Posted on 06/12/2017 11:29:06 AM PDT by simpson96
A Texas grandmother who was granted clemency from a life sentence by President Barack Obama was ordered back to federal prison last week — after wasting her second chance with an arrest for theft, prosecutors said.
Carol Denise Richardson, 49, was ordered to return to federal prison for 14 months during a hearing on Thursday, after prosecutors said she repeatedly violated the conditions of her supervised release—including an arrest for stealing laundry detergent, which she planned to sell to buy drugs, the Houston Chronicle reports.
“This defendant was literally given a second chance to become a productive member of society and has wasted it,” Assistant US Attorney Ted Imperato said in a statement. “She has clearly shown a willful disregard for the law and must face the consequences for her crimes and actions.”
Richardson — who was convicted in June 2006 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine and two counts of possession with intent to distribute – was sentenced to life in prison. She was released on July 28, 2016, as one of a total of 1,715 inmates, mostly those with nonviolent drug convictions, who were granted clemency by Obama during his two terms in the White House, according to the Chronicle.
Richardson had been ordered to remain under supervision for 10 years, but was arrested for theft in Pasadena on April 13. She didn’t report the arrest and also didn’t tell authorities she was fired from a job or had changed her address — all violations of the terms of her release, Imperato told Judge Keith P. Ellison.
Ellison, meanwhile, said he was disappointed that Richardson blew her chance at freedom. He also sentenced her to five years of supervised release in addition to her time in federal prison.
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Dare I ask??
She’s ‘been in for 10 years’.
She has become institutionalized.
Also, I don’t think she really got over her thing with drugs, so she walked right back into that, again.
“Dare I ask??”
NO, but if you open the article, she’s there, big and black as life!
The Tide was against her, even though she gave it her All.
You cannot tell liberals a damn thing and they are unable to profit from a mistake.
The price of laundry detergent is skyrocketing.
Drugs?
Good thing Obama let all those drug possessors free so they can contribute to society like this lady was, at 49
I was trying to avoid clicking on the article...and as you sat. she’s there and exactly what I suspected.
Very good! You have brought us good Cheer!
Jeez, you’d think after receiving clemency, it would take a team of mules to drag one back to a life of crime...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/texas-grandma-granted-clemency-obama-back-prison-article-1.3241293
She looks like Al Sharpton’s long lost brother...
Actually, she sort of looks like Al Sharpton... which is a shame for her.
If Obama had a sister... Never mind.
If Obama had a sister... Never mind.
Woman granted clemency by Obama gets sent back to prison
Gee, I never expected that! cough, cough!
So we can Be of good Cheer!..............
Why only 14 months???
Would someone please explain to me the reason why Tide-brand laundry soap is something valuable to steal and sell or trade for drugs?
The druggies I’ve known never wash themselves, let alone their clothes!
What up wid dat?
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