Reduced sentence recommended for convicted killer

LeighM; praying you get your chance to speak your mind! Hope this guy rot's in a cell also. Sounds like he has "connections" though; and a little payola to a certain "board" may be a possibility also. Criminals are everywhere; not just ghetto thugs and crooked cops; who was governor when Janie Ward was murdered? Who were the "special investigators"? Who was the ASP "investigator"? Who was his boss? See what I mean about criminals being everywhere!

Arkansas Parole Board Policy (current) states: "The Board will use Form 153 (Attachment 1: Law Enforcement Response) to solicit the written or oral recommendations of the sentencing court, the prosecuting attorney, and the sheriff of the county from which the inmate was committed. If the person whose parole is being considered by the Board was convicted of capital murder, of a Class Y, Class A, or Class B felony, or any violent or sexual offense, the Board shall also notify the victim of the crime, or the victim's next of kin, of the parole hearing and shall solicit written or oral recommendations of the victim or their next of kin regarding the granting of the parole." I intend to contact them as soon as I can. I cannot let this go without at least having my say. This has messed up my life and the lives of my siblings.

@ArkansasYankee: "Wonder how many of Eric's family and friends were at the clemency hearing?" I am the eldest son of Leigh Eric Marsh Sr. Had no idea this piece of trash was still eligible for parole. I thought he would rot in prison forever, or get stabbed in his smug, happy face. Foolish thought, I know. My dad moved our family from New York to Levy while I was young, and the creep shown above was actually preying on my mother, not fooling around with her. I wished my dad would have shot him in the face that night. @Butch54: "The little deal that you can sign up for with ADC that lets you know of any hearing or change in an inmates status. So I'd say the opportunity for them to have been there was handed to them." Actually I was unaware of any tool like that. It was so long ago, I forgot how many years the turd got. I was still hoping it was life for the longest, and was too young to know better. im 30 now. Thanks for the tip. I am so gonna track this now. Unfortunately, there seems to be more outreach for criminals than for victim's families in situations like this. I just found out tonight. Obviously the offensive excuse for a life's supporters knew long ahead of time that he was up for a review.

jwLonokeCo Just looked him up on www.ArkansasDOC.com inmate search. The pic they are showing is a mug shot. Taken at Cummins unit 06/09/2009. That is public information. You can look up any inmate you want to find out about. It show's they're picture time they got there and scheduled time to get out or T/E date and if you scroll down you can see they're rap sheet.

- unless of course they're in a jumpsuit and/or you can see the concrete block wall behind them.

Yank - the pictures posted are driver's license photos - not mug shots and not current.

They have posted a picture of him. He looks happy where he is; leave him there!

I've used VINE. Nice tool. Maybe Eric's family and friends just didn't care; who knows?

why even have sentencing anymore?

With all the bad publicity on police officers lately who worries about if their shot or not. They seem to be as bad as the crooks. Read story on 11. As for the parole board it is a necessary evil. If not for them you'd be on here crying about your taxes. I know someone that did their sentence and never got into trouble on parole. He was worth it. As for Eric's family. The story didn't say. But did you ever hear of VINE. The little deal that you can sign up for with ADC that lets you know of any hearing or change in an inmates status. So I'd say the opportunity for them to have been there was handed to them. Learn the tools of this world and how to use them before complaining. Just think if I'd of been the kind of person that used food stamps, welfare, and those other great programs I wouldn't of been smuggling to feed and cloth 2 pre-teen children. I could of let you do it. Life for a life is what I say. You take one you give yours. No whining.