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Jared Remy to spend rest of life in prison

The Herald reports he's pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder, which means life without possibility of parole.

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There's no death penalty to bargain against. He didn't plead out to second-degree which would give him the opportunity of parole. So what was in this for him other than not forcing his 5-year old to testify or making this go away quickly for his family (neither seem to be particularly motivating for someone who has been this abusive this long)?

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good question but I doubt remorse. glad hes gonna rot forever

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Maybe he likes prison.

By "likes" I mean that maybe he feels properly structured and contained in prison. Maybe he realizes that he can't be trusted to live in the real world, and agrees that he should stay in a limited world.

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Probably both reasons. Even monsters are capable of feelings at times.

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His alter ego may not be a doctor, but perhaps a self-aware monster? Maybe he doesn't trust himself in the outside world anymore.

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Maybe Jerry finally pulled the plug on paying his horrible son's legal fees. There was no chance Jared was gonna be acquitted on this. Also, perhaps they wanted to prevent the plaintiff's attorney in the likely civil suit to come from getting evidence from discovery dug up by the DA for free.

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Even if he had to obtain his own lawyer or accept a public defender, none of them would advocate he plead guilty to a life without parole sentence.

Also, your perhaps is absurd. Plead guilty to life behind bars to prevent the civil suit from having evidence? They now have evidence he's guilty because he said so! What other evidence do you think they need to prove the lower burden of a civil suit??

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Just speculating, simma down. No one hits all their shots. After thinking it over, your point is sound. Maybe he's finally owning up to what he did, I don't know. It's unusual.

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He PLED GUILTY to a criminal charge. As a result, he's going to spend the rest of his life in prison.

Any attorney gutsy enough to file a civil suit (translation = we want a undeserved lottery payout) should be immediately disbarred.

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wut

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Let's say someone burns down my house, is caught, tried, and convicted of arson in a criminal trial. You think that upon his conviction, suing him for the cost of rebuilding my house would be an "undeserved lottery payout?" and that any lawyer who took my case ought to be disbarred?

I think you need to explain yourself better, because that can't possibly be what you meant.

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during sentencing was something else, at least the little I heard on the news in the background while working.

Big dumb frak things he's getting the last laugh I suppose. Too dumb to realize he's not.

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I guess now we won't have to listen to reports of him assaulting an inmate and bragging about it or any other con related stuff. Next up: Aaron Hernandez. The families of the victims will have to live with and endure the horror these guys have inflicted upon them.
My question is why are these guys treated as 'special' by the local media. Face it. There not.

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Finally, a monster who reallizes he will never change.

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The Herald says it loud and clear: "Remy Pleads Guilty." Boston.com? "Blame me..." with the actual NEWS in the subhead.

Silly me. I keep forgetting that boston.com isn't a news site anymore.

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Jared Remy's Guilty Plea Explained in 7 Graphs That Will Also Make You Nostalgic for the 90s

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... and you won't believe what happened next!

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Learn which NESN Red Sox announcer's son just plead guilty to murder, the results might shock you!

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I begrudgingly signed up to go behind the pay wall and read bostonglobe.com.

Well done, Boston Globe. Well done indeed.

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Back on topic, I'm not a doctor or anything close, but I can imagine that spending time clean and sober has helped clear Remy's head.

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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Now that all those steroids are out of his body, he may have had a, "What the f**k did I do!" moment and decided to do the right thing.

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I can't see John Henry allowing Jerry to continue in his job. Yes, we all know that Jerry didn't do it, but this type of publicity is the type Henry stays away from. In public, Jerry may have the team's support, but privately, I have a feeling Jerry will be convinced to step down and as he'll put it at the press conference "for the good of the franchise I love so much".

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If Henry has let it go this far, and now the case is "over" in the sense it'll fall out of the news, why would now be the time Jerry steps away?

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The guilty plea and sentencing are now done. Instead of there being a protracted trial, the case will move out of the limelight much more quickly; in a few months Jared Remy will be a distant memory to 99% of the people who watch Sox games. Seems like a situation much more amenable to Jerry's presence becoming less awkward than it is now.

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The house is now in order. I don't see it happening.

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And I hope he doesn't leave until he's ready to retire. It's already questionable when people get fired because of something they said or did completely in a non-work capacity. We're going to start stringing people up for something their adult son or daughter did? That's going to be a lot of stones we're casting about. Where does it end?

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His broadcasting skills are in steady decline as pimping of ridiculous marketing gimmicks has risen and more to the point, he repeatedly spent money on lawyers to keep his scumbag son out of jail until a woman was murdered. I hope the Martell family wins a huge settlement against the Remys and he leaves the broadcast booth. Remy knew this kid was a dangerous piece of garbage and worked hard to keep him free anyways.

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Would the Remy family be liable for anything their son did? Did Ron Goldman sue OJ Simpson's parents?

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You may well be right, but Remy was far, far more active in keeping his kid out of jail and free to commit more crimes than OJ Simpson's parents.

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That's the hot rumor, but as far as what has actually been proven, Remy provided money for legal representation. Not exactly bribing judges and blackmailing DA's.

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His broadcasting skills are in steady decline as pimping of ridiculous marketing gimmicks

I know someone who needs a Wally Wave™!

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We're going to start stringing people up for something their adult son or daughter did?

When you change ad agencies, are you "stringing up" the old ad agency?

When you change the gas station at which you buy fuel for your car, are you "stringing up" the old gas station owner?

Why would it constitute "stringing up" Jerry Remy for the Red Sox organization to decide that a different public face would improve their business?

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Ignoring the why doesn't make it go away.

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It is very unusual for a defendant to plead to a 1st degree indictment. So when I heard this I felt that the man is facing up to what he did. Then on the way out the door he blames the victim. He isn't going to last long in the institution.

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He will last a long time, actually a lifetime. Nobody in prison accepts responsibility for their actions. Only time they do is when then accept responsibility for a lesser sentence.

Jared is just like any other con. A victim in their own eyes.

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Recidivism. Look it up.

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I know recidivism, I work in a prison.

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He's too egotistical to keep a low profile.
Women-abusers are low on the totem pole.
Someone will want to make a name for themselves.

I see hard time for this guy, and it couldn't happen to a nicer one.

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It sounds as if he deserves some hard, long time in the slammer.

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