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Prisoner serving murder sentence escapes
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| 03/27/2005 2:52 PM
| Associated Press
Posted on 03/27/2005 11:49:44 PM PST by listera
DES MOINES, IA - A prisoner serving a 50-year sentence for second-degree murder was being sought Sunday after he failed to return from work-release.
Officials with the Iowa Department of Corrections said Sam Henry Archer, 30, failed to return from a job late Saturday. He was placed on escape status just after 3 a.m. Sunday, officials said.
He had been transferred to the Fort Des Moines Work Release Facility on Feb. 11.
Fred Scaletta, a corrections department spokesman, said a national warrant for Archer's arrest was issued Sunday.
''Any person who makes the decision to escape, whether from work-release or prison, there is some degree of risk there and when you throw the offense in there, there is always an assumption of risk,'' Scaletta said.
Archer is described as white with brown hair and hazel eyes. He is 6-feet tall and weighs 215 pounds. He has tattoos on his upper right arm, upper left arm and left forearm, officials said.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: murderescapes; workrelease
Why is a murder serving 50 years on work release ever?
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posted on
03/27/2005 11:49:44 PM PST
by
listera
To: listera
So he could be rehabilitated..... /sarcasm
To: listera
The criminal justice system, failing the public again...
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posted on
03/28/2005 12:00:54 AM PST
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: listera
So he could pay his child support & alimony?
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posted on
03/28/2005 12:05:31 AM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
To: Travis McGee; SLB; big ern; Cap'n Crunch; TEXASPROUD; Tijeras_Slim; TexasCowboy; Eaker
It was just murder I don't see a problem with this work release thang at all ........he's just confused. < /sarcasm>
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posted on
03/28/2005 12:24:00 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: listera
some people could likely die because of this poor decision to send a murderer on work release.
To: listera
He had been transferred to the Fort Des Moines Work Release Facility on Feb. 1
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Sounds like a Dukakis program.
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posted on
03/28/2005 12:38:13 AM PST
by
Finalapproach29er
(Open borders=National suicide)
To: listera
''Any person who makes the decision to escape, whether from work-release or prison, there is some degree of risk there and when you throw the offense in there, there is always an assumption of risk,'' Scaletta said. Right
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posted on
03/28/2005 3:10:33 AM PST
by
BARLF
To: Squantos; Travis McGee; FreedomPoster; big ern; Cap'n Crunch; TEXASPROUD; Tijeras_Slim; ...
Perhaps he was watching the NCAA basketball tournament.
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posted on
03/28/2005 3:21:12 AM PST
by
SLB
("We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." C. S. Lewis)
To: SLB
I always thought of midwesterners as being more sensible than that. Sheesh.
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posted on
03/28/2005 3:58:15 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Official Ruling Class Oligarch Oppressor)
To: listera
$50,000 dead; $5,000 alive. He won't be able to turn himself in FAST enough.
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posted on
03/28/2005 5:04:42 AM PST
by
solitas
(So what if I support a platform that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.3.7)
To: listera
"Why is a murder serving 50 years on work release ever? "
So he can murder again?
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posted on
03/28/2005 7:11:15 AM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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