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Gov Brewer isn't soft on crime or criminals.

I read this article to learn more about this case.

Maybe it will fill in some gaps for you too?

http://www.azcentral.com/news/20120708arizona-woman-who-killed-baby-1963-likely-get-parole.html




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Longest Serving Female Prison Inmate, Released
By: nacl01
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Tue, 14 Aug 12 11:22 PM
Msg. 43330 of 45651

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[Betty] Smithey, now 69, was granted parole by the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency on Monday.
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Smithey was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
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She tried, appealing to then-governors Fyfe Symington and Janet Napolitano, but was denied until Jan Brewer, the current governor, agreed to lower her sentence to 48 years to life.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/betty-smithey-longest-serving-female-prison-inmate-released/story?id=17001914#.UCqV2M9es5Y

Everything I have seen from this Republican governor has been very conservative. Now this.

What does it mean to be sentenced to life without parole when you can get parole if you wait long enough?

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