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Killer who was already pardoned once seeks parole
BostonHerald.com ^
| March 28, 2006
| Dave Wedge
Posted on 03/28/2006 6:41:19 AM PST by Boston Blackie
A violent criminal who gunned down a Dedham painter after winning a pardon from former Gov. Michael Dukakis is up for parole again, reopening old wounds for the mans grief-stricken widow. It still hurts, said Nadine Efstathiou, whose 29-year-old husband, Kostas, was murdered in 1983 by Thomas Childs. My kids are upset about it too. They grew up with no father and it was a tough road for me to bring up three kids by myself. Thank God my family was there to help.
Childs, who was convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Efstathiou in a Roslindale Dunkin Donuts parking lot, was denied parole in 2001 but will once again be seeking freedom when he goes before the state Parole Board in Bridgewater tomorrow.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: liberaldisorder; massachusetts
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To: Boston Blackie
What did he do that he was pardoned for? And why hasn't Dukakis been charged with accessory to murder?
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posted on
03/28/2006 6:44:03 AM PST
by
coloradan
(Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
To: Boston Blackie
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*
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posted on
03/28/2006 6:45:05 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Boston Blackie
Pardon all the killers.....
Guaranteed to be good business for undertakers, police and judges.
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posted on
03/28/2006 6:47:07 AM PST
by
CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
(Toon Town, Iran...........where reality is the real fantasy.)
To: coloradan
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 guards 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.
To: Boston Blackie
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.
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posted on
03/28/2006 6:50:41 AM PST
by
Hoodat
( Silly Dems, AYBABTU.)
To: Boston Blackie
...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 ...
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posted on
03/28/2006 6:52:01 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: 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*""
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.
To: Boston Blackie
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 lefts support for various political prisoners."
and who can forget....Willie Horton.
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posted on
03/28/2006 6:55:17 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(time again for the Crusades.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I say that they have to let them live in the Governor's Mansion with themMassachusetts does not have a governors mansion. We expect our politicians to steal enough money to live comfortably.
To: Vaquero
He would have pardoned the Boston Strangler....except nobody was ever charged with those murders.
To: Boston Blackie
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.
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posted on
03/28/2006 7:02:05 AM PST
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: Boston Blackie
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*
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posted on
03/28/2006 7:04:38 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Boston Blackie
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!
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posted on
03/28/2006 7:08:59 AM PST
by
RJL
To: Boston Blackie
Best of the day, Blackie! LOL
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posted on
03/28/2006 7:16:39 AM PST
by
Spirited
To: Spirited
Top O' the Morning, Spirited.
To: coloradan
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.
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posted on
03/28/2006 7:27:50 AM PST
by
GAB-1955
(being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
To: coloradan
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 guards 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.
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posted on
03/28/2006 7:35:07 AM PST
by
Bubba_Leroy
(What did Rather know and when did he know it?)
To: GAB-1955
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.
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posted on
03/28/2006 7:40:19 AM PST
by
coloradan
(Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
To: coloradan
And that is a valid point. But Dukakis cannot be found personally negligent; the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can.
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posted on
03/28/2006 8:16:10 AM PST
by
GAB-1955
(being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
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