Moustache Unlpuged #22

hehehe...undetected, I take the opportunity to work on my letter...

Dear Colorado Parole Board,

An 18 year old murders a 28 year old motel cook that yielded 50 cents in change.  Eight days later, the same 18 year old murders a 19 year old Army soldier.  Five days after that,  with 2 accomplices, the same 18 year old kidnaps an employee from a Red Lobster restaurant and ultimately murders her.  Separate trials with separate convictions results in a sentence to life in prison.

And, once again, he sat before you hoping to be paroled and released back into mainstream society.


Life in prison.  Doesn't that mean the person will leave confinement only when his/her corpse is room temperature?  Sure, this murderer was 18 years old when he committed the crimes, but he simply didn't take one life, or two....he actively participated in ending the lives of three people in less than 2 weeks! 

Oh, but the poor guy has been behind bars for almost 40 years.  Seriously?  Is this guy now suppose to be classified as a victim??  Boo-hoo.  There are three people who haven't been breathing and enjoying planet earth these last 40 years because of him.  Ask the families about how they have been cheated spending time with their loved ones that were viciously taken from them; ask them about the searing pain of instant heartbreak upon learning of their loved ones death; ask them about their thoughts of releasing this guy since, poor thing, he's been locked up for so long.

Fortunately, one family member did speak out during the parole hearing via a video conference.  Kelsey Grammar, who most of us know as Frasier from the long running TV show, spoke and offered forgiveness, but wanted the killer to remain behind bars.  Mr. Grammar lost his sister, Karen Grammar, who was working at the Red Lobster the night she was kidnapped and killed.

Whether his testimony swayed you or not, the killer gets the opportunity to sit before you again in three years...hope you ruminate over the meaning of life prior to the next meeting.

Thanks for listening,
The Moustache