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From death row to freedom, Paula Cooper dead of apparent suicide (Pope John Paul II Interceded)
Northwest Indiana Times ^
| 5-26-2015
| Dan Carden
Posted on 05/26/2015 5:03:59 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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For those that don't know, this was the perp in the nationwide story of 4 teenage girls from Gary's Lew Wallce School that nurdered a woman. Cooper was the one who stabbed the woman 33 times, so violently that the knife got stuck in the floor.
Cooper was sentenced to death, but there was a nationwide liberal outcry that she was too young. Pope John Paul finally interceded with the Governor, who commuted her sentence.
She was literally JUST released from Prison a couple of weeks ago.
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:03:59 PM PDT
by
tcrlaf
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:06:51 PM PDT
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: tcrlaf
Released in June, 2013, after serving ~30 yrs of her (commuted) 60 yr sentence.
To: tcrlaf
She was literally JUST released from Prison a couple of weeks ago.According to the piece:
"She knocked one day off her sentence for each day of good behavior, earned extra credits for her educational achievements and won her release from Rockville Correctional Facility on June 17, 2013 after 28 years behind bars."
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:11:18 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
To: tcrlaf
Just how did a convicted felon like her obtain a gun?
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:12:01 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:12:09 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(free short story: http://flscifi.blogspot.com/2015/05/free-short-story-proper-care-feeding-of.html)
To: tcrlaf
It seems unlikely that a women, let alone 16, would get the death penalty.
To: tcrlaf
Indianapolis police said they have not determined why Cooper killed herself outside a technical school. They also still are investigating how she was able to obtain a gun as a convicted felon. Apparently gun laws are successful only at keeping guns out of the hands of law abiding gun owners.
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:13:58 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
To: Farmer Dean
How does every errant yute in Chicago, Balmore, etc get one?
To: ChildOfThe60s
To: tcrlaf
Anyway it appears that the right thing has been done.
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:15:20 PM PDT
by
9thLife
(The dream is free. The hustle is sold separately.)
To: tcrlaf
May those who have had their lives destroyed by this woman find their peace. I’m sure she received the justice she deserved.
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:16:07 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: Ready4Freddy
She was granted parole. OK. But I'm only pointing out that June of 2013 is not "weeks ago".
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:18:46 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
To: tcrlaf
They commuted her death sentence and she killed again.
To: tcrlaf
I think I remember when the murder happened.
My memory could be wrong but I think the girls testified that the old lady was praying for them while she was being murdered.
Such a brutal murder did not deserve any type of pardon. Maybe she made peace with herself before committing suicide.
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:19:18 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: tcrlaf
Final Exit: “A life for a life.”
To: Ready4Freddy
I guess that the background checks aren’t worth much.
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:20:20 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: ChildOfThe60s
She probably had a connection from inside the prison. That person arranged for her to be able to get the weapon at some inconspicuous place.
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:20:48 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
("The hour has arrived to gather the Harvest")
To: Farmer Dean
To: Farmer Dean
Just how did a convicted felon like her obtain a gun? No way. The gun laws are too strict.
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posted on
05/26/2015 5:23:45 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)
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