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colorado_ufo

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25. If this is true . . .

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:51 PM

Nov 20

she should be grateful for the mercy shown her and WANT to spend the rest of her life in prison, repenting and doing whatever good she might be capable of.

She is mentally ill. What kind of life does she think she would have out of prison? Who would hire her? Who would want to begin a relationship with her? Who would want to be her neighbor? She is better off in prison, even if she doesn't realize it.

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Susan Smith, who killed her 2 young children 30 years ago, denied parole [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 OP

A horrific story that has been repeated all too many times since. hlthe2b Nov 20 #1

AND no_hypocrisy Nov 20 #3

Yes... Something that wipes out any attempt to make her sympathetic (assuming she "could" be) hlthe2b Nov 20 #6

NOT in any way an excuse but her whole story is chilling underpants Nov 20 #9

I'm not sure what you mean here. ShazzieB Nov 20 #14

He was her stepfather. He'd started abusing pretty much as soon as he married her mother. underpants Nov 20 #15

Oh, when you said "boyfriend," I assumed you meant the guy who had just broken up with her. ShazzieB Nov 20 #19

Okay. Thanks. I didn't know about the other boyfriend underpants Nov 20 #24

Good. She killed 2 kids horrifically. That should be 2 life sentences. applegrove Nov 20 #2

She is currently serving two life sentences SCantiGOP Nov 20 #16

But it has only been 30 years and she was up for parole. applegrove Nov 20 #17

In SC, a someone with a life sentence SCantiGOP Nov 20 #18

She needs Rebl2 Nov 20 #22

Good. Deuxcents Nov 20 #4

Good! keithbvadu2 Nov 20 #5

Die in prison lady. soon please ZonkerHarris Nov 20 #7

This quote is just beyond sick .... sinkingfeeling Nov 20 #8

sinkingfeeling............ Upthevibe Nov 20 #10

If this is true . . . colorado_ufo Nov 20 #25

Good - denied parole. Vinca Nov 20 #11

Newt Gingrich tried to make political hay of Smith, but it really backfired on him when more came out. Archae Nov 20 #12

Republicans put the spin on it that it's not so bad because she was his adopted, not biological daughter. keithbvadu2 Nov 20 #20

From the "HEY!!! NO FAIR REMEMBERING STUFF!!!" file Montauk6 Nov 20 #13

Are parole boards allowed to BigmanPigman Nov 20 #21

IIRC, she initially said a black man carjacked the vehicle TexasBushwhacker Nov 20 #23

Blamed it on a black carjacker maxrandb Nov 20 #26

Good. LoisB Nov 20 #27