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I'm a bit confused on the sentencing here. Why does Discharging a firearm carry more punishment than Attempted Murder ? (yes I understand he's a convicted felon under a firearms disability, but... ) don't get me wrong I'm glad the guy gets a life sentence, but it seems to have been applied backwards. If he had used a knife to try and stab her to death would he have not been sentenced to life behind bars ?
DeZay M. Ely, 28, was sentenced after he previously pleaded guilty to attempted murder, discharging a firearm during a crime and possessing ammunition while a felon.
Ely was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the attempted murder charge and given a consecutive life in prison sentence on the discharging a firearm charge, the attorney's office said.
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. . . Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them."
- Thomas Paine
"Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem."
The discharging crime is actually about firing a gun in furtherance of a violent crime. I carries a minimum of 10 years, with no explicitly stated maximum. Apparently the supreme court has ruled that federal charges that do not specify a maximum sentence implicitly allow for the possibility of life sentences.
