10/08/2011
A second man charged in the November 2009 fatal shootings of five people in Pearcy has reached an agreement with prosecutors in which he pleaded guilty to lesser charges in exchange for the dismissal of five capital murder counts.[Jeremy Pickney Charged In 5 Ark. Deaths Gets Plea Bargain by Jessica Johnson, AP/THV, October 6, 2011.]
Pickney pled guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit aggravated residential burglary and theft by receiving. He received a 30-year prison sentence for the conspiracy count and 20 years for the theft charge.
Pickney and Samuel Conway were charged with the deaths of Jeremy Gentry; Edward Gentry Sr.; Edward Gentry Jr.; Pamela Gentry; and Kristen Warneke. Conway was sentenced in June to “life without parole.” Pickney’s lawyer said he will be eligible for parole. He will come up for parole much sooner than the sentence would indicate.
Pearcy Massacre Evidence Ruled Inadmissable
The prosecution agreed to the plea deal because key evidence was ruled inadmissible.
Prosecuting Attorney Steve Oliver said in a statement that the decision to seek a plea deal was necessary because the most substantial evidence against Pickney-three cell phone videos, including one where he is seen discussing a robbery-were ruled inadmissible.[Suspect in Pearcy killings plead guilty to lesser charges, gets 50 years by Gavin Lesnick, Arkansas Online/Arkansas Democrat Gazette, October 6, 2011.]
Family members of the victims and investigating authorities agreed to the plea deal.
No one has bothered to explain WHY cell phone videos are not admissable. Five brutal murders are thus filed away and forgotten.
N.S.: As I previously wrote, while Arkansas is officially a death penalty state, capital punishment has apparently been unofficially abolished, at least where black mass murderers are concerned.
[Previously:
Never Heard of the Pearcy Massacre? One Guess Why Not!; and
“Don’t Raise Your Voice at Me!” [Click!] “Read a Law Book!” [Click!] — A Pearcy Massacre Update;
VDAREPearcy Massacre Archive; and
Yes, we’ve given a racist atrocity that, according to The Pretend Encyclopedia/Wikipedia never happened, enough coverage to have an archive on the subject.]
This is a content archive of VDARE.com, which Letitia James forced off of the Internet using lawfare.