This is absolutely stomach-turning. What's wrong with the parole board? They owe the law-abiding public an explanation. After the evil this so-called man has done, what's wrong with him serving the entire 25 years of his manslaughter conviction? He doesn't deserve any kind of early release.
And Steinberg himself seems so unchanged. That stunt with the limosouine is proof--it's as if he's dancing on his late daughter's grave. Then he has the gall to call himself a good father. Even the Manson goons (Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten) are remorseful and have tried to become better people. If he acknowleged both his evildoing and responsibility, and missed little Lisa, this release would be (somewhat) less appalling. But this conceited crud would do it all again if given the chance.
Please, someone, find out what media outlet hired Steinberg so a boycott can be organized.
Child killer Steinberg gets TV job
Wednesday, 16-Jun-2004 2:40PM
Story from United Press International
Copyright 2004 by United Press International (via ClariNet)
NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- Convicted child killer Joel Steinberg plans to take an internship with a tabloid-style, cable TV show in New York after his release from prison.
The former lawyer served 17 years in an upstate New York prison for beating to death his illegally adopted, 6-year-old daughter, Lisa, and was denied parole five times, USA Today reported Wednesday.
He is scheduled for release June 30 and plans to take a $250-a-week internship as a reporter for "New York Confidential," the newspaper said.
"We're interested in a lot of different people, scandalous people ... who can do stories and have a totally different view on everything," show spokesman James Edstrom said. "He'll start as an intern, and if he can handle it, he may end up being a reporter along with other people."
Part of Steinberg's wages is expected to go to Lisa's biological mother, who paid him $500 to find a good adoptive family for her little girl and was awarded $15 million in damages from a civil lawsuit she filed against Steinberg and various city agencies.