Posted on 01/16/2006 1:33:12 PM PST by IntheHillsGolden
Time’s Up, Clarence
Why the crowds aren’t shouting to spare an aged death-row inmate
by MICHAEL KRIKORIAN via the LA Weekly
(excerpted)
"While serving a life sentence at Folsom State Prison for a murder for hire in Fresno, he arranged for the killings of the witnesses in his case. His apparent rationale was that he would get a retrial and, boom, voilà, there would be no witnesses because they had all been mysteriously murdered. Not the brightest guy in the joint, this Allen.
The tragedy starts in 1974. According to court documents..........
(Excerpt) Read more at laweekly.com ...
What a despicable man. I'm surprised Mike Farrell isn't there leading a protest demonstration. He's very supportive of mass murderers.
“He’s been reduced to an incapacitated old man, near death already,” Allen’s appeals attorney, Michael Satris, told USA Today. “To put him to death on top of that is beyond the borders of civilized behavior.”
Bryon Schletewitz’s family doesn’t see it that way.
“If justice would have been done 25 years ago, if he was given the death sentence for his first murder, Bryon would be alive today and he would be the one who could have grown old,” said Clayton Schletewitz, 71, a farmer and former Quaker minister. “The administration of justice is so long in coming, it’s become an injustice. This whole thing has been outrageous. The death penalty doesn’t seem to be working because we really aren’t implementing it.”
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Very true. But, the Death Penalty is 'starting' to work again..........however, we need to drastically narrow the wait time by limiting the number of appeals within a specified timeframe; say 3 appeals/2 years. If still proven guilty then immediately impose the sentence.
What took so long?
In any case, its time for him to rot in hell.
Weird that the LA Weekly (los angles version of Village Voice) seems to do more balanced stories that the LA Times.
Surely one of the doctors could have pretended to rescucitate Allen and then "sadly" proclaimed that he died.
I think that pretty much explains it.
Mike Farrel only likes black murders.
When is his execution? Tonight?
Mike Farrell likes better photo opps.
Yes. Well....normally 12:01am........tomorrow morn.
Thank you.
As it is meant to be.
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