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Man who killed wife going free
clarion ledger ^
Posted on 08/10/2002 10:36:11 PM PDT by chance33_98
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:27:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Betty Bonds was stabbed to death while her then 9-year-old daughter Stephanie, now 22, watched, said Tara Frazier, head of victim services for the corrections agency.
He should have been executed.
To: one_particular_harbour; AppyPappy; Blood of Tyrants; ~EagleNebula~; Texaggie79; rdb3; Khepera; ...
Crime ping!
To: chance33_98
Why, oh why do we parole these people? Parole should be abolished. They should serve the sentence unless PROVED innocent.
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posted on
08/10/2002 10:42:04 PM PDT
by
Selara
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To: rightturn3
The man shuld NOT have stabbed his wife. It was crewel. I hope he doesn't do it agin. If he does kill or injure another person, what would your opinion on parole be?
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posted on
08/10/2002 10:56:29 PM PDT
by
Selara
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To: chance33_98
I simply don't understand the reasoning that anyone that willfully and viciously kills someone should EVER walk the streets again. He should have been executed, or at least life without parole, especially with a 9 year old girl watching. I don't know how people who do this EVER get out of jail. It is sickening.
To: I still care
To: chance33_98
As a matter of fact, I am surprised that he served as long as 13 years. Wife murder is often downgraded to 2nd degree, and jail terms of 6 years are quite common. Of course, if he is under stress, or mentally "not responsible" then he goes to the asylum for a few short months.
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posted on
08/11/2002 1:53:16 AM PDT
by
BlackVeil
To: chance33_98
I guess we will have to wait until "LIFETIME-THE TELEVISION FOR WOMEN" makes the movie, so we can get the truth.
To: BlackVeil
I too am suprised he served 13 out of 20 years. As a victim you have to fight numberous paroles to accomplish this. Been there done that. Our son Jeremy's killer will be released from a TN prison this Nov. He has "maxed out" his 20 year plea bargained sentence of 2nd degree murder at 13.5 years. We've fought 5 parole hearings and won. Now we are out of options, and this sociopathic killer will be released.
THROW AWAY THE KEYS
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posted on
08/11/2002 6:18:32 AM PDT
by
GailA
To: chance33_98; Orual; aculeus; general_re
Family members have expressed concerns about Charles Bonds' release, saying he has threatened Stephanie and her aunt, Floy Graves, from behind bars.That doesn't sound like "good behavior."
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posted on
08/11/2002 6:22:24 AM PDT
by
dighton
To: dighton; aculeus; general_re
That doesn't sound like "good behavior." The man stabbed his wife to death while their nine-year-old daughter watched and he has threatened relatives while he was in prison. Such a harsh judgment you make.
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posted on
08/11/2002 6:32:09 AM PDT
by
Orual
To: GailA
I have followed your story for several years. Our 'justice' system has turned into joke. My sincere sympathy and outrage at the system.
That said, if it were my son, the perp would walk the streets a very short time.
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posted on
08/11/2002 6:39:32 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: chance33_98
He gets out while his daughter's mom is buried. (For good behavior behind bars. <sarcasm) So much for justice in this country.
To: Vinnie
I know what you're thinking. Charles Bronson in Death Wish. If our justice system doesn't get its house in order, vigilante style justice may become the only recourse victims have against a system that repeatedly keeps letting them down.
To: GailA
Very touching, I wish I could say something to soften your grief. Saying that most politicians are more concerned with appearing compassionate than seriously addressing the issue of violent crime probably won't help.
To: chance33_98
A big part of the problem is jail space. The parole boards are always looking for candidates to release to make room for new prisoners. After they go through the lesser crimes, they start releasing the more serious ones.
The likelihood of the parolees commiting another crime is very high, and at that time the victim's family should sue the board.
I've never heard of that happening and there is likely a law preventing it,but a judge somewhere (probably Kalifornia) will someday rule that it can happen. A few mulit-million judgements and the practice will end. Same scenario with psychiatrsts that deem a criminal no longer a danger and recommend his release.
One of the State's primary responsibilities is the protect the citizens. Law enforcement should be funded before all else. If it takes incarcerating half the population to do it, so be it.
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posted on
08/11/2002 7:00:18 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: Vinnie
If we started executing murderers (routinely), the jail space issue would go away: 1) past murderers would not need cells, since they'd be dead, and 2) more people would be less inclined to murder.
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posted on
08/11/2002 7:10:55 AM PDT
by
Ed_in_NJ
To: Ed_in_NJ
And there would be no need to parole killers, rapists and murderers either. 'Nuff said.
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