Posted on 09/01/2009 12:38:41 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Some wonder why Phillip Garrido, accused of taking Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991, served only 11 years of a 50-year federal sentence for a similar 1976 crime.
As details continued to emerge about Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged kidnapper, questions intensified Monday over how Phillip Garrido could have served only 11 years in prison after a 1976 rape and kidnapping for which he had been given a 50-year federal sentence as well as a life term in Nevada.
Garrido was convicted of kidnapping in federal court for abducting Katherine Callaway in South Lake Tahoe on a November night nearly 33 years ago and driving her -- handcuffed and hogtied -- to Reno. He then pleaded guilty to a Nevada state rape charge for assaulting her in a storage unit.
Former Assistant U.S. Atty. Leland Lutfy, who prosecuted the kidnapping case, said Monday that he was "amazed" because, at the time, he believed that defendants convicted of federal crimes were required to serve two-thirds of their sentences -- in this case, 33 years. That would have kept him safely away from Dugard, who was snatched from her quiet street in 1991.
"It makes no sense to me," he said in an interview.
Michael Malloy, who prosecuted the rape case in Washoe County, Nev., said the system "let everyone down, especially Jaycee Dugard. It doesn't seem an adequate sentence for the violent crime he committed in 1976."
Callaway, who has since married Jim Hall and goes by her married name, thought that Garrido wouldn't be paroled until at least 2006, she said during an appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live."
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Don't feel too comfortable Mrs. Hall. Who knows when he, or someone like him, will be back on the streets.
Words fail me.
Was Eric Holder his attorney?
It has been doing this for decades. Could there be a reason?
No doubt the judges responsible for the acts of letting repeat offenders and natural born criminals on the streets are Demonrat appointed. It is a political issue and it amazes me that the Republicans never used it against Demonrats when they are so vulnerable on this and their true nature. And in the rare occasion it ever is Republican appointed it’s another example of Souter. But the criminal rights will continue as the Demonrats drag us further into hell.
Regarding Eric's career he seems not to have had much experience in private practice. However, he served in the Justice Department's "Public Integrity Section" from 1976 to 1988.
In short, he was at PIS during the whole time Garrido was in prison, which meant that Eric had plenty of contact with real and suspected corrupt public officials and judges at both the state and federal levels, and would have had such contact at the time Garrido was released.
What's significant about PIS is that it has NATIONWIDE JURISDICTION. At the same time it has EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION regarding corrupt federal judges.
So, yes, Eric Holder was in the right place at the right time to have had influence regarding Garrido's sentence. It will take someone else with access to more information than is available for free on the internet to track down "events" at that time to try to identify who was involved.
No, Eric Holder was not in the private practice of law, but that doesn't mean he had nothing to do with Garrido.
I am so sorry to tell you, this is pure Animal Farm; they want these people in society, don’t you get it, this is about perpetuating an industry for the political class and “friends of government.” Why else would they find every excuse that will be accepted to let such human debris to be set upon society! Oh, and by the way have you noticed lately that the various human debris on parade are ever more emboldened; maybe just maybe they know they have permission to do so…
Let the parole board members who voted to release him serve the remainder of his sentence.
America is slowly but surely grinding to a halt. And I see nothing in the near future to reverse or even stop the slide into oblivion for us.
I don't mean this to be critical of law enforcement. I know full well there are lots and lots of honest, hard-working officers on the streets, but their ability to do the job they were hired to do has been made all but impossible by concern for the criminal's rights.
All of life is a search for the point of diminishing returns. We have long since passed that point in 21st century America.
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