Another Tragedy.
- Thread starter charlie sherrill
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I responded to a call where the robber got something like $20.00 and then had the clerk lay down on the floor. Whereupon he shot him in the back of the head.
I was proud to testify at his trial, which helped lead to his conviction.
Turns out, he lived in the area and the clerk knew him.
I was proud to testify at his trial, which helped lead to his conviction.
Turns out, he lived in the area and the clerk knew him.
A lifetime ago, in 1969, Terry Cobb and Lucky Vance Stancliff shot 18 year-old Richard Ferguson more than a dozen times because he threw them out of a gas station for shoplifting. Ferguson's brother was killed in Vietnam a few months earlier.
Cobb is dead now; of course, Stancliff is still alive at Missourians' expense.
DOC ID 18062
Offender Name Lucky V Stancliff
Race White
Sex Male
Date of Birth 10/15/1948
Height/Weight 5'9" / 136
Hair/Eyes Gray/Partially Gray / Blue
Assigned Location Jefferson City Correctional Center
Address 8200 No More Victims, Jefferson City, MO 65101
Assigned Officer Phone Number (573) 751-3224
Sentence Summary Life W/O {(life, 5cs), Life W/O, Life, Life W/O, Life CC}
Active Offenses MURDER 1ST DEGREE (3 CTS); ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION (2 CTS); WEAPONS OFFENSE
Completed Offenses Completed sentence not found
Aliases Vance Stancliff; Pete Stancliff; Lucky V Stancliff; Lucky Vance Stancliff
Cobb is dead now; of course, Stancliff is still alive at Missourians' expense.
DOC ID 18062
Offender Name Lucky V Stancliff
Race White
Sex Male
Date of Birth 10/15/1948
Height/Weight 5'9" / 136
Hair/Eyes Gray/Partially Gray / Blue
Assigned Location Jefferson City Correctional Center
Address 8200 No More Victims, Jefferson City, MO 65101
Assigned Officer Phone Number (573) 751-3224
Sentence Summary Life W/O {(life, 5cs), Life W/O, Life, Life W/O, Life CC}
Active Offenses MURDER 1ST DEGREE (3 CTS); ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION (2 CTS); WEAPONS OFFENSE
Completed Offenses Completed sentence not found
Aliases Vance Stancliff; Pete Stancliff; Lucky V Stancliff; Lucky Vance Stancliff
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charlie sherrill
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He had a deer rifle and shotgun in his truck. He was gunned down inside the store.
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charlie sherrill
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First arrest made today. A male subject with a criminal past was arrested for accessory after the fact and conspiracy to commit a crime. This was announced right before Mr. Thornton's funeral. Information on this crime has been very quiet. Greene County, Ms. SO and State Line Police have very few resources for this type of crime and the investigation has been taken over by the FBI and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. They don't talk much on what they are investigating until they have something to say. They guy arrested is Drexle Johnson. He was once the top high school quarterback in Mississippi. Bad decisions on his part prevented him from getting a single college offer and earned him a ten year prison sentence. He recently had a murder charge dropped last summer. Plenty about him on Google.
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LVSteve
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As it should be. Way too much blabbing to the press before court time goes on in many jurisdictions in my opinion.
Convicted felon gets gun and picks up right where he left off. How many times have we heard this story. I personally believe that it should be made a Federal capital crime for a felon to possess a firearm. They should then be promptly tried before a panel of judges set up like a military tribunal with NO APPEAL. If found guilty, they would immediately be transported to the nearest Federal pen, strapped to a chair in the rec yard, and dispatched with a shotgun blast to the head. Needless to say, this would require a change to the judicial process under our Constitution. I have no doubt the libs would scream about this would unfairly target minorities. The truth is that minority folks would benefit the most, as the psychopathic violent thugs that prey on them, get removed from those neighborhoods permanently. Until Americans are willing to deal HARSHLY with felons with firearms, they are not serious about gun crime.
Saw a movie once about a Russian serial killer during the 80's. After sentence was pronounced, he was taken from the courtroom, down the hall a ways to another door that led into a small room with concrete walls and floor with a drain. He was then shot in the back of the head. Don't know how close to true it was, but it did seem efficient.
Puller
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Some say capitol punishment is no deterrent these days and I tend to agree. Mainly because it so sterile. I'm thinking public hangings on the courthouse lawn in a timely manner would have more of a deterring affect.
I don't know about the first offense but I'm sure it is a deterrent for a second offense. Larry
Regarding felons with firearms, I am not concerned about capital punishment being a deterrent. These creatures are broken units, essentially human waste that have demonstrated by their actions that they are past the point of rehabilitation. Why should the taxpayer incur the cost of keeping these psychopaths in a cage?
It's cheaper to warehouse them then go through the more expensive set of prosecutions and appeals to make it to execution. That's why New Mexico dumped the death penalty.
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When I worked patrol at night I made sure my convenience store clerks were told to wave at me when I drove by. If I did not receive a wave back I would drive down the block and call the store.
If the gas pump canopy lights were out, that meant they had problems, and I called for another unit. This worked pretty well for years.
If the gas pump canopy lights were out, that meant they had problems, and I called for another unit. This worked pretty well for years.
DWalt
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Or even getting one of to trial. One local case at present involves a gentleman who committed a murder in 2017. No doubt about his guilt. He is just now coming up for trial. Trial kept getting delayed due some police irregularities in evidence gathering.
