Killer who was already pardoned once seeks parole

BostonHerald.com ^ | March 28, 2006 | Dave Wedge

[coloradan]

What did he do that he was pardoned for? And why hasn't Dukakis been charged with accessory to murder?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

If Governors are going to pardon these scumbags in the first place, I say that they have to let them live in the Governor's Mansion with them, sort of as a half-way house, while they're becoming productive members of society again.

*Smirk*

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Pardon all the killers.....

Guaranteed to be good business for undertakers, police and judges.

[Boston Blackie]

What did he do that he was pardoned for?

Childs’ rap sheet includes charges in three states, as well as a violent 1963 prison break from the Plymouth House of Correction during which he held a straight-edge razor to a guard’s throat. While on the run, he pulled off a string of armed robberies at South Boston liquor stores and was sentenced to four consecutive 15- to 20-year sentences. He was released after just seven years and was given a pardon in 1975 by then-Gov. Dukakis. The pardon erased his long criminal record and opened the door for Childs to get a handgun license and land a job with the Department of Youth Services. Dukakis later wrote a letter of apology to the family.

[Hoodat]

At his last parole hearing, Childs argued that he is sober and has participated in many jailhouse counseling programs.

Seeing how he is finally living a productive life, there is no way we should interfere with that by removing him from that wholesome environment.

[theDentist]

...he pulled off a string of armed robberies at South Boston liquor stores and was sentenced to four consecutive 15- to 20-year sentences. He was released after just seven years and was given a pardon in 1975 by then-Gov. Dukakis. The pardon erased his long criminal record and opened the door for Childs to get a handgun license ...

[ridesthemiles]

If Governors are going to pardon these scumbags in the first place, I say that they have to let them live in the Governor's Mansion with them, sort of as a half-way house, while they're becoming productive members of society again.

*Smirk*""

I have said similar to that for years.
If lawyers keep getting people out of prison, let them live with the lawyer's family and give the lawyer a minor stipend for feeding the perp and doing the laundry.
When a perp reoffends, lawyer loses his license.
When a judge is a participant in 3 of such events, he loses his seat on the bench and loses his license, also.
I am over the top more than tired of these perps being put back into the midst of law-abiding citizens who are now just new targets for trouble.

[Vaquero]

He also pardoned posthumously Sacco and Vanzetti....he got that one wrong too....

"The Los Angeles Times reported in December 2005 that an Orange County man found a letter allegedly written by Upton Sinclair in which Sinclair wrote that an attorney for the two men, Fred Moore, had confided to him of his clients’ guilt. Many conservative commentators, such as Jonah Goldberg of the LA Times, have responded by issuing blanket condemnations of the left’s support for various political prisoners."

and who can forget....Willie Horton.

[Boston Blackie]

I say that they have to let them live in the Governor's Mansion with them

Massachusetts does not have a governors mansion. We expect our politicians to steal enough money to live comfortably.

[Boston Blackie]

He would have pardoned the Boston Strangler....except nobody was ever charged with those murders.

[ncountylee]

The pardon erased his long criminal record and opened the door for Childs to get a handgun license and land a job with the Department of Youth Services.

Dukakis was a dangerous dork that said that even if his wife was raped and murdered, he would not support the death penalty for the thug.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! Our Dimowit Governor doesn't live in his, either. Of course, we taxpayers still have to pay the mortgage each month. He pretty much lets his indigent, many-times-arrested sons hold beer parties and orgies there, so at least it's getting SOME use on my dime. *Rolleyes*

[RJL]

Massachusetts does not have a governors mansion. We expect our politicians to steal enough money to live comfortably.

LOL... And I'll bet they never fail to do so!

[Spirited]

Best of the day, Blackie! LOL

[Boston Blackie]

Top O' the Morning, Spirited.

[GAB-1955]

Why should Dukakis be charged with a crime? What did he do that was against the law? The Executive power includes the power to pardon. If Dukakis didn't sell his pardons, he's not criminally liable. Because he's an agent of the State, he's not civilly liable, though the Commonwealth as a whole might have some liability.

Stupid's legal.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Childs’ rap sheet includes charges in three states, as well as a violent 1963 prison break from the Plymouth House of Correction during which he held a straight-edge razor to a guard’s throat. While on the run, he pulled off a string of armed robberies at South Boston liquor stores and was sentenced to four consecutive 15- to 20-year sentences.

He was released after just seven years and was given a pardon in 1975 by then-Gov. Dukakis. The pardon erased his long criminal record and opened the door for Childs to get a handgun license and land a job with the Department of Youth Services. Dukakis later wrote a letter of apology to the family.

I'm sure the apology made it all better.

[coloradan]

Stupid is legal, but negligence is not. Negligence leading to death, in this case. There's a place for career criminals, and it's in jail, not in a gun store with a "get out of jail free" card from the governor.

[GAB-1955]

And that is a valid point. But Dukakis cannot be found personally negligent; the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can.