Paroles were denied Wednesday for a man accused of setting a fire that severely injured a Lauderdale County girl and another man convicted as a habitual offender for a number of robberies and thefts.
Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly said the Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole denied early parole for Jason Earl Pruitt, 38, and Anthony Keith Brown, 58, both of Florence, after hearings in Montgomery.
Pruitt pleaded guilty to first-degree arson and was sentenced to 25 years in 2006. Brown was sentenced to life as a habitual offender after a robbery conviction in 1999.
Hmmm lemme think....25 years for arson, life for habitual offender.....oh ok I get it. Justice IS blind. And deaf. And dumb. And Connolly has "short man syndrome". Anything to make him look big. At anyones expense.
I don't know either of the inmates, but I would be willing to bet the arsonist after this amount of time wouldn't do that again (what is terrible is the girl that was burned).
The habitual offender apparently has a habitual habit of drug use, (which had escalated to robbery to support his physical/mental cravings) could be treated with a positive result given first his honest "want" for such, and second good strong rehab and support. "Life" sentence? C'mon now.