A few weeks ago, George Donkewicz, the waste of air that deliberately set the fatal fire that killed Irene Kempest, an elderly Coatesville resident and Holocaust survivor was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. A substantial sentence, and hardly a light one. (Story HERE at the DailyLocal from back in June) Indeed, even I agree that the punishment (almost) fit the crime in that case. Of course, the victim was killed and the offender gets "three hots and a cot" for the next 30 to 60 years, so maybe the punishment doesn't quite fit. But anyway...in today's paper, I read about another Coatesville arsonist. This one was lucky enough not to kill anyone. But it seems to me if you set a building on fire, or try to set a building on fire, you kind of do mean to kill people. If not the people in or around the building, then you certainly are putting the firefighters at grave risk.
Anyway, this arsonist, Mark Gilliam, was allowed to plea to 3 to 6 years in prison. Seems like quite a lucky break for him. (story here)
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