It seems like characters NEVER pay for thier crimes on soaps , has it always been that way?

Can u name any stories where characters paid for their crimes by goin to prison for more than a few months?

Erica after she kidnapped Maddie Grey on AMC

Edited April 3, 200817 yr by Zendall Fan

She served very little time and ended up being left off the hook.

Blackie Parrish (John Stamos's role) on GH. He went to prison in the 80's and was never seen on the show again. OLTL sent Gabrielle Medina to prison for years before she returned to the show. Not long after she came back, she was killed off by a serial killer.

On 'Another World' Iris Cory got 14 years for attempting to murder Carl Hutchins(which she was actually set up for, but she still pulled the trigger). That storyline was in 1994 so I guess she'd be getting released right about now if AW was still on!

On Y&R Mari Jo Mason was convicted in 1996 of trying to kill Victor and for framing Jill...she's been in the state psych ward ever since.

Y&R:

Michael Baldwin served several years in prison for attempted rape of Christine.

Gary stalked Victoria and he was sent to a state Psych ward

Y&R:

Michael Baldwin served several years in prison for attempted rape of Christine.

Gary stalked Victoria and he was sent to a state Psych ward

Blackie Parrish (John Stamos's role) on GH. He went to prison in the 80's and was never seen on the show again.

Poor Blackie. He never even committed the crime (Lou's death) but he felt so guilty about it he took the blame.

GL's Billy Lewis spent years in prison for attempting to kill Roger Thorpe.

OLTL's Carlo Hesser. He was still in prison when Cristian came back to the show.

She served very little time and ended up being left off the hook.

So? She still served time, and ONLY got out of jail because of Bianca's anorexia

Didn't even know Bianca had anorexia , guess i learn something new everyday?

AMC

Dr. Jonathan Kinder going to prison for his crimes

Erica for kidnapping Maddie Gray

Krystal Carey for her role in the babyswitch

Janet Green for killing Will Cortlandt and in 2006 for her reign of terror

Taylor Roxbury Cannon for hiding evidence that made Noah innocent of killing Louie Grecco

Charlotte Devane being imprisoned for blowing up Bryn Wydd and for nearly killing Edmund and Dimitri

Alec McIntyre being sentenced to many years in prison for embezzlement

Like 25 years ago on ATWT, Craig went to jail for something. (I think it was technically kidnapping Dani Andropoulous, but he had tried to blow up her father Steve too, among other things.)

KWAK did a week of a 10 year sentence in which she made a deal with the victim to do the whole 10 years.

She did not pay for her crimes!

Shelia Carter has been locked up about a million times. I don't think they've found a cell that can hold her.

just becuase they pay for the crime does not excuse it, IMHO.