Those of you in Austin of course are familiar with the details: West Campus frat boy kills and then dismembers his 21 year old former girlfriend in his apartment. Later runs off to Mexico with a former former girlfriend. Convicted a year ago, and sentenced to 55 years.

He's appealing his sentence.

I'm thinking 55 years isn't enough time for what he did - he should never be allowed out of prison as long as he lives. Unfortunately, because he's so young, this could actually make a difference on whether or not he ever sees the light of day as a free man. Hopefully the judge will just book Pitonyak's lawyers out of court.