Posted on 06/17/2013 11:54:05 AM PDT by grundle
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) An Indiana woman put on death row at age 16 for killing an elderly Bible school teacher is scheduled to be released Monday after serving a prison term that was shortened after the state Supreme Court intervened.
Paula Cooper's death sentence at such a young age sparked international protests and a plea for clemency from Pope John Paul II. Now 43 years old, Cooper is being given a second chance at her life.
Cooper was 15 when she and three other teenage girls showed up at Ruth Pelke's house on May 14, 1985, with plans of robbing the 78-year-old Bible school teacher. Pelke let Cooper and two of the teen's companions into her Gary home after they told her they were interested in Bible lessons.
As the fourth teen waited outside as a lookout, Cooper stabbed Pelke 33 times with a butcher knife. Then she and the other girls ransacked the house. The four girls fled with Pelke's car and $10.
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It just seems so inconceivable that anyone of any age would even consider brutally murdering a kind, godly, elderly woman just for a few measly dollars.
Another civics-challenged Freeper? The presidential pardon only applies to federal crimes. The state governors have pardon powers over state
crimes.
“Months!? I’ll give her a few weeks.”
Naaa, she’ll spend weeks or months on the talk show circuit, then a few more working on book deals. When the money from all that runs out, we will find out if she has been rehabilitated.
"Sympathy for the guilty is treason to the innocent" -Ayn Rand
THIS KIND OF CRAP TENDS TO UNSETTLE DECENT PEOPLES' STOMACHES...
Sorry, but with this out-of-control, anti-Constitutional White House with a derelict racist in our White House and in the DOJ, they'll do whatever they damned well please. I am not the slightest civics-challenged . . . our federal government is. Don't hold your breath.
Yep. She’s like every lady in my Bible studies class. Sweet, silver haired angels all. God is just. His justice will not sleep forever.
Killing a Christian is points in her favor for the libs.....it’s why they loves them some muzzies so much.
Applying for Welfare in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. . .
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