I need to know....

[Lightning McQueen]

Didnt he help them convict the others?

Yes, he was the key witness.

[Lightning McQueen]

Fun fact, back in 1995 my girlfriend and I lived in the house that they used in the Snowtown movie.

34 Crabb Road.

[Booney]

It’s a tough one, I’m certainly an “eye for an eye” type person but we don’t have that.

Has he been rehabilitated? Who really knows

Herein lies the question, can someone who killed 4 people, dismembered them and help place the pieces in drums of acid ever be rehabilitated?

If he didn't do what he did, he would have been one of the victims himself

If he didn't do what he did at least 4 and maybe more people would still be alive.

Lopping that first one up you'd have to think something here isn't right.

Absolutely, but he was living in absolute fear and he wasn't smart, he would've been killed the moment he walked out of the cop shop.

Hey? Not that I've ever been in the position but if you walk into a police station to report murder(s) and you're scared I'm not sure you just stroll out and get in an Uber.

[Booney]

Didnt he help them convict the others?

Yes, he was the key witness.

And accomplice.

[wenchbarwer]

Didnt he help them convict the others?

Yes, he was the key witness.

And accomplice.

Yeah, he plead guilty, hence getting a shot at parole

[Lightning McQueen]

Hey? Not that I've ever been in the position but if you walk into a police station to report murder(s) and you're scared I'm not sure you just stroll out and get in an Uber.

Na, Ubers weren't around back then.

I'm not defending him in any shape or form, they killed a friend of mine and it was happening around the corner from where I lived at the time, Blackham Crescent and Moulds crescent were where two of them gruesome events occurred.

Bunting made him assist knowing that he couldn't dob them in as he would be in just as much trouble, he had a strong hold over Vlassakis, he had no hope either way, I don't think he had any gain over the murders unlike the main two. Bunting and Wagner just gave no f***'s.

[Pseudo]

What do we all think about James Vlassakis being granted parole after 26 years? His image will be suppressed and he will be afforded anonymity for life.

Did a crime, has served his mandated minimum time, has been deemed suitable for release by folks who ought to be knowledgeable in the matter. If he's capable of a productive existence on the outside then good luck to him.

[Jim05]

If he commits a crime after release then those that released him should serve time too.
Then we will really find out how prepared they are to release him

[MW]

That's a bit extreme Jim

[Trader]

Extreme would be asking why taxpayers pay to house those who get life without parole?

If their offending was so bad society determined they should never be released, why do we pay for them to die slowly.
Speed the process up and save everyone the money.

[Booney]

What do we all think about James Vlassakis being granted parole after 26 years? His image will be suppressed and he will be afforded anonymity for life.

Did a crime, has served his mandated minimum time, has been deemed suitable for release by folks who ought to be knowledgeable in the matter. If he's capable of a productive existence on the outside then good luck to him.

We're f*cked then.

[MW]

Extreme would be asking why taxpayers pay to house those who get life without parole?

If their offending was so bad society determined they should never be released, why do we pay for them to die slowly.
Speed the process up and save everyone the money.

I am all for capital punishment on open and shut cases. I am also all for life without parole, but not the way they get it now with the comforts they are afforded.

[amber_fluid]

Extreme would be asking why taxpayers pay to house those who get life without parole?

If their offending was so bad society determined they should never be released, why do we pay for them to die slowly.
Speed the process up and save everyone the money.

Bullets are a far cheaper options

[Lightning McQueen]

If he commits a crime after release then those that released him should serve time too.
Then we will really find out how prepared they are to release him

By all reports he has kept himself out of mischief throughout his time, I'm sure we won't be seeing him having a few bevvies at the local any time soon.

[Lightning McQueen]

Extreme would be asking why taxpayers pay to house those who get life without parole?

If their offending was so bad society determined they should never be released, why do we pay for them to die slowly.
Speed the process up and save everyone the money.

Bullets are a far cheaper options

Give them a login to here and force them to read some of the snot that gets posted.

[Pseudo]

If he commits a crime after release then those that released him should serve time too.
Then we will really find out how prepared they are to release him

By all reports he has kept himself out of mischief throughout his time, I'm sure we won't be seeing him having a few bevvies at the local any time soon.

What do you reckon he'll get up to?

If I was in his shoes, I'd be having a video night. I'd be itching to see how I was portrayed in Snowtown.

[RB]

I am all for capital punishment on open and shut cases.

What's an open and shut case?

[Jim05]

I am all for capital punishment on open and shut cases.

What's an open and shut case?

I’d say these 3 blokes for starters deserve to have their life ended.

[Lightning McQueen]

What do you reckon he'll get up to?

If I was in his shoes, I'd be having a video night. I'd be itching to see how I was portrayed in Snowtown.

I'm sure he got to watch it in the big house.

At a guess, him and his new name would try and seek work in a country town somewhere and live a loner life and hope no one ever connects the dots, I'd imagine he wouldn't want to go anywhere near where any of the events occured, unlike the others, he was remorseful.

[Booney]

Thomas Foods have some work he'd be a champion at up at Murray Bridge.