Posted on 09/02/2010 4:40:10 PM PDT by bigheadfred
IDAHO FALLS - "Evan is not a murderer he is a soldier," says Evan Vela's father, Curtis Carnahan.
Freedom, that's what Curtis Carnahan wants for his 25-year-old son, Evan Vela, a U.S. Army Sniper convicted of murder. Vela is currently waiting for his parole hearing October 7th in Arlington, Virgina. He was convicted of murdering an Iraqi civilian in Baghdad in February 2008, then sentenced for ten years at Fort Leavenworth Prison. In order for Vela to be released early, the Army Parole Board needs to hear a parole plan and the parole panel's remarks. Vela's family has been working hard at home to create a parole plan for him. Ken's Construction in Burley has offered to hire Vela full-time and provide him, his wife, and their two young children housing. Vela's father feels confident the parole board will give him that release date.
"It's going to be a great relief to have Evan back home where he belongs," says Carnahan. "It's been a real struggle and ordeal in the beginning to have him go through this. You know we've done everything we possibly could."
Even though Carnahan is confident his son will be home soon, according to him, at the last internal parole panel review two weeks ago, the panel did not see remorse from Vela.
"My biggest fear is they will say no, because the parole panel at Leavenworth Prison asked him if he was sorry he murdered somebody, and he said no he wasn't sorry, because he didn't murder somebody," says Carnahan. "He killed somebody under direct order... but Evan doesn't have any remorse because he's a solider, he was trained to do and ordered to do what he did."
Why thanks, Smooth. :-)
Nice to see some free speech.
Thanks bigheadfred.
bttt
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