I agree that Lifers should be offered parole/commutation of sentence at some point. What is the point of them reforming themselves if they will never get out? It defies logic. Someone like Robert Wideman, who is at SCI Pittsburgh, deserves a second chance. Please visit his website and sign his online petition in search of a Commutation of his sentence.
I would like all readers of these comments to note that ALL of the negative comments are coming from either the Morena family or the Slaby family. Everyone else, clear minded and intelligent, advocate for Wideman's release. Whether they like it or not, Robert Wideman DID NOT shoot their brother/cousin. No of us are the same people that we were at the age of 25. Common sense should prevail, not stupidity, hatred and ignorance. ROBERT WIDEMAN SHOULD BE FREED FROM PRISON. He is not the same man he was 34 years ago.
I would like all readers of these comments to note that ALL of the negative comments are coming from either the Morena family or the Slaby family. Everyone else, clear minded and intelligent, advocate for Wideman's release. Whether they like it or not, Robert Wideman DID NOT shoot their brother/cousin. No of us are the same people that we were at the age of 25. Common sense should prevail, not stupidity, hatred and ignorance. ROBERT WIDEMAN SHOULD BE FREED FROM PRISON. He is not the same man he was 34 years ago.
I am shocked and amazed at the EXTREME ignorance of a lot of these posters. Let me correct some of the falsehoods. As per Judge James McGregor, there were SIX men involved in a FELONY on that fateful November evening. Nick Morena and the SLABY (ONEOF THE POSTERS) BROTHERS. There was also RW, Mike Dukes and Cecil Rice. Rice has served his time and been freed. Wideman and Dukes are still incarcerated. The Slaby brothers recieved zero jail time. Intertesting. Yes, Dukes should have been sentenced per the then PA criminal laws as he was the shooter. Wideman and Rice WERE NOT THE PRINCIPALS. On that basis, per PA law, Wideman should have recieved a sentence similar to Rice's. The poster TinaLyn ADMITS that Morena is HER BROTHER, obvious bias in her statements as well as direct lies. In one court transcript, which I have read at length, the Morena family has already BEEN ADMONISHED BY JUDGE MCGREGOR FOR MAKING BLATANTLY FALSE STATEMENTS REGARDING THE CASE; clearly truth is not one of their strong points. I guess TinaLyn and the Slaby poster has decided to make up their own reality, regardless of truth and FACTS. So-called innocient people DO NOT agree to purchase stolen goods. That says it all. After 34 years in prison, for simply being present during a commission of a crime, is ridiculous. Any fool knows that. In any other state, Wideman would have been free long ago. He is now educated, drug free, alcohol free, in short, reformed. What else do people want. He is very remoseful. No one should be in prison for the rest of their life for simply being present at a crime. WIDEMAN DID NOT COMMIT MURDER- HE DID NOT SHOOT ANYONE. It cannot be more clear; more sophmoric. While Wideman's actions were controlled by no one but himself; THE FACT REMAINS, AND CANNOT BE CHANGED, THAT HE DID NOT SHOOT ANYONE. It is sad to me that this point must again be brought to public view for the few ignorants that permeate our society. In addition, whether it is a popular statement or not, Wideman's trial was at the height of POLITICAL POSTURING AND AN ELECTION. Clearly political. If anything, the publicity that surrounded his case has hurt him, not helped him. Wideman has already paid for the actions he chose to take. To address TinaLyn and another ignorant poster, for all we know Morena, since he was clearly criminally minded, wound have met a similar fate, just with different people. There is NOTHING on Wideman's website that is a lie, it is all TRUTH-ALONG WITH COURT TRANCRIPTS. WHETHER ANYONE LIKES IT OR NOT. If the Coroner testifies, and HE DID, that Morena's wounds WERE NOT FATAL, and the family won a wrongful death lawsuit, then THE WOUNDS WERE NOT FATAL-PERIOD. Yelling and shouting WILL NOT change the facts of the case. In any other State, Wideman would have been free a long time ago. Only the State of Pennsylvania seems to thrive on barbaric laws and judicial systems. Trial testimony confirms that Morena was shot in the SHOULDER-NOT THE BACK. Per trial testimony from Coroner Wecht, even in 1976,the treatment required for Morena was 'common knowledge and readily available, just not used by the hospital'. If anyone feels Wideman "deserves to rot in prison for the rest of his life", then why not Cecil Rice, another accomplice? The differences in the sentences defy logic-as do most of the comments made on these postings. Why did the Slaby Brothers escape sentencing at all? Let us not forget, they were also present during the commission of a Felony. To the Morena family member poster plhappe27, I pity you for your evil heart, same with all of the other Morena family and Slaby family members that posted. Maybe your family's would not be so hateful if you learned forgiveness. Free yourselves! DGS49, thank you for the enlightened, intelligent comments.
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