Posted on 03/05/2020 3:22:15 PM PST by topher
Despite a hefty prison sentence, accused kidnapper Phillip DeWoody was eligible for parole under a 1990 change to state law that adjusted parole eligibility for older offenders facing long prison sentences.
The Opelousas man is accused in the disappearance and death of Ville Platte resident Joyce Thomas, a deaf and mute 72-year-old woman whose body was found on a property along Interstate 49 between Sunset and Opelousas on Monday morning.
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Philip DeWoody murdered and assaulted one woman and he assaulted a second woman.
He was sentenced to over 100 years in prison (117 I think).
This law, passed in Louisiana, is 'Act 790' which allows a person to be paroled after 20 years...
The woman murdered was a 'deaf mute'.
Sheriff: Phillip Dewoody's juvenile record includes homicide at 12
From the article:
By: KATC NEWSPhillip Dewoody, accused in two recent kidnappings, has a juvenile criminal record that includes homicide, St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says.
"This individual, Phillip Dewoody, is a dangerous, violent repeat offender, and I think the parole board should take a different look at people who come up for parole with records like this," Guidroz told us. "This person killed a 13-year-old girl when he was 12. He's committed 3 or 4 armed robberies, he's committed rapes, kidnapping, aggravated escape. This guy's got a record a mile long and he's paroled. There's something wrong with that picture."
That information comes from trusted law enforcement sources, according to the sheriff.
“...The woman murdered was a ‘deaf mute’.....”
He should have gotten the death penalty for that one.
Paroling this guy is insane.
She couldn’t speak for herself, who speaks for her now?
Since when was 53 considered ‘geriatric’?
Ask any teenager...
I’m 57.... not that I feel old.
Okay. Who wrote the bill “Act 790 (party affiliation needed)? Who voted for it (against party affiliations and votes needs). Which governor signed the bill (party affiliation needed)?
Why wasn’t it repealed or amended?
Who let this psychopath out of jail?
Who needs to be fired, resign, and/or go to jail?
Screw the “Big Easy”. The whole state is the “Big Sleazy”.
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