(OT) SENTENCE COMMUTED: Stacey Lannert

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KSDK-- Missouri Governor Matt Blunt commuted two sentences on Saturday.

Stacey Lannert, of St. John, was convicted of murdering her father and
sentenced to life in prison in 1990. She was 18 years old at the time. In
this case, jurors weren't allowed to consider evidence that Lannert had been
sexually abused by her father. She is now eligible for immediate release.

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch released a statement
Sunday afternoon concerning Lannert's sentence being commuted.

"It's a cowardly act on the part of the governor. He sneaked out the back
door of the governor's mansion while allowing a convicted killer to walk out
the front door," McCulloch said.

Stacey Lannert's attorney Ellen Flottman says she will work on a parole
hearing for this week.

Lannert's sister Christy, who was 15 at the time of the murder, was
convicted as an adult of conspiracy to commit murder.

Governor Blunt also commuted Charity Carey's sentence. Carey, of Morley,
Missouri, was convicted of murdering her husband in 2000. Investigators
believe Carey was also sexually abused. She will be eligible for parole
later this year.

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Good Grief. This asshole will simply not accept the fact that no one
gives a shit what happens in Missouri.

[J.D. Baldwin]

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KSDK-- Missouri Governor Matt Blunt commuted two sentences on Saturday.
Stacey Lannert, of St. John, was convicted of murdering her father and
sentenced to life in prison in 1990. She was 18 years old at the time. In
this case, jurors weren't allowed to consider evidence that Lannert had been
sexually abused by her father. She is now eligible for immediate release.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch released a statement
Sunday afternoon concerning Lannert's sentence being commuted.
"It's a cowardly act on the part of the governor. He sneaked out the back
door of the governor's mansion while allowing a convicted killer to walk out
the front door," McCulloch said.

What a frigging weasel. McCulloch, that is, not Blunt.

According to other sources, Lannert was offered a plea bargain for a
15-year sentence BY THE ST. LOUIS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY (not
McCulloch), but she turned it down because he demanded that she
allocute to killing her father for his money. Lannert's sentence was
commuted from life-without-parole to 20 years.

Also, the above report said the jurors "weren't allowed to consider
evidence that Lannert had been sexually abused by her father," but
they did hear that evidence. The judge's instructions were that the
fact was not to be considered in mitigation. (Which was probably
legally correct.)

The previous governor of Missouri, Bob Holden, was presented the same
case, and declined to issue any form of clemency.

I can see disagreeing with the governor's decision -- this is a murder
case, after all -- but calling it a "cowardly act" makes me want to
kick that sonofabitch in the nuts.

This move by Blunt actually gives me hope that maybe Leonard Peltier
might get a farewell commutation from Bush next week. Or maybe a
"hello" one from Obama the week after. Well, I can dream, can't I?

[Bill Schenley]

Post by J.D. Baldwin
This move by Blunt actually gives me hope that
maybe Leonard Peltier might get a farewell
commutation from Bush next week. Or maybe
a "hello" one from Obama the week after.
Well, I can dream, can't I?

On December 28th I wrote to Leonard Peltier with
pretty much the same thought ... However, I doubt
Bush will bother himself with a pardon for Peltier
as there is no profit in it for him. Not that I think
Obama has the balls to bang heads with the
criminally corrupt FBI ... Still, it is a wrong that
needs to righted, and on January 20th I'll be one
of the hundreds of thousands who bombard Obama
with letters asking for Leonard Peltier's freedom.

12,030 days of illegal imprisonment ...

[J.D. Baldwin]

Post by Bill Schenley
On December 28th I wrote to Leonard Peltier with
pretty much the same thought ... However, I doubt
Bush will bother himself with a pardon for Peltier
as there is no profit in it for him. Not that I think
Obama has the balls to bang heads with the
criminally corrupt FBI ... Still, it is a wrong that
needs to righted, and on January 20th I'll be one
of the hundreds of thousands who bombard Obama
with letters asking for Leonard Peltier's freedom.

I wrote Bush on the subject last month. I had a letter hand-
delivered to a junior staffer in the WH. (It didn't get special
treatment, it just went in the pile, but at least I know it got read.)
I'll write another one next week.

All I'm asking for is a commutation, not even a pardon.

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Post by Bill Schenley
On December 28th I wrote to Leonard Peltier with
pretty much the same thought ... However, I doubt
Bush will bother himself with a pardon for Peltier
as there is no profit in it for him. Not that I think
Obama has the balls to bang heads with the
criminally corrupt FBI ... Still, it is a wrong that
needs to righted, and on January 20th I'll be one
of the hundreds of thousands who bombard Obama
with letters asking for Leonard Peltier's freedom.

I wrote Bush on the subject last month. I had a letter hand-
delivered to a junior staffer in the WH. (It didn't get special
treatment, it just went in the pile, but at least I know it got read.)
I'll write another one next week.
All I'm asking for is a commutation, not even a pardon.

You might as well have written the Man in the Moon, for the
probability W. will do anything as small as a commutation.
BTW, you also should write Obama to ask for a pardon for peaceful
cannabis users.
We'll see how much "change" he *really* means with his response (or
lack of it, I'm afraid)!

[Terry del Fuego]

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BTW, you also should write Obama to ask for a pardon for peaceful
cannabis users.

