Saturday, January 14, 2012

VAN DER SLOOT GETS 28 YEARS FOR MURDER IN PERU

 JORAN VAN DER SLOOT GIVEN 28 YEARS
PRISON FOR MURDER PERUVIAN WOMAN
Fox News - The self-confessed killer of Peruvian college student Stephany Flores was convicted of aggravated homicide and petty theft. The prosecution had requested a 30-year sentence, which was reduced to 28 years for having subjected himself to what is called an “anticipated conclusion,” whereby he declared himself guilty and accepted all charges put forth by the Public Ministry of Peru. He was also charged just over $74,000 in reparations. Van der Sloot’s sentence will conclude on June 10, 2038, after which he will be expelled from the country. Van der Sloot acted bored and disconnected during his two hearings, an attitude many interpreted as disrespectful to the court. During his plea, he said he “felt badly” and “regretted” what had happened. Asked if he accepted the sentence, Van der Sloot, standing in a green T-shirt and faded jeans in a hot Lima courtroom, said he would appeal.

Van der Sloot met Flores, 21, at a poker tournament in Lima the night before her murder. Her badly beaten, decomposing body was found in his hotel room two days later. The murder grabbed international attention because van der Sloot was already the only suspect in the presumed death of 19-year old Holloway, who vanished in Aruba. He was detained twice in Aruba, but released because of lack of evidence. He was never charged with the murder because Holloway’s body was never recovered. The Flores case, on the other hand, was loaded with a weight of evidence, and he admitted that he killed Stephany.  Van der Sloot and Flores fought after returning to his hotel room to play on-line poker. It is said she received a message from someone who had been at the poker tournament, warning her of van der Sloot’s alleged murder of Holloway, so he reacted and brutally beaten and strangled Flores with a bloody shirt.

The 24-year-old Dutch national Joran van der Sloot was sentenced to 28 years in a Peruvian prison for the 2010 qualified murder and robbery of 21-year-old Stephany Flores. He was in Lima for a poker tournament, where he found himself on a losing streak.  The professional poker player lured the young woman to his hotel room for a game of online poker, then he reacted with rage and beat her to death. The Mahabharata states that gambling is one the vices which lead to a man’s downfall.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US? 
Gambling opens the door to all types of deceit.  Whoever doesn’t dedicate his life to gambling understands that all work and each responsibility have its own fruit.  To gamble means not to know why one is living. Responsibility and honesty get lost simultaneously when playing with money. The illusion of betting is that one can win something good, effortlessly. The idea of good luck contradicts the law of karma.  Time that is lost in gambling should be devoted to improving family relationships, because the family is our best treasure.  One has no right to put others in anxiety; the well-being of one’s beloved family is at risk. No one will find blessedness in games of chance, nor in material gain.
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