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Killer of South Kingstown boy Jason Foreman to be released in August, 12 years early
01:00 AM EST on Sunday, March 6, 2011
SOUTH KINGSTOWN Michael Woodmansee had been put away for good.
Or thats how revulsion and hope fused over the years in the village of Peace Dale, distorting memories. In peoples minds, the monster who killed 5-year-old Jason Foreman in 1975 and kept the boys shellacked bones and skull on his bedroom dresser would remain behind bars forever.
But Woodmansee, who in 1982 tried to strangle the local paperboy and ended up confessing to killing Jason, wasnt sentenced to forever. He got 40 years to serve.
Now, because of a prison reward system that shaves 10 days or more a month off inmates sentences for good behavior, the perpetrator of one of Rhode Islands most detestable crimes is scheduled to be released 12 years sooner.
Certainly there would not have been any anticipation of him getting out in 28 years, said Superior Court Judge Susan E. McGuirl, who as a state prosecutor in 1983 agreed to the plea bargain that spared the Foreman family a trial and revelations of possible other atrocities never made public.
The Foremans, the police and the hundreds of volunteers who searched for days for the missing boy only to learn the horrific truth seven years later just wanted Woodmansee gone for a very long time.
http://www.projo.com/news/content/MICHAEL_WOODMANSEE_03-06-11_PIMQFMO_v39.1941899.html
01:00 AM EST on Sunday, March 6, 2011
SOUTH KINGSTOWN Michael Woodmansee had been put away for good.
Or thats how revulsion and hope fused over the years in the village of Peace Dale, distorting memories. In peoples minds, the monster who killed 5-year-old Jason Foreman in 1975 and kept the boys shellacked bones and skull on his bedroom dresser would remain behind bars forever.
But Woodmansee, who in 1982 tried to strangle the local paperboy and ended up confessing to killing Jason, wasnt sentenced to forever. He got 40 years to serve.
Now, because of a prison reward system that shaves 10 days or more a month off inmates sentences for good behavior, the perpetrator of one of Rhode Islands most detestable crimes is scheduled to be released 12 years sooner.
Certainly there would not have been any anticipation of him getting out in 28 years, said Superior Court Judge Susan E. McGuirl, who as a state prosecutor in 1983 agreed to the plea bargain that spared the Foreman family a trial and revelations of possible other atrocities never made public.
The Foremans, the police and the hundreds of volunteers who searched for days for the missing boy only to learn the horrific truth seven years later just wanted Woodmansee gone for a very long time.
http://www.projo.com/news/content/MICHAEL_WOODMANSEE_03-06-11_PIMQFMO_v39.1941899.html