aruba. However, he made headlines again when he was accused of murdering 21-year-old Stephany Flores five years later at a casino in Peru. While the Holloway case is still open, this week, Van der Sloot plead guilty to the murder of Flores.

Van der Sloot actually confessed to the crime in 2010, just a week after the crime was committed, but later tried to retract the confession and tied the issue up in courts once again. This time the 24-year-old claimed, "I want to plead guilty. I wanted from the first moment to confess sincerely. I truly am sorry for this act. I feel very bad." He could receive up to 30 years in prison, but hopes the confession will land him a lighter sentence. Do you think Van der Sloot should get a reduced sentence for pleading guilty to Stephany Flores' murder?

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zbacku 2012/01/12 03:38:15

No

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Marjorie 2012/03/01 22:16:22

No

He Is a POS and should be locked up for the rest of his Days! AMEN!

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deborah sletten 2012/02/15 20:23:10

Yes

I would like to think any man who finds out the girl he brought to his room was a lesbian would off her.

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David W.Levingston 2012/01/31 10:16:40

No

Obviously this man is dangerous

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linds_28 to David W... 2012/01/31 13:39:45

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Obviously he is not.

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jim 2012/01/25 20:39:40

No

justice has been served

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linds_28 to jim 2012/01/31 13:38:57

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For who? Justice will never be served when there is a innocent man in jail.

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BackRoadz 2012/01/23 18:35:06 (edited)

No

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This LOSER seems to think that just because he's from wealth that he's above the law and can do whatever he wants. He also seems to be proud of the murders that he's committed. He should spend the rest of his pathetic life behind bars where the likes of his kind belong.....

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linds_28 to BackRoadz 2012/01/31 13:38:22

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But cant you see, he IS above the law.

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Jorge Enriquez 2012/01/18 17:43:29

No

NOOO! Natalee Holloway!!!

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linds_28 to Jorge E... 2012/01/31 13:41:06 (edited)

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Joran has nothing to do with the dissapearing of Nathalee Holloway. Joran told me what happened and he didnt do it. He is my friend so I trust him, with my life.

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Jorge E... to linds_28 2012/01/31 17:41:53

ok.....if u say...i just say and u can deny: reasonable doubt...ok

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Marjorie to linds_28 2012/03/01 22:18:33

He is my friend so I trust him, with my life.
Really? I wouldnt trust him with my Dog!

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Arianne 2012/01/17 08:41:44

No

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Pleading guilty shouldn't give you a reduced sentence, because in the end you are STILL guilty and should pay the price.

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linds_28 to Arianne 2012/01/31 13:42:24

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Why did he confess? Because someone is threating his family. Hello, wouldnt you?

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Arianne to linds_28 2012/02/01 03:28:50

And you would know that how?

Or what if he confessed because there was simply no way to disprove it? Too many senarios, way too many.

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Marjorie to linds_28 2012/03/01 22:19:02

NOPE!

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Franklin 2012/01/16 16:30:09

Yes

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he should be in jail only until we can get his chair ready !

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☮ Ron ☮ Paul ☮ 2012! ☮ 2012/01/16 02:34:14

No

He needs time to make peace with God. The families of these girls will never be at peace, even in he is 6 feet under. He needs to stay behind bars until he's so old that he dies in prison. (Hopefully he dies making mends with his Maker. We can only hope for his conversion.)

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cupcake 2012/01/14 16:19:10
hasher 2012/01/14 13:17:01

No

no way. hes a cold blooded killer who needs life in prison or the death penalty,

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Somkey the Hores 2012/01/14 11:01:21

No

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This scum should be used for cooking penguins. But then I would have to decontaminate the penguins!

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Bill 2012/01/14 07:13:38

No

He should be placed in a maximum security prison for the remainder of his life or be turned over to the father of the young lady he killed.

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Peewee 2012/01/14 04:44:42

No

Geez, he feels 'very bad'. Wonder how the victims felt? How their families feel? Oh yeah, I'm sorry, can I go now? How could anyone possibly defend this guy and go to sleep at night?

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Karl 2012/01/14 01:24:46

No

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UP TO 30 YEARS! That's it!? What on earth is wrong with the death penalty.

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Pieter ... to Karl 2012/01/14 15:50:32

killing him will lower you to his level, why go there

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Karl to Pieter ... 2012/01/15 00:56:22

The other alternative is to watch my tax dollars going to support him.

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Pieter ... to Karl 2012/01/15 07:52:48

That is the system, since the end of the era of public excecutions also known as becoming civilized jail was the prefered method.

You do know that murder is the offence with the lowest rate of reoffending. In other words, a person released on parole after serving time for murder is less likely to commit another murder. There is of course the exceptions.

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Karl to Pieter ... 2012/01/15 20:29:38

I understand the "becoming civilized" part, and I don't think we should go back to cutting people's hands off for stealing an apple. But, I do feel in some cases, such as serial murders and rapists, that the death penalty is more appropriate.

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Pieter ... to Karl 2012/01/15 20:56:32

It starts with capital punishment for murder, then you add rape then later when you are nice and used to it you add armed robbery then corruption then later some nut gets into power and adds "anything considered to be unamerican" no,lets not go down that route.

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Karl to Pieter ... 2012/01/15 21:40:10

Actually, I never said anything like that, so maybe you shouldn't make assumptions about what I want to happen.

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Pieter ... to Karl 2012/01/15 21:43:07

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The death penalty is never OK

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Karl to Pieter ... 2012/01/15 22:07:54

Ok? You're more than welcome to have that opinion, but I don't see what you're trying to do here. If you honestly think that I'm going to magically change my views just because you say something isn't ok, then you must be rather naïve.

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Camron HC to Karl 2012/01/21 19:45:38

It's called a discussion.

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Karl to Camron HC 2012/01/21 21:03:50

Stating that something isn't ok without any backing at all (religious, political, or otherwise) of why they feel that way is hardly a discussion.

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Camron HC to Karl 2012/01/21 21:33:28

Definition of a discussion: The action or process of talking about something to exchange ideas.

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Karl to Camron HC 2012/01/22 08:24:19

Nice, quote the dictionary. Great job. Maybe I actually want to know why people feel the way they do?

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Franklin to Pieter ... 2012/01/16 16:35:01

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and the rate of re offense for people who have been executed is 0% ! Restorative justice does not work , bending our system to better serve the criminals has only made it far more expensive and far less effective .

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Pieter ... to Franklin 2012/01/16 16:46:56

You and the Muslim Clerics of Saudi Arabia should have babies and we can have whole new nation of morons

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Franklin to Pieter ... 2012/01/16 17:22:42

Nice try lib-tard . You want to pretend that people who get leniency do not work their way up to murder threw other violent crimes ...you may want to look up “cat” on here to support your posts she is 46 and has 50 convictions for violent assaults in 4 states but its never her fault ! She supports “helping” criminals just as you do....

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Pieter ... to Franklin 2012/01/16 18:24:54

You should try reading, then you may discover that very few murderers have previous offences. Its obvious you are not a cop and have very limited life experience.

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