Just a few days ago he said that any government program that didn't
work would get the axe, so I'm confident that the War On [Some] Drugs
will soon just be another shameful bit of history.

Also, I can fly.

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Post by Bill Schenley

Post by J.D. Baldwin
This move by Blunt actually gives me hope that
maybe Leonard Peltier might get a farewell
commutation from Bush next week. Or maybe
a "hello" one from Obama the week after.
Well, I can dream, can't I?

On December 28th I wrote to Leonard Peltier with
pretty much the same thought ... However, I doubt
Bush will bother himself with a pardon for Peltier
as there is no profit in it for him. Not that I think
Obama has the balls to bang heads with the
criminally corrupt FBI ... Still, it is a wrong that
needs to righted, and on January 20th I'll be one
of the hundreds of thousands who bombard Obama
with letters asking for Leonard Peltier's freedom.
12,030 days of illegal imprisonment ...

There are millons of man-days already from hundreds of thousands of
truly illegal imprisonment of those who merely smoked cannabis.
Art. 1, Sec. 8 of the Constitution gives NO authority for Congress to
pay any law that infringes on the right of a person to ingest whatever
substance he/she may desire--that includes food *and* drugs (hear that,
FDA), besides the usually-mentioned BATF in drug raids on peaceful people.
On Jan. 20th, bombard Obama with a letter asking him to pardon those
whose only 'vice' (not even a crime!) was to smoke a joint.
If you don't, you're a creepin' hypocrite.

[Bill Schenley]

Still, it is a wrong that needs to righted, and on January 20th I'll be
one of the hundreds of thousands who bombard Obama with letters asking
for Leonard Peltier's freedom.

On Jan. 20th, bombard Obama with a letter asking him to pardon those whose
only 'vice' (not even a crime!) was to smoke a joint.
If you don't, you're a creepin' hypocrite.

There is something comforting in the idea that you get
crazier and crazier each day. Although I must say that
I do fear for your neighbors.

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Post by Bill Schenley

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Still, it is a wrong that needs to righted, and on January 20th I'll be
one of the hundreds of thousands who bombard Obama with letters asking
for Leonard Peltier's freedom.

On Jan. 20th, bombard Obama with a letter asking him to pardon those
whose only 'vice' (not even a crime!) was to smoke a joint.
If you don't, you're a creepin' hypocrite.

There is something comforting in the idea that you get
crazier and crazier each day. Although I must say that
I do fear for your neighbors.

Proves yet again you are out of your mind--what remains of it.
They have nothing to fear from me.
It's vice versa, for a couple of them.
I'm a peaceful guy. (Unlike you.)

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Post by J.D. Baldwin

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KSDK-- Missouri Governor Matt Blunt commuted two sentences on Saturday.
Stacey Lannert, of St. John, was convicted of murdering her father and
sentenced to life in prison in 1990. She was 18 years old at the time. In
this case, jurors weren't allowed to consider evidence that Lannert had been
sexually abused by her father. She is now eligible for immediate release.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch released a statement
Sunday afternoon concerning Lannert's sentence being commuted.
"It's a cowardly act on the part of the governor. He sneaked out the back
door of the governor's mansion while allowing a convicted killer to walk out
the front door," McCulloch said.

What a frigging weasel. McCulloch, that is, not Blunt.

If I ever see McCulloch on the street, I'll call him a
son-of-a-Blagojevich. He's a show-off, a media-hog, a creep, and a vicious
prosecuting monster who doesn't have a care in the world for those who
should be shown a little leniency. After all, she wasn't pardoned and her
'guilt' expunged, she just had her sentence commuted.

Post by J.D. Baldwin
According to other sources, Lannert was offered a plea bargain for a
15-year sentence BY THE ST. LOUIS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY (not
McCulloch), but she turned it down because he demanded that she
allocute to killing her father for his money. Lannert's sentence was
commuted from life-without-parole to 20 years.
Also, the above report said the jurors "weren't allowed to consider
evidence that Lannert had been sexually abused by her father," but
they did hear that evidence. The judge's instructions were that the
fact was not to be considered in mitigation. (Which was probably
legally correct.)

This is what is so wrong about the present jury system: they aren't
allowed to hear *all* the evidence and the judge arbitrarily makes a
decision on what can and can't be heard, which frequently makes a mockery of
justice the jury is intended to carry out.

Post by J.D. Baldwin
The previous governor of Missouri, Bob Holden, was presented the same
case, and declined to issue any form of clemency.
I can see disagreeing with the governor's decision -- this is a murder
case, after all -- but calling it a "cowardly act" makes me want to
kick that sonofabitch in the nuts.

Son-of-a-Blagojevich, as Jay Leno has now more than once expressed.

Post by J.D. Baldwin
This move by Blunt actually gives me hope that maybe Leonard Peltier
might get a farewell commutation from Bush next week. Or maybe a
"hello" one from Obama the week after. Well, I can dream, can't I?

I'd love to see all the peaceful cannabis (aka the Mexican-word biased
word, 'marijuana') users given a blanket pardon (a la what Carter did with
the Vietnam deserters in Jan. 1977) that did a lot to heal the country.
Well, I can dream Obama might do *one* good thing, can't I?