M. Giant's
Velcrometer Throwing stuff at the internet to see what sticks
Friday, June 07, 2002
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(Extraordinary case. Your results will vary.)
Would you believe this dyspeptic, sexagenarian middle manager is none other than 42-year-old Kennedy relative Michael Skakel? Here’s an artist’s rendering of how Mr. Skakel might look today if not for this revolutionary program:
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Seriously, would you look at this guy? I haven’t been following the case, so I don’t know whether his conviction today for a 27-year-old murder is fair or not. I didn’t hear all the evidence, so I don’t know if he did it. If so, I don’t feel the least bit sorry for him, especially in light of the victim’s family and their quarter-century search for justice. I’m just saying that he looks like his sentence started 27 years ago. If he’d confessed at the time, he’d be out of the joint by now. Or possibly dead. Either way, he wouldn’t look like this, and everything’s a tradeoff. Like they say, don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. Or, in this guy’s case, don’t do the time if you can’t do the time twice.
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