The two evil bastards that shot a marine in front of his girlfriend for fun have been indicted on aggravated murder charges and thankfully face the death penalty. From the A.P. (The checks in the mail guys):

Ean Farrow, 19, and Thomas Ray III, 20, of Cleveland, were indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury on charges of aggravated murder, murder, kidnapping, felonious assault and aggravated robbery in the Jan. 5 shooting of Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield.

The 21-year-old Crutchfield was crippled by a gunshot while waiting for a bus in Cleveland and died of a related infection on May 18.

“It’s sickening and appalling that this Marine, who put his life on the line fighting for our country, comes home only to face a deadlier enemy on our streets — a couple of thugs who have no regard for human life,” prosecutor Bill Mason said.

Prosecutor Bill Mason’s office has received dozens of emails asking for him to pursue the death penalty. These two definitely deserve it:

Police tied the suspects to Crutchfield’s shooting while investigating a robbery on the following morning across the street from the scene of the attack.

Crutchfield, warned by commanders that he could be a robbery target as a Marine on leave with a pocketful of money, was carrying only $8, his military identification and a bank card.

“They took it, turned his pockets inside out, took what he had and told him since he was a Marine and didn’t have any money he didn’t deserve to live,” his aunt, Albert Holt, told The Associated Press last month. “They put the gun to his neck and shot him.”

Let’s hope these two get the death penalty. Then we’ll organize a field trip to dance on their graves. Maybe the infamous Cat Dance!

Not Safe for Work! Really:

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Who’s with me?

My buddy Lilo told me about this horrible story from Tipton county in Indiana where a man convicted of molesting an 11-year-old and a 5-year-old has been given a plea deal where he’ll serve NO jail time for his horrible crimes. What’s worse is that there are rumors of the pervert getting special treatment from authorities because his father, Bill Nichols, is the county coroner and his uncle, Brad Nichols, is a county councilman.

Brad Nichols is a Republican, so considering our party’s hard-line law-and-order stance I would think he’d have been more vocal about such a travesty of justice even if the criminal involved was his nephew. He can be contacted here if you have any questions regarding why his nephew is getting special treatment.

Hamilton County Deputy Prosecutor Stephanie Smith claims that the light sentence was “an appropriate resolution that will save the children the trauma of testifying in a trial,” even though the victims’ families objected to what was clearly a sweetheart deal. From The Kokomo Tribune:

The plea bargain agreed upon by Smith and Nichols’ attorney, Jim Crum, would result in Nichols pleading guilty to child molest as a C felony filed in Tipton County and two C felony child molest charges in Hamilton County.

The Tipton County charges allege Nichols fondled a boy who was 7 or 8 between April 1, 2003, to Nov. 30, 2003. The two Hamilton County charges allege he fondled or touched an 11-year-old boy on two occasion between May 1, 2002, and May 31, 2002.

The plea, if granted by Proffitt, would have Nichols serve six years all suspended with four years of probation on all three charges with the Tipton County and Hamilton County offenses to run consecutive for a total of eight years probation and no jail time. Nichols also would be required to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

Proffitt will make her decision on the plea at an Aug. 13 hearing.

Now that’s a sweat heart deal! But wait, there’s more:

Smith and Proffitt took over the case after Tipton County Prosecutor Jay Rich and Tipton Circuit Court Judge Tom Lett recused themselves due to perceived conflicts of interest.

Both men have worked with Nichols’ father, Bob Nichols, the Tipton County coroner, and his uncle, Brad Nichols, a county councilman.

If convicted of the original charges, Aaron Nichols could serve from six to 20 years for each B felony and two to eight years for each C felony.

I’m sure prosecuting your boss’ friends isn’t a conflict of interest either. Like I said Lilo is all over this one including in a post on Perverted Primates. The grapevine at Primates is ripe and juicy. Here’s a little tidbit she manged to pull out from a newspaper comment section:

The truth is that one brave child TOLD on him for forcing him to take his penis in his mouth and had for a long time in ’04. At this time CPS became involved and Aaron told his Dad, the Tipton Co. Coroner, that he had molested many other children as well and his father, Bob Nichols, told him to keep his mouth shut about the other victims! For two more years Bob sat back and allowed Aaron to carry on and be around little kids all the time in their homeschool group, Boy Scouts, church, 4-H, etc…. After the child told on him in ’04 he entered counciling and eventually the counselor told him he had to disclose all his victims and when he finally did, the counselor told him he had 48 hrs to turn himself in, or he would.

I know it’s just a rumor, but it jibes well with this little tidbit I found on the Topix forum about Nichols. Apparently a guy named Timothy Moore got a 4 year sentence for a Class C felony child molest charge from the same judge. He had the same Prosecutor and the same defense attorney. He got a very different sentence and Prosecutor Stephanie Smith wasn’t shy about putting his young victim on the stand.

Bonnie’s Blog of Crime has a letter published by a friend of the victims’ families that was in the court and witnessed Prosecutor Smith in action. It’s a must read and will get your blood boiling. Smith apparently thinks jail time would “undo” Nichols’ progress in counseling. At least that’s what she screamed at a father of one of his victims!

The sentencing doesn’t happen until August 13th so Lilo is spearheading the drive to get the judge in the case to reject the plea. Please take some time out to contact the judge and ask her to dispense true justice:

Judith S. Proffitt Judge
One Hamilton County Square #337
Noblesville, IN 46060
Phone: 317-776-9635
Administrator: 317-776-8589

Prosecutor Smith can be contacted also. Be prepared to be yelled at by a woman who thinks she’s much better than you:

Prosecutor’s Office:
Hamilton County Deputy Prosecutor Stephanie Smith
Phone: 317-776-8595,
Fax: 317-776-8469
Address: One Hamilton County Square Suite 134 Noblesville, IN 46060-2230

Let’s help Nichols’ victims get the justice they deserve.