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Granholm commutes Bloomfield Hills woman's life sentence
Detriot News ^
| 8-5-08
| George Hunter
Posted on 08/05/2008 11:25:17 PM PDT by Impy
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"Prosecutors argued Hargrave-Thomas stabbed Bernal, 42, because she was angry over his refusal to marry her. She was sentenced to life in prison without parole."
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posted on
08/05/2008 11:25:18 PM PDT
by
Impy
To: Impy
Guilty.
But is she guilty?
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posted on
08/05/2008 11:27:12 PM PDT
by
Impy
(Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
To: Impy
Bloomfield Hills woman's life sentence, Impy wrote: "Prosecutors argued Hargrave-Thomas stabbed Bernal, 42, because she was angry over his refusal to marry her. She was sentenced to life in prison without parole." She just loved him to death.
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posted on
08/05/2008 11:27:30 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
To: Impy
And people wonder why we are skeptical of life without parole as an effective alternative to the death penalty. If life without parole really meant that, some might not oppose abolishing the death penalty but the sentence is a joke in many cases.
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posted on
08/05/2008 11:30:27 PM PDT
by
caseinpoint
(Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
To: Impy
Hey guys, of you live in Michigan, don’t piss off the little woman.
They’re handing out Get Out Of Jail Free Cards there.
To: Impy
Conjugal visit sex? Jail break sex? No, commuted sentence sex!!!!
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posted on
08/05/2008 11:46:20 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Impy
Guilty and Guilty!!!!
This is NOT the kind of case to merit a commuted sentence. There does not seem to be any good reason to believe she did not do the deed.
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posted on
08/05/2008 11:56:52 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(If oil was botox then Nancy Pelosi would have us drilling everywhere!!! (hat tip, STARWISE))
To: caseinpoint
If life without parole really meant that, some might not oppose abolishing the death penalty but the sentence is a joke in many cases. So, let's say you give up the death penalty.
Then, you catch a perp who won't talk. You bargain with him, bargaining away life-without-parole (since you can't bargain away the death penalty).
Then you go to trial and fight to get a stiff sentence, if you're lucky.
...all for what should have been a death penalty case.
And that's all before you get a lib governor who sets the murderer free.
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posted on
08/06/2008 12:17:22 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Impy
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posted on
08/06/2008 12:20:12 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Impy
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posted on
08/06/2008 12:26:19 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Gondring
I wouldn’t have convicted on that.
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:05:52 AM PDT
by
Impy
(Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
To: Impy
Then again, the article is awfully biased. Who knows what the truth really is.
But I posted it to point out that there might be a legit reason for the commutation.
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:20:47 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Impy; Gondring
I wouldn’t have convicted on that either. Murder is a capital crime: I would want to be damn sure that person actually killed another.
I didn’t like the kind of person Scott Peterson was, either, but still felt there was insufficient evidence to convict. Particulary when bodies “washed up” on a beach after months of police authorities’ statements about which area of the Bay they believed he’d dumped the body of his pregnent wife. The baby was found with a string tied in a square knot around his neck and the police claimed it was done by accident.
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:27:40 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
To: SatinDoll
The baby was found with a string tied in a square knot around his neck and the police claimed it was done by accident. It was "plastic tape" of the type that is quite common, and it was loosely around the head...not even twice around, just "once and a half"...and the knot was way over by Conner's shoulder...i.e., it wasn't taut and knotted around the baby's neck--it was debris that entangled around the body.
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:59:50 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: grellis
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posted on
08/06/2008 4:05:05 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(A politician who thinks he is above the law is actually beneath contempt.)
To: Impy
Guilty.
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posted on
08/06/2008 4:11:13 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(A politician who thinks he is above the law is actually beneath contempt.)
To: magslinger
Hmm.
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posted on
08/06/2008 5:53:15 AM PDT
by
Impy
(Spellcheck hates Obama, you should too.)
To: Gondring
Were you at the trial or in anyway involved?
What you said is not what I heard one of the forensic pathologists, who had examined the baby’s remains, publicly stated on Fox News.
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posted on
08/06/2008 6:03:56 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
To: Impy
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posted on
08/06/2008 6:06:41 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(A politician who thinks he is above the law is actually beneath contempt.)
To: Impy
Ol’Wart face strikes again.
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posted on
08/06/2008 9:02:13 AM PDT
by
70th Division
(If we lose the Republic we have lost it all.)
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