Is the apology by that conservative that murdered a protester by crashing into her with his car, genuine, or is he putting up an act?

Impossible to say. Now that his mentally ill little dream world has collapsed it is possible he may feel genuine remorse for it. Only he knows for sure.
He was also not a conservative, he was a neo-Nazi.

“He was also not a conservative, he was a fucking neo-Nazi.”
You are going to split hairs now?

I value public apologies for violent crimes very little. I also value politicians apologies for “misspoking” very little.

I think his apology is calculated to get him off the hook. I doubt it will work. He knew what he was doing.

I also think that the “he had a tough childhood, he had ADD” is not an excuse. Again, he wasn’t stupid nor was he forced to do this. He did it voluntarily because he wanted to.

His major regret is that he got caught.

@ragingloli you know as well as I that the point of this question was to get that answer so you could deliver that response. You should also know better (and probably do) that neo-nazi Fachists are light years apart from conservatives. It would be like saying breatharians and vegetarians are the same because they both don’t eat meat and that vegetarians share the same idiotic philosophy.

Criminals cry when they’re caught and they cry when they’re sentenced. Otherwise they’re tough guys.

I don’t think it matters at all since he gave it after he was convicted. But you need to ask the family of the victim if it matters to them.

Pretty sure the family is not going to accept it. I wouldn’t.

How would you go about determining his sincerity loli?

@stanleybmanly
Waterboarding. I am sure he will admit to lying.

I don’t think it matters either. It’s possible that he meant it, but that alone won’t qualify him for an early release. He’s scum and I’m glad he’s locked up.

“In the hopes of getting released early in the future?”

Eh. Early release is possible in the federal system, but one must serve 85% of their sentence before they’re eligible for early release. He was sentenced to 419 years. You do the math…

One’s apology, if it is sincere, really shouldn’t effect sentencing.

If I am truly remorseful, I wouldn’t mind life in prison (or whatever he gets) for such a heinous act.

One other caveat here: If he was fleeing in terror in his car and accidentally ran over some people because his car was being bashed in and he feared for his life, accidentally killing people, or having an me-or-them survival mode mentality in a moment of panic, I could understand. But evidently, this was not the case.

If you are truly sorry, you’d be willing to pay for your crime,

@ragingloli the driver WAS a neo-Nazi, not a conservative. And the woman he ran over was from a family that supported Trump, though the woman (victim) herself was on the side that opposed the Confederate memorial.

I hope it’s genuine. Also I don’t think there’s possibilty of a real “early release” for him. Btw, is there a video?