GUILTY SD - Morgan Myers, 30, pregnant, murdered, Rapid City, 26 April 2012

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I get the sweats and shakes every time I read $hit like this.

Since when is a crminal's imprisonment status confidential? Why on earth shouldn't this be publicly available information - especially to that offender's victims?! :banghead:

Be safe, Jacie. :hug:
 
Gardenlady said:
I get the sweats and shakes every time I read $hit like this.

Since when is a crminal's imprisonment status confidential? Why on earth shouldn't this be publicly available information - especially to that offender's victims?! :banghead:

Be safe, Jacie. :hug:
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Each state has different laws on revealing who is incarcerated. Federal, you can just go to bop.gov

Thanks, I am a good shot. ;) Fortunately there are not too many NDN guys with waist length hair in our town, easy to spot, as well as the ink.
 
by that I meant another DV related murder. I'm glad he has been arrested, and might the wheels of justice crank it up...
 
seattlechiquita said:
by that I meant another DV related murder. I'm glad he has been arrested, and might the wheels of justice crank it up...
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South Dakota is taking this case seriously and I am so happy to see that. LE waited til after he was treated and medically cleared before arresting him, that way we the taxpayers aren't paying his medical bills. It is an election year and I'm hoping that there will be a hard line when it comes to this case and he is given the death penalty.

In a 2007 case in South Dakota, Former police chief Ken Huber has been found guilty of first degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison. http://behindthebluewall.blogspot.com/2011/05/sd-ex-highmore-police-chief-ken-huber.html He stood over his wife as she was lying in bed with their daughter next to her and shot his wife, he then blamed it on accidental discharge of his weapon. Right after that he called his girlfriend, who was an Assistant State's Attorney for her region, she took him to a mental hospital and he claimed impaired mental capacity. :banghead:

I'm hoping that in this recent case, the multiple charges will bring the DP.
 
Jacie Estes said:
I like the fact that he won't get out of jail. Mandatory life sentence, no plea bargain and no prosecutorial discretion.

First-degree murder is punishable by up to life in prison, but prosecutors have the option of seeking the death penalty. Fetal homicide carries a mandatory life sentence.

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/su...cle_74785d1a-bdad-524b-9983-5bd207e920af.html
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Does this mean the prosecution cannot offer a deal for LWOP? They have to take it to trial?
 
seattlechiquita said:
Does this mean the prosecution cannot offer a deal for LWOP? They have to take it to trial?
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I have an email into the prosecutor's office asking if prosecutorial discretion can come into play in this case, if I hear back I will post. In South Dakota the last several election cycles, factions are trying to put pro-life issues on the ballot so it would be in a prosecutor's best interests to push for the max penalty. In the same jurisdiction there is another trial scheduled for 'attempted' fetal homocide: http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/tr...cle_05889c52-4179-58be-9e84-20f993a5e82c.html

22-16-4. Homicide as murder in the first degree. Homicide is murder in the first degree :

(1) If perpetrated without authority of law and with a premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed or of any other human being, including an unborn child; or

(2) If committed by a person engaged in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, or unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or explosive.

Homicide is also murder in the first degree if committed by a person who perpetrated, or who attempted to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery, burglary, kidnapping or unlawful throwing, placing or discharging of a destructive device or explosive and who subsequently effects the death of any victim of such crime to prevent detection or prosecution of the crime.

Source: SDC 1939, § 13.2007 (1); SL 1979, ch 160, § 2; SL 1980, ch 173, § 9; SL 1992, ch 161; SL 2005, ch 120, § 154.



http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Statute=22-16-4&Type=Statute

btw Here are the statutes for all of the states:
http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/fetal-homicide-state-laws.aspx
 
seattlechiquita said:
Does this mean the prosecution cannot offer a deal for LWOP? They have to take it to trial?
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From the way the reporter stated it, the fetal homocide is non-negotioble. Young may be able to plead down on the other charges but not that one.
 
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Michael Young's attorney schedules a hearing

The man accused of killing his girlfriend and their unborn child in Rapid City almost two years ago made a brief court appearance Monday. Read more
Death penalty won't be sought in Young case

The man charged with stabbing his pregnant ex-girlfriend to death in a Rapid City retail store's parking lot will not face the death penalty,

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/lo...cle_937d1810-b38d-11e3-8348-001a4bcf887a.html
 
Ugh this . Can't believe it has been this long and just now getting a trial date. :furious:


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It is strange that, in a state that is staunchly Right to Life and where those who live in the state capitol, mid state, have to travel at least 200 miles in any direction to get an IUD, the fact that a child, in utero, was murdered and that charged is dropped. smh

Currently, at least 38 states have fetal homicide laws. The states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/fetal-homicide-state-laws.aspx

Usually, when a guilty plea is entered the defendant has to explain their crime. But Monday, Young sat in silence. His attorney explained that he has no memory of the hours prior or after he stabbed Meyer and himself. Testimony from a psychologist confirms Young's memory loss. :rolleyes:
http://www.kotatv.com/story/2613421...n-walmart-stabbing-death-faces-life-in-prison
 
Jacie Estes said:
It is strange that, in a state that is staunchly Right to Life and where those who live in the state capitol, mid state, have to travel at least 200 miles in any direction to get an IUD, the fact that a child, in utero, was murdered and that charged is dropped. smh

Currently, at least 38 states have fetal homicide laws. The states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/fetal-homicide-state-laws.aspx

Usually, when a guilty plea is entered the defendant has to explain their crime. But Monday, Young sat in silence. His attorney explained that he has no memory of the hours prior or after he stabbed Meyer and himself. Testimony from a psychologist confirms Young's memory loss. :rolleyes:
http://www.kotatv.com/story/2613421...n-walmart-stabbing-death-faces-life-in-prison
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I've about had it up to here ^ with the 'memory loss' and the 'I forgot'. This has 'no memory' of stabbing a pregnant woman to death and parents keep 'forgetting' children in cars.

Bunch of bull :censored: if you ask me!
 
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