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Post by oslooskar on Feb 10, 2007 23:30:59 GMT -6
While I was checking out the Florida Department of Corrections offender network I came across the profile of an inmate by the name of Jennifer Birge (DC number K59817) who appears to be in the process of serving a 45 year sentence at Broward C.I. (A women’s facility) for two convictions of Grand Theft 1st degree.
So my question regarding this case is; how do the crimes of this particular individual, Jennifer Birge, warrant such a severe sentence?
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Post by Californian on Feb 11, 2007 13:48:22 GMT -6
While I was checking out the Florida Department of Corrections offender network I came across the profile of an inmate by the name of Jennifer Birge (DC number K59817) who appears to be in the process of serving a 45 year sentence at Broward C.I. (A women’s facility) for two convictions of Grand Theft 1st degree. So my question regarding this case is; how do the crimes of this particular individual, Jennifer Birge, warrant such a severe sentence? A pretty good bet is that she had lots of priors and they were tired of her act. Here in California, we sent a peckerwood to the joint for 25-life for stealing a pizza. He had two prior felonies, and petty theft with priors (which he also had) is a felony, so off to the joint he went under our "three strikes" law.
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Post by oslooskar on Feb 11, 2007 17:08:26 GMT -6
A pretty good bet is that she had lots of priors and they were tired of her act. She appears to have no priors so I am still mystified by her long sentence.
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Post by phatkat on Feb 11, 2007 18:16:26 GMT -6
If I'm reading the page on the FL DC website correctly, it looks like she might have been serving some sort of parole or suspended sentence for the first count (from 1998, convicted in 2001) and then managed to do it again in 2002, thus giving her two concurrent sentences....I may be wrong though. I can't find any info on her.
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Post by Anony+ on Feb 11, 2007 20:15:12 GMT -6
She has 2 separate convictions:
offense date of 7/1/1998, sentenced on 2/2/2001. Looks like she got 16 yrs probation, which was revoked when she got arrested for the second offense and re-sentenced on 5/27/2005 to 30 years;
offense date of 7/17/2002; sentenced on 5/27/2005 to 15 years in prison.
I'd imagine that the 15 years is to run concurrently with the 30 years, so she's really got 30 years (not 45). The harsh sentence is b/c of the re-offense while on probation, presumably for the same crime (b/c both say "grand theft of $100,000). In other words, she didn't learn the first time, so they stuck it to her the second time.
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Post by oslooskar on Feb 11, 2007 21:18:51 GMT -6
I'd imagine that the 15 years is to run concurrently with the 30 years, so she's really got 30 years (not 45). No, her scheduled release date from prison is July 31, 2049 so her 15 year sentence and her 30 year sentence are apparently not running concurrently. Therefore I’m still puzzled by what seems to be an unusually lengthy sentence in lieu of the fact that there are so many other offenders in the same facility who appear to have committed far worse crimes.
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Post by Lotus Flower on Feb 11, 2007 22:06:11 GMT -6
I'd imagine that the 15 years is to run concurrently with the 30 years, so she's really got 30 years (not 45). No, her scheduled release date from prison is July 31, 2049 so her 15 year sentence and her 30 year sentence are apparently not running concurrently. Therefore I’m still puzzled by what seems to be an unusually lengthy sentence in lieu of the fact that there are so many other offenders in the same facility who appear to have committed far worse crimes. Scheduled release is used if that person were to serve out the full sentence. I suspect she'll be up for parole decades sooner.
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Post by Anony+ on Feb 12, 2007 7:12:35 GMT -6
I'd imagine that the 15 years is to run concurrently with the 30 years, so she's really got 30 years (not 45). No, her scheduled release date from prison is July 31, 2049 so her 15 year sentence and her 30 year sentence are apparently not running concurrently. Missed that part. How can you possibly say that when you don't really know what she did? All you know is the name of the crime she was convicted of. You don't know anything else, so really don't know the severity of her crimes. Maybe she conned elderly out of millions. Who knows??
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Post by Rev. Agave on Feb 12, 2007 12:37:27 GMT -6
Doesn't a scheduled release date usually mean when the offender is released from custody altogether, meaning not on parole of probation?
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Post by selene71 on Feb 13, 2007 10:43:06 GMT -6
No, her scheduled release date from prison is July 31, 2049 so her 15 year sentence and her 30 year sentence are apparently not running concurrently. Missed that part. How can you possibly say that when you don't really know what she did? All you know is the name of the crime she was convicted of. You don't know anything else, so really don't know the severity of her crimes. Maybe she conned elderly out of millions. Who knows?? Maybe someone could become her penpal and find all this info out. sorry...oslooskar, I know you're just curious. Crimes such as theft have so much grey area that some of us simply don't have access to--I'm confused by sentencing procedures in general!
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Post by oslooskar on Feb 13, 2007 17:06:05 GMT -6
How can you possibly say that when you don't really know what she did? How can I possibly say what? All you know is the name of the crime she was convicted of. You don't know anything else, so really don't know the severity of her crimes. Maybe she conned elderly out of millions. Who knows?? That is correct, I don’t know, and for that very reason I was careful with my wording which you conveniently overlooked. See below! “Therefore I’m still puzzled by WHAT SEEMS TO BE an unusually lengthy sentence in lieu of the fact that there are so many other offenders in the same facility WHO APPEAR to have committed far worse crimes. Please note keywords: “WHAT SEEMS TO BE” and “WHO APPEAR”.
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Post by Lotus Flower on Feb 13, 2007 23:46:25 GMT -6
Doesn't a scheduled release date usually mean when the offender is released from custody altogether, meaning not on parole of probation? Yes. There is a separate date when/if the person is eligible for parole.
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