Post by Scully on Apr 28, 2014 7:55:42 GMT -6
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STRINGBEAN’S KILLER REQUEST’S PAROLE
Let me start this article by what Grand Ole Opry member Jan Howard said when she attended the parole hearing for John A. Brown, on Wed. April 23rd, 2014. I am quoting Jan who was a close friend of the Akerman’s. “I don’t want to see him have another breath of free air. It was not a robbery gone bad, a burglary gone bad. It was premeditated.”
My comments are as follows:
Brown and his cousin are murderers in the first degree and every degree. The death penalty should have been invoked at their trial so that we would not have to be going through this time of remembering our great loss of Stringbean and his wife Estelle. Brown’s cousin died in prison and that is where Brown should spend his time waiting to meet his maker for the terrible wrongs he committed. He and his cousin took from us two beautiful human beings, and did it in such a way that was devastating to their many friends, our community, our industry, and to society. To say that Brown is being described as responsible and he would have employment opportunities if released would go against everything I was ever taught in my lifetime. Let him stay in prison and spend his last years thinking about how lucky he is to be still alive for what he done. He does not deserve parole hearings, but I guess that is the way our system works, “if a killer says he has repented and is sorry for what he has done, then let’s give him another chance to go back out into the free world and kill someone else..” Wrong. Let him pay for his wrongs with the sentence he was given with no chance of parole.
John A. Brown should never be able to taste the fresh air of freedom ever again, and when he takes his last breath, we will still be in mourning from the loss of Stringbean and Estelle. The murders were almost like gangland killings. Brown and his cousin were two unhuman beings, and were not going to let Stringbean and his wife live, no matter what.
Justice can not be served by freeing this murderer, but justice can be served to let him stay in prison so that he will never again enjoy freedom. Let him help others in prison if he has learned so much, but he should not ever be allowed to walk free in our society to instill in our minds that he would murder someone else again. Life is too precious to have someone be given freedom to kill when the urge hits him.
Now we have to wait approximately a week or two after other board members review the case and cast a vote. Four votes in favor of parole are needed for him to be released. This is the fifth time Brown has faced the parole board since his conviction in 1974, and his last was in 2011.
Patsy Bruce watched the hearing from the Nashville office, voted to continue the case to October pending a psychological evaluation on Brown’s propensity for violence and any adjustment needs he might have before a release. John A. Brown is a murderer, and was sentenced for the crime, and I hope that our system will work to the point where he can never be allowed to the rights of freedom. HE AND HIS COUSIN MURDERED TWO PEOPLE AND SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN ANY OPPORTUNITY, NONE, TO HURT ANYONE AGAIN. His cousin is dead and has met his maker, and now Brown must think that 40 years of being a nice guy and learing good things is enough to be paroled and just say “I’m sorry for what I done.” What else is there to do in prison but get into more trouble or learn a trade. John A. Brown will never be fit for free society again, and my vote is to let him have his cell to live and breath his last days, and may he have only freedom to think about what he done and now he must pay for the rest of his life. I truly hope that parole will never be an option for this killer.
Marty Martel
STRINGBEAN’S KILLER REQUEST’S PAROLE
Let me start this article by what Grand Ole Opry member Jan Howard said when she attended the parole hearing for John A. Brown, on Wed. April 23rd, 2014. I am quoting Jan who was a close friend of the Akerman’s. “I don’t want to see him have another breath of free air. It was not a robbery gone bad, a burglary gone bad. It was premeditated.”
My comments are as follows:
Brown and his cousin are murderers in the first degree and every degree. The death penalty should have been invoked at their trial so that we would not have to be going through this time of remembering our great loss of Stringbean and his wife Estelle. Brown’s cousin died in prison and that is where Brown should spend his time waiting to meet his maker for the terrible wrongs he committed. He and his cousin took from us two beautiful human beings, and did it in such a way that was devastating to their many friends, our community, our industry, and to society. To say that Brown is being described as responsible and he would have employment opportunities if released would go against everything I was ever taught in my lifetime. Let him stay in prison and spend his last years thinking about how lucky he is to be still alive for what he done. He does not deserve parole hearings, but I guess that is the way our system works, “if a killer says he has repented and is sorry for what he has done, then let’s give him another chance to go back out into the free world and kill someone else..” Wrong. Let him pay for his wrongs with the sentence he was given with no chance of parole.
John A. Brown should never be able to taste the fresh air of freedom ever again, and when he takes his last breath, we will still be in mourning from the loss of Stringbean and Estelle. The murders were almost like gangland killings. Brown and his cousin were two unhuman beings, and were not going to let Stringbean and his wife live, no matter what.
Justice can not be served by freeing this murderer, but justice can be served to let him stay in prison so that he will never again enjoy freedom. Let him help others in prison if he has learned so much, but he should not ever be allowed to walk free in our society to instill in our minds that he would murder someone else again. Life is too precious to have someone be given freedom to kill when the urge hits him.
Now we have to wait approximately a week or two after other board members review the case and cast a vote. Four votes in favor of parole are needed for him to be released. This is the fifth time Brown has faced the parole board since his conviction in 1974, and his last was in 2011.
Patsy Bruce watched the hearing from the Nashville office, voted to continue the case to October pending a psychological evaluation on Brown’s propensity for violence and any adjustment needs he might have before a release. John A. Brown is a murderer, and was sentenced for the crime, and I hope that our system will work to the point where he can never be allowed to the rights of freedom. HE AND HIS COUSIN MURDERED TWO PEOPLE AND SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN ANY OPPORTUNITY, NONE, TO HURT ANYONE AGAIN. His cousin is dead and has met his maker, and now Brown must think that 40 years of being a nice guy and learing good things is enough to be paroled and just say “I’m sorry for what I done.” What else is there to do in prison but get into more trouble or learn a trade. John A. Brown will never be fit for free society again, and my vote is to let him have his cell to live and breath his last days, and may he have only freedom to think about what he done and now he must pay for the rest of his life. I truly hope that parole will never be an option for this killer.
Marty Martel