Comments on: A Dollar for My Thoