Beautiful morning in NY
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From death row to freedom, Paula Cooper dead of apparent suicide
"...n 1989, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to sentence a person younger than age 16 to death, and the high court commuted Cooper's sentence to 60 years in prison.
While in prison, Cooper earned her GED, received a bachelor's degree, completed an apprenticeship program in housekeeping and collected various certificates.
She knocked one day off her sentence for each day of good behavior, earned extra credits for her educational achievements and won her release from Rockville Correctional Facility on June 17, 2013 after 28 years behind bars...."
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/...cle_c3cb13a7-ae3b-5971-b1ac-d259a457a28c.html
Paula R. COOPER
"Classification: Homicide
Characteristics: Juvenile (15) - Robbery
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: May 14, 1985
Date of birth: August 25, 1969
Victim profile: Ruth Pelke, 78
Method of murder: Stabbing with knife (33 times)
Location: Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on July 11, 1986. Resentenced to a 60 year term of imprisonment on August 18, 1989..."
http://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cooper-paula.htm
Paula Cooper: Convicted of murder at 15, a Gary woman prepares for her 2013 release
"...Now, more than 25 years later, Cooper says she is a different person, tutoring inmates in the culinary arts while she is counting down the days to her 2013 release. And a second chance at life..."
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/...cle_db6ca31c-8de5-52b0-b448-81793607fe29.html
Pelke's devotion to family, faith resonates decades after murder
"....in 1985 four teenage girls turned their stepgrandmother's dining room into a crime scene, leaving Pelke dead with more than 30 knife wounds piercing her 78-year-old frame...."
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/...cle_7a9ed4e1-b96a-568f-aa1d-615205b3ea2b.html
Link:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/06/16/article-2342772-1A5A2081000005DC-36_306x423.jpg
If anyone is interested- more info here:
http://www.nwitimes.com/search/?l=25&skin=/branding/gary&sd=desc&s=start_time&f=html&q=Ruth Pelke
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Women wardens run 4 of state's 10 prisons
"...As warden at the Perryville complex in Goodyear, Frigo's prison has one of Arizona's most notorious inmates: Jodi Arias.
Frigo said there was a buzz among the roughly 4,000 female inmates when Arias, convicted of brutally murdering her lover, was sentenced to life in prison.
"They know she's here, but in Corrections, she's just an inmate," Frigo said matter-of-factly. "She's not special. Inmates come to prison for their punishment."..."
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news...dens-run-four-arizona-state-prisons/27905407/
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Michael Ryan, On Death Row For 3 Decades For 1985 Cult Killings, Dies In Prison
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/25/michael-ryan-death-1985-cult-killings_n_7436430.html
Michael Wayne RYAN
"Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: White supremacist - Cult leader - Ritualistic torture - Sexual abuse
Number of victims: 2
Date of murders: March/April 29, 1984
Date of arrest: August 18, 1984
Date of birth: August 3, 1948
Victims profile: Luke Stice, 5 / James Thimm
Method of murder: Beating - Torture
Location: Richardson County, Nebraska, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on September 12, 1985..."
http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/ryan-michael-wayne.htm
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