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They call this justice?
I covered enough murder trials as a cops reporter to understand the value of a plea bargain - in theory, at least. It’s almost always better to take a guilty verdict from a suspect than put the question in the hands of 12 people you’ve never seen before.
But theories have to go out the window at times. I’m just as bumfuddled as everyone else at the plea bargain granted to Mark Bowling. Rose Vincent received 29 years in her “deal” in exchange for testifying against the man who asked her to do the killing. Bowling may be out of prison by the time he’s 50. That’s justice?
Look at it this way. If Rose Vincent had never been part of the picture, chances are that Julie Bowling would be dead anyway. A stripper who talked to the Telegram last year told us Mark Bowling had offered her money to kill Julie. Who knows how many other women he propositioned the same way? Or how many he would have asked before he found someone else to do the dirty work?
Rose Vincent is no innocent victim in the case. But even if she was the one who pulled the trigger, it was only because Mark Bowling was pulling the strings that made her do it.
Bowling is a jerk, a coward, a liar and every other name you want to throw at him. Thank goodness there’s a place in prison for him. It’s a criminal shame he won’t be there for the rest of his life.
Comments
By Curmilus Dancy II
September 30, 2008 10:10 PM | Link to this
(It is a damn shame that Mark will be getting out of jail in his early 50’s.)
Look at it this way. If Rose Vincent had never been part of the picture, chances are that Julie Bowling would be dead anyway. A stripper who talked to the Telegram last year told us Mark Bowling had offered her money to kill Julie. Who knows how many other women he propositioned the same way? Or how many he would have asked before he found someone else to do the dirty work?
(I totally agree because I talked to a stripper also during the time I had my TV Talk Show. I also have a recording of someone who interviewed a stripper as well. If not Rose, Mark would probably eventually found another Rose out there who would have carried out his mission.) TPA
Rose Vincent is no innocent victim in the case. But even if she was the one who pulled the trigger, it was only because Mark Bowling was pulling the strings that made her do it.
(I totally agree. I am quite sure Rose was getting some great benefits from Mark.) TPA
Bowling is a jerk, a coward, a liar and every other name you want to throw at him. Thank goodness there�s a place in prison for him. It�s a criminal shame he won�t be there for the rest of his life.
(I agree with part of the above because he and Jerry Fisher co-hosted a moring show on WHIG with Herb and Sandra promoting it showed how he was a jerk weekly.
Since he has tried to kill his wife several times, I feel he should have gotten the death penalty. It is a damn shame that some folks get the death penalty and they don’t plot like Mark did. Oh well.
I am not shocked about how this case turned out because I feel Mark is being protected. By the case ending up with this plea, I feel a bunch of people are being protected who were connected to Mark parties and etc. Oh well.) TPA
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By carol
October 9, 2008 12:06 PM | Link to this
i was out of town during most of the trial, but kept up with what was going on. once again, our judicial system, specifically, the 7th judicial district, has let yet another victim get away with murder. some serious changes need to made in our court system. funny to me, everyone in this case gets to live, everyone that is except Julie. i also heard that immeidatly after the jury was released, the jurors were seen and heard hooping and hollering, celebrating that the trial was over, all they cared about was going home. it was a rude and inconsiderate way for them to behave, especially in the presence of the victims friends and family.