Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Legislation requiring 50 percent of sentence to be served goes to House for consideration.
The Rhode Island Senate approved legislation Tuesday requiring individuals convicted of first- or second-degree murder to serve as least 50 percent of a sentence prior to being eligible for parole. Sen. Leonidas P. Raptakis (D-Dist. 33, Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich), who sponsored the legislation, said it was drafted in response to recent reports of murderers released on parole without serving large portions of their sentences. “Individuals who commit first- and second-degree murder should be expected to serve at least a majority of their sentences and really, I think, they should be serving their full sentences for such a heinous crime,” said Raptakis. “At the very least, they should serve no less than half of their term, …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
After public outcry and two delays on a review of the case, board votes to parole Alfred Brissette.
The Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers has denounced the RI Parole Board's decision to release "Thrill Killer" Alfred Brissette 13 years into a 35-year sentence. Brissette is convicted of killing Jeanette Descoteaux of Woonsocket, pleading "no contest" to killing her for the thrill. He'll be out on parole this year with 22 years of his sentence left for the 1999 murder of the Woonsocket woman. Turnto10.com reported Monday that the murderer will be freed as planned according to the board's original June 2012 vote. “We are absolutely disgusted and appalled that the Parole Board would put the citizens of Rhode Island in danger by voting again to release ‘The Thrill Killer,’ said David Mellon, President of RIBCO. "Here is a …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Alfred Brissette, convicted of 1999 thrill killing of Jeanette Descoteaux, may be paroled 22 years early.
Alfred Brissette, convicted of killing Jeanette Descoteaux, might not be released 22 years early after all, according to WPRI.com, and one lawmaker wants a 30-year minimum sentence for murderers going forward. Brissette, previously scheduled for parole after serving just 13 years of a 35-year sentence for the 1999 murder of the Woonsocket woman he and another man committed for the thrill, was scheduled to be released from prison this year. But WPRI.com and Boston.com report the parole board is reviewing the decision. Boston.com reports part of Brissette’s release plan fell through, according to a parole board official. WPRI.com reports the board will review the case Dec. 17. Meanwhile, Leo Raptakis, newly elected senator for Coventry's …
Maxin
10:14 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
I am also sick of hearing about our so call local hero’s the police. I do not feel bad when they get shot at or killed. This is the future they prescribed for themselves when they decided to go into that profession. God said, if you believe in a god, “live by the sword die by the sword”, do police really believe because they kill in the name of mans laws that god will think this is ok? No you are… more ›