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8/31/2006
5:13:55 pm EDT
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Board Of Pardons Rejects Commutation Plea From Infamous Killer
Author: Randall Chase, Associated Press Source: Daily Comet (LA)
Title: BOARD OF PARDONS REJECTS COMMUTATION PLEA FROM INFAMOUS KILLER
The state Board of Pardons refused Thursday to recommend commutation of the life prison sentences for a man who committed one of Delaware's most notorious crimes.
The board deliberated less than three minutes in deciding not to recommend commutation for Charles Cohen, 41, who pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the brutal 1988 murders of his parents, Martin and Ethel Cohen.
Cohen, who was 23 at the time of the killings, told the board he is a changed man, and that he has embraced Christianity.
Cohen is being held at the Delaware Psychiatric Center for mental health treatment but is expected to return soon to Sussex Correctional Institution.
Cohen told the board he was taken to psychiatric center after suggesting that a witchcraft spell had been cast against him.
"It's spoken of in the Bible several times," he explained. "It's a very real thing that's out there. There are covens, there's such a thing as witchcraft."
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| Prison Opportunities | Sep 1st. at 11:52:49 am EDT
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Lady-hearted Mojo (Irving, Texas) - Email Me
With all the prisoners who claim to "find God" while behind bars and all those who are "innocent" of the crimes they've committed, you'd think a prison wouldn't be too bad a place to find oneself. I mean: three squares a day, a warm bed, free medical care...and all the "saved" and "innocent" neighbors one could ask for . Why would anyone want to leave? Ha Ha. (sarcastic grin)
On a more serious note, the parole board, obviously, made the right decision.
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| Ironic | Sep 1st. at 9:28:56 am EDT
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arinna (Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina) - Email Me
this man should be glad that our laws aren't really based on his new found religion because according to a literal interpretation of the bible, not only should he not be released, he should be stoned to death for rebelling against his parents and killing them.
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| Full Sentence | Sep 1st. at 1:35:56 am EDT
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
"At a hearing before a Louisiana judge, Cohen unexpectedly revealed his true identity and confessed to the three murders. After being brought back to Delaware in 1992, he was sentenced to two life terms plus 60 years for killing his parents. He later pleaded guilty in California to killing Lutz and was sentenced to life in prison for that crime."
Good idea, since he obviously didn't like the CJ system in Louisianna, let him spend a lifetime in the Hotel California, after the two and a half lifetimes in Delaware.
If he's truly found the way unto Heaven, he'd want his sentence commuted to the Early Lifetime Completion Program. That he wants a free ride, indicates he's not a Christian, but an Apostate Jew.
Look at the bright side; his parents are in a better place.
Arawn
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| ... | Aug 31st. at 10:32:56 pm EDT
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Draken (Bronx, New York) - Email Me - Web
To be honest, moving to Dullawhere would drive ANYONE crazy.
That being said, I say they should lock him in a padded room for the rest of his life. I could just hear Vader say "Your journey to the Dark Side is now complete" to this recently-minted Christianist.
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| Should We Let Out Every Prisoner Who Is Now Xian? | Aug 31st. at 10:05:42 pm EDT
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Greenman (Columbus, Indiana) - Email Me - Web
It sounds like Cohen believes that since he's a Christian that he is cured of his insanity. And since his sins are all forgiven by God, he reasons, the world ought to forgive him too. Right?
Maybe some Christians are gullible enough to believe "asking Jesus into your heart" makes everything alright, but thank Gods none of them were sitting on that Parole board. I doubt any psychologist believes that conversion into any religion instantly heals insanity, especially of the sociopathic kind.
For him to blame his behavior on a spell cast by someone else is not taking responsibility for his actions, so I am not surprised he is still locked up where he needs to be.
One state prison guard told me that every time a new religious group comes in, whether its Christian, Muslim, or Wiccan, many inmates will convert over and over again. I am sure some are sincere, but the incentive to get out of the cell for a little while makes the conversion somewhat questionable. However, to use conversion as a reason to be pardoned from a life sentence-- as Cohen has-- is simply reprehensable.
bb,
Greenman
aka "Cern"
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| No Excuse. | Aug 31st. at 7:15:41 pm EDT
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me
I had worked in Galesburg when The facility there was under Dr. Cohen, so it was a shock for me, just as it was for many others, to learn what had happened to him soon after it closed down.
I am sorry for the Cohens. They did not deserve the way they died either. What he did, he meant to do- not because of witchcraft, but because he wanted to. And embracing xtianity shouldn't be an excuse to excuse him or what he did.
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