Kansas Man Who Murdered Indian Engineer In Hate Crime Gets Three Life Sentences

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Matt Shuham | August 7, 2018 1:20 pm

The Kansas man who yelled “Get out of my country!” before murdering Srinivas Kuchibhotla and injuring two others in February of last year was given three consecutive life sentences Tuesday, according to Kansas City’s KSHB.

“If you could have kept your anger inside and spoke to my husband softly, Srinu would have been more than happy to share his background and help you understand that not every brown skinned person is suspicious or evil, but kind, smart and contributing to America,” Kuchibhotla’s widow, Sunayana Dumala, said in a statement read by prosecutors in court Tuesday, according to the Kansas City Star.

“Instead you chose to rage and bully in anger and when you were stopped, you decided to take their lives.”

Adam Purinton pleaded guilty to three federal hate crime charges in May.

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[irisblue]

1. Good

[nycbos]

2. Nice to know that justice still exists.

[edbermac]

3. One less Trump voter.

[Judi Lynn]

4. DonViejo, you couldn't have posted better news than this today.

I was so afraid this clown wouldn't get the thumping he has coming.

Thank goodness justice actually made an appearance. As well know, that doesn't always happen nearly as much as it should.

Bless the wife and family and friends of this good man who was destroyed by pure evil, and may he rest in peace.

Thank you, so much.

[Aristus]

5. Bye-bye, asshole...

Three consecutive life sentences can't bring your victim back, but I promise to enjoy thoughts of you eating prison food and sleeping in your own stink for the rest of your miserable life.

[SWBTATTReg]

6. Nothing like a reaffirmation that hate and bigotry has no place in this country still! nt

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Too bad he's not younger so he could spend more time in a cell.

[Submariner]

8. Hey Adam, think of prison like it's Con Air and think what it will be like

"To Never Make Love to a Woman on the Beach Again", and "No More Steak for You, Ever".

[Honeycombe8]

9. Now he's going to get up close & personal with a LOT of brown & black people!

He's goin' to the Love Boat.

[moriah]

12. Please edit your response...

... to remove the apparent reference to prison rape as justice.

I'm not defending the man himself or what he's done, but my father was raped in juvenile prison (NC's Stonewall Jackson Training School), and when he went back in as an adult having HIV was probably what kept it from happening again. His crimes were truancy and later on drug possession, but he was of small stature. Not just heinous criminals are targeted.

So it seems really insensitive, but I have a personal reason why I don't find such references funny.

Thanks.

[Honeycombe8]

15. I did not make any reference to rape.

That's not what I was referring to. It is well known, and a fact, that men in prison have sex.

[moriah]

17. And since those that do often do so to get protection from gang-rape...

... it's not like you can really call all such relationships "consensual". Some genuine relationships might develop between inmates that aren't inherently corrupted by a power dynamic, but far too many are.

Still, if you want to double down on the implications of equating prison to a romantic comedy, go right ahead. Especially one where the romcom portion of the storyline was usually focused on crew and passenger interactions, not passenger interactions.

If you can't see it... not worth my breath. Have a nice day.

[Honeycombe8]

18. Even tho you didn't say it...

I accept your apology for misreading the post..

If you don't see the justice in karma, not worth my breath. These are lifers...hard core murderers. The prison population, as we know, has a high population of minorities. This murderer killed someone for being a minority. This is the stuff that Twilight Zone episodes are made of. It is the height of irony or karma or whatever you want to call it.

As you said, have a nice day.

BTW...I was abused by my parents, and I was raped once. I have not spent my life expecting other people not to mention such things in my presence. Life on earth involves these harsh realities. I am not in a position to tell people what to think or say. If a rapist ends up being raped, I don't feel sorry for him, although I wouldn't actively wish it. But it is a harsh reality and karma in that instance...and it exists, whether someone mentions it or not. I am not n favor of pretending that reality doesn't exist.

[moriah]

19. It wasn't the subject line, it was the "Love Boat" reference.

And your response here suggests I didn't misread a thing about that part of what you anticipate he will experience in prison.

[Codeine]

20. Decent humans don't make jokes

about prison rape. Especially not on DU.

[obamanut2012]

14. Why do you think prison rape jokes are funny?

Why is rape funny?

[Bengus81]

10. Is Trump going to pay for an appeal??

Come on Donnie--you said to knock the HELL out of them and don't worry I'll pay the bill. But there won't be any charges because what you did was right.

[moriah]

13. Usually guilty pleas mean waiver of appeal rights.

So he should rot without wasting any more money than it takes to keep him in three hots and a cot.

Appeals cost us a lot more money than housing prisoners.

[MicaelS]

11. Let him rot. n/t

[7962]

16. Should've got the DP. If they have it. nt

[Shrek]

21. We have it, but only in certain circumstances

This murder didn't qualify as a capital crime.