Man convicted in bombing that killed Mass. police officer is rearrested

[Ian David]

Man convicted in bombing that killed police officer is rearrested

QUINCY, Mass. -- It's back to prison for Thomas Shay, the Quincy man who served 10 years behind bars for a 1991 bomb blast that killed a Boston police officer.

A federal judge ordered Shay to serve 33 months in a federal prison for violating terms of his supervised release.

Shay was arrested earlier this month at his mother's home in Quincy. Authorities had been looking for him for more than a year, after he allegedly gave a prescription drug to two teen-agers in the town of Spencer.

Shay was convicted of plotting with Alfred Trenkler to plant a home-made bomb under a car belonging to Shay's father. The device went off as bomb squad members were inspecting it, killing Officer Jeremiah Hurley and seriously injuring his partner.

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[acmavm]

1. He got out after 10 years for killing a police officer who foiled his

plot to blow up his father??????

OMG, this just frosts my ass. This guy wanted to kill his father, tried to, but killed a police officer and is out after 10 friggin' years.

But they put 2 13-year olds in adult jail for a week and want them to register as sex offenders for patting a couple of girls on the ass? (Which is not good but WILL mark the for LIFE.)

This country is so fucked up.

[youngdem]

2. I don't understand sentencing in this country

It seems inversely proportional to the severity of the crime.

I got a ticket the other day for $590 ! For an illegal left turn and expired stickers (on my counter at home). A few nights ago, a man who BEAT THE EVERLIVING SHIT out of his wife at a local bar got a $500 and unsupervised probation, and she was in the hospital for WEEKS !

Pot smokers? Years. Dealers? Life.

Steal $100? 25 years. Steal $10M? 4 years at a minimum security prison.

This idiot killed a cop with a bomb and got ten years?


This country is really fucked in the head when it comes to law and order.