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AK: Woman gets 99 years in killing plot
AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/2/08 | Dan Joling - ap

Posted on 04/02/2008 8:22:54 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A former stripper-turned-soccer mom has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for plotting the 1996 to kill her former fiance.

Mechele Linehan was sentenced on Wednesday. Linehan, 35, was convicted in October of first-degree murder in the 1996 shooting of death of Kent Leppink. Leppink's body was found on a remote trail.

Prosecutors say Linehan had Leppink killed for insurance money and was inspired by a 1994 movie, "The Last Seduction," in which a woman coaxes her lover into killing her husband for money.

Linehan's coconspirator, John Carlin III, was sentenced in January to 99 years in prison for firing the shots that killed Leppink.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 99years; alaska; killing; plot

1 posted on 04/02/2008 8:22:54 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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2 posted on 04/02/2008 8:25:41 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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Lots of skinny poles in prison for her to practice her craft. Enjoy the scenery and luxurious accomodations.


3 posted on 04/02/2008 8:38:42 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Alter Kaker
"The Last Seduction" is an excellent movie. Linda Fiorentino should have won an Oscar, but it was shown on HBO before being released, so she was ineligible.

The perp must think she looks like Linda:


4 posted on 04/02/2008 8:40:03 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie
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To: NormsRevenge

I’m sure Alaska prisons offer just lovely accomidations.


5 posted on 04/02/2008 8:49:07 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Alter Kaker
I'd vote NOT GUILTY! To the jury, those were looks that killed.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

6 posted on 04/02/2008 9:02:43 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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She will be held in WA so as to be closer to her child. Other long-term AK prisoners are held in a private ‘faciity’ in AZ.

I am betting that hubby will dump her before a year is out.

The TeeVee coverage was interesting. High profile and all that.


7 posted on 04/03/2008 9:46:32 AM PDT by ASOC (I know I don't look like much, but I raised a US Marine!)
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