Man sentenced in torture, beating of disabled Lakeville man

John Maniglia, the Northfield man accused of orchestrating the torture of a mentally disabled Lakeville man last October, was sentenced today to eight years in prison by a Dakota County district judge.

[Jane]

This is dispicable. They should not get off this easy. This poor kid will never be the same.

[Fuad Reivez]

8 years??????????

WTF??????????

how about 80????

[Mamabear]

Hang em...end of story

[Antoine]

Good.

[Antoine]

I meant good in the sense that at least there is a consequence. I don't believe the other prisoners will treat this guy well.

[Concerned]

Eight years in jail for what he did? Shame on the judge.
And the girl who lured him? No jail time? Shame on the judge.
What has happened to our judicial system?

[Judge Parker]

Appeal...call Earl.
Prison Procos Pronto for All!

[oldmanemil]

A bunch of bleeding heart liberals run the courts.

[oxboro]

Backstrom has to go

[Phillup Macrevis]

sick individual,I hope he gets his just dessert in prison

[Chemicalahle]

eye for an eye. It has to be. No other fair treatment is possible in this case. The torturers should be given equal treatment to what they did. I would volunteer to administer the punishment. Suggestions could include stoning, burning at the stake, or like Cool Hand Luke, locked in a confining box in a nice warm place. Perhaps the victim would like to add something.

[stpaul]

maniglia should be eliminated from the planet, save us all some money and then he can never ever hurt anyone else...for sure we'll see this POS back in court in 8 years...
what a joke.

[Why Rome Fell]

So that's the cost for kidnapping, beating and torturing a helpless individual?

Did the judge go by strict sentencing guidlines or were there mitigating circumstances the court had to adhere to by law?

In any case this guy is going straight to a life in hell. Even prisioners have standards.

[Luke]

Let's see how tough you are now a** hole! I think he'll be returned some of his abuses.

[pathetic judicial system]

8 years? for beating the tar out a handicapped person for NO REASON! These people need life or to be made handicapped themselves to live thier lives in terror. Since the judge doesn't see fit to care about Handicapped people maybe he needs to rethink how he would feel if it were his son or daughter.. If that happened to my child that guy would pray he doesn't end up in a jail where I know somebody.. he wouldn't make it out of jail in one piece. What useless pieces of garbage all of them are. I hope the other inmates have no mercy on them.

[NotSoFast]

If my girlfriend told me some guy assaulted her I would of worked over this guy too. The real problem is that she supposedly cried wolf to her boyfriend and then changed her story when pressured by prosecutors. What really needs to happen is an investigation on whether or not this girl was assaulted or not. Then you guys can pass judgement.

[Why Rome Fell]

NotSoFast wrote:

If my girlfriend told me some guy assaulted her I would of worked over this guy too. The real problem is that she supposedly cried wolf to her boyfriend and then changed her story when pressured by prosecutors. What really needs to happen is an investigation on whether or not this girl was assaulted or not. Then you guys can pass judgement.

You're lucky to have a girfriend who sets her intellectual standards for men at such a low level.

[mean ppl suck]

8 years in prison that's going to leave a mark, well deserved IMO.

[Ryan K]

NotSoFast wrote:

If my girlfriend told me some guy assaulted her I would of worked over this guy too. The real problem is that she supposedly cried wolf to her boyfriend and then changed her story when pressured by prosecutors. What really needs to happen is an investigation on whether or not this girl was assaulted or not. Then you guys can pass judgement.

Really? You would have tortured somebody? Maybe you should check the Gitmo job listings. You might need waterboarding experience though.

[hdog]

NotSoFast wrote:

If my girlfriend told me some guy assaulted her I would of worked over this guy too. The real problem is that she supposedly cried wolf to her boyfriend and then changed her story when pressured by prosecutors. What really needs to happen is an investigation on whether or not this girl was assaulted or not. Then you guys can pass judgement.

You would "work over" a disabled person? Wow.......tough dude.