Mallard gets 60 years

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[dennis1x]

not eligible for parole for 30.

[radiohead]

<She didn't just leave him to die, she hid him so no one else could help him, and she came again and again into the garage to check and see if he was dead yet. She kept him hidden to ensure he died.

you know, i was willing to see her get the 50 years and move on. 25 years before parole is a long time, even longer if it's texas time, i'm sure.

that said, reading your post got me all riled up again. you are absolutely right. what this woman did was beyond reprehensible. what you do makes you who you are. she *is* a horrible person because she consistently made horrible choices - apparently not just this one time, but on many occasions, such as choosing to do drugs and go to work.

life, preferably stuck inside a windshield, would have been too merciful.

[pepperhead]

She can still get pregnant in prison by a guard.

[Jeff Head]

The other, who drove the car over her husband should have gotten equal treatment, if it was also done so off handledly.

This man never did anything to Mallard, he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when a totally thoughtless and devoid of morality person hit him and let him bleed out in her windshield. I don't know the history of the other case to be able to compare.

But if it was anything remotely similar, she should have gotten similar treatment..

[null and void]

Was Mary Jo cremated? Most Catholics back then forebade cremation.

Yes she was. Yes they did.

IMHO, The most plausable explaination is it was done because the family was pressured. "Your poor daughter will be a pathologist's plaything. Every time someone questions what happened, they'll have her disintered and cut up. She'll never really rest in peace..."

Why? Again IMHO, being able to establish she was pregnant and Teddy was the father, provides a plausable motive.

As she was a Catholic, an abortion was out of the question. Having an illegitimate child had sufficent stigma to end a political career.

This moves it from probable accident to possible murder.

But, I could be wrong in my belief.

[onyx]

She won't be permitted to keep or to raise any baby.

[pepperhead]

Criminals don't get to chose their juries.

[Michael.SF.]

She did not deserve a life sentence. No priors and her crime was not the same as, for example, what the abortion doctor killer did.

I am not versed on the facts of the case to which you refer, so I cannot address that.

She got off light.

[A_perfect_lady]

She can still get pregnant in prison by a guard.

Hope it's a white guy with venereal warts. OOPS!! Did I say that?? No, of course not, I didn't say that....

[Teacher317]

Mallard gets 60 years

107 posts and no duck jokes? We're slipping! ;^)

[Eternal_Bear]

0nly 50? What a horrific miscarriage of justice. At least sterilize this bitch so we wont have to support her kids.

[Jeff Head]

I didn't think I looked that much older here ... but it's all in the eyes of the beholder I guess.

I'll tell you this...three years is but a moment at this point...LOL!

...and it's Grandad. Two times over with a thrid perculating for August.

Best Fregards.

[ThanhPhero]

Mr. Kearney asked the jury not to “throw this life away.”

Some lives belong on the trashpile.

[pepperhead]

She won't be permitted to keep or to raise any baby.

Yeah but her genes could still be passed on.

[MEG33]

I had soom pretty hateful thoughts about her because of the fear and suffering she allowed to go on in her garage.I can live with the verdict,though,Good job,jurors.

[pepperhead]

Say what?;)

[null and void]

Her crime was not even eligible for upgrade as a hate crime. I thought I made that clear.

Even if she hated this man, and even she wanted to send a message to all whities not to be out on the streets at night, it wouldn't have made any difference. She was prosecuted for all she could possibly be prosecuted for, whether hate crime legislation existed or not.

That doesn't mean I have to like it...

[null and void]

107 posts and no duck jokes? We're slipping! ;^)

Yes, and no-one said she was "Mallardjusted"...

[Jeff Head]

uh...I agree. Never meant to imply they did.

Just saying that Mallard got what she deserved IMHO.

[A_perfect_lady]

Say what?;) ... uhm.... nothing. (thinking dark thoughts....)

[VOA]

They will cut her loose in 30. It was out right murder and then tampering with evidence
on top. She should have gotten life.....

She got lucky.
I'm suprised TX didn't give her an appointment with the needle.

Ah, for the old days in Oklahoma when we'd say "that convicted murderer
should have gotten an appointment with 'Old Sparky'".