'Onion Field' convict violates parole, on the loose

ap on Daily Comet ^ | 2/19/07 | AP

[Spktyr]

Why was he even paroled????

[kinoxi]

Paroled is the problem here.

[AnAmericanMother]

'Cause they're a buncha bleeding hearts in Wackifornia.

Next question: what happened to Powell? Is he still safely locked up, or have they let him out too?

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Jimmy Lee Smith, 76, has been at large since Dec. 22

A surprisingly quick dodderer. Souped-up motorized wheelchair maybe?

[XR7]

Paroled is the problem here.

Nope.
No death penalty is the problem.

[Joe 6-pack]

"...said California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman Jonathan Parsley."

Apparently the best qualified man to comment on the onion field case. Perhaps they need to get Sheriff Pepper on his trail, and take him in front of Judge Bean when they find him.

[nuconvert]

He's in his 70's and still doing heroin, so who knows

[Old Professer]

One of the big reasons for paroling elderly prisoners is to get them off budget for the prison system.

[kinoxi]

He should have been executed of course. People sat down, looked at his case, and let him loose.

[Brad from Tennessee]

This sorry sack of garbage should have been gassed 45 years ago.

[AnAmericanMother]

If we had Judge Bean, we wouldn't have a problem. Both of these bad actors would have been hanged in 1963.

[Bronzy]

So, let him do the heroin and kill himself.

[DumpsterDiver]

Next question: what happened to Powell?

'Onion Field' killer Gregory Powell denied parole in Calif.
January 10, 2007

LOS ANGELES – One of two men convicted in the "Onion Field" kidnap-murder of a police officer was denied parole Wednesday from state prison. A panel from the state Board of Parole Hearings issued a two-year denial to Powell, said Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

Powell, 83, has repeatedly been denied parole ever since he and Jimmy Smith were convicted in the March 1963 murder of Los Angeles police officer Ian Campbell in an onion field near Bakersfield.

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[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

What I wouldn't give to capture this turd.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Anybody here NOT read most of Wambaugh's books? I'm Po-Po and I have to say they are all very good.

[martinidon]

That was my thought. Why is a 70 something guy doing Heroin? It is ashamed a dirt bag like this can do drugs and abuse his body and he still lives!

[Holicheese]

Just goes to show, a Life Sentence does not always mean a life sentence.

The guy is 76. I would start the search at all Bingo parlors.

[AnAmericanMother]

Thanx.

I wonder if he's not already dead from an OD (a 70 year old junkie?) and you may find him in the course of your diving activities . . .

[BallyBill]

If I remember the movie, it was this case that caused them to teach Law Officers to never surrender their weapons no matter what.