Posted on 07/13/2008 3:05:31 AM PDT by goldstategop
The court is poised in coming weeks to seal Lawrence's fate, along with that of nine other convicted murderers seeking freedom. The justices are expected to answer some difficult questions: When should a killer be set free? What are the limits, if any, on the governor's power to decide? Are such factors as an inmate's prison record and age ever more significant than a horrendous crime committed decades ago?
The state parole board had approved Lawrence's release four times since 1993, but three governors vetoed those decisions. Schwarzenegger blocked Lawrence's release twice before judges on the state Court of Appeal reversed him.
The slaying showed "an exceptionally callous disregard for human suffering," the governor wrote two years ago in denying Lawrence parole. "This was a cold, premeditated murder carried out in an especially cruel manner and committed for an incredibly petty reason."
According to the appellate court decision, Lawrence killed her victim in an explosion of fury when, after months in a love triangle, her lover told her he had changed his mind about leaving his wife. She felt betrayed and humiliated, she has said, because he had vowed to marry her.
While she was in prison, Lawrence earned two degrees, learned trades that included plumbing and data-processing, was president of the inmates' Toastmasters Club, worked as a library porter and tennis coach, co-founded a tutoring program and remained discipline-free. She apologized profusely for her crime.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
"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
"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
Descriptive terms used in teh article for the darling little murderer: “bubbly” “frustrated” “desperate” “people person” “humor and bravado” “betrayed and humiliated” “physically well and mentally well”
BAH MSM 101
Blood boiling article GOP.
The Marxists’ goal is to not punish murderers at all — indeed, the goal is to have them walking free on our streets while our intellegentsia praise every cold-blooded thug. The Marxists know that a society cannot function where criminals are free to do whatever they want and victims cannot even defend themselves. The Marxists want civilization to collapse so the communists can take over.
"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
Never. They'll be sorry if they unleash the perps again.
"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
She found Rubye Williams alone at her husband's new office, taking a delivery. According to Lawrence's statements to the state parole board, the two argued, then scuffled. Anticipating a confrontation, Lawrence said, she had taken a gun from her sister's house for self-protection. When the scuffle took place, she pulled the pistol from her pocket.
Firing wildly, she shot her lover's wife four times. Then she stabbed Williams with a potato peeler that she had grabbed before leaving home in what she has described as a crazed and desperate moment.
Firing wildly? BS. She murdered the woman and then killed her "lover" ( a scumbag imho), with a potato peeler. She took both parents away from two children. The wench should have been executed, not released.
"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
"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
Sandra Davis Lawrence should have been executed in the 80s. Even Schwarzenegger vetoed her parole. How can a judge overturn a governor’s veto?
The system is not working.
Just how many stabs does it take to kill someone with a potato peeler? You'd have to use considerable force. I have two peelers and neither one would be my weapon of choice.
It must have been a slow tortuous death for the two timing dentist.
She could have debilitated him with a quick strike to the neck or throat. Was the guy in shock from witnessing his wife's death? You'd think he'd have been able to put up some sort of a fight.
"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
Eventually, she said, she could no longer live with what she had done. She returned to Los Angeles and turned herself in at the office of attorney Johnny Cochran to face the charges against her.
"When I became physically well and mentally well," she said, "there was nothing else to do but come back and take responsibility for what I did."
She pleaded not guilty and suggested during the trial that Robert Williams was to blame for the killing of his wife.
So much for taking responsibility.
"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
Susan Smith wanted a boyfriend, the target of her desire did not want kids around. Her solution was to simply kill her kids, so she could get what she wanted. Susan is the poster child for evil.
Sandra Davis Lawrence had her eyes set on what she wanted. A married man who proved he was unfaithful in his relationships. She could have simply walked away from the situation, but she was driven by her desires. So much so that she decided to pack some heat, and eliminate her road block, the other woman. She quickly took care of business and when her prize of a man rejected her, she took him off of her menu, permanently. Sandra did not care who she hurt to reach her goals. She too is evil.
Evil folks reach the goals without concern or respect for the rights of others around them. A pair of glasses or a new boyfriend, the goal can vary, but the personality of the goal seeker is the same, they are proven evil. Society needs to restrain evil people.
"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
let the murderers go....but get caught with one joint of pot and see what happens......
Stay on point Joe.
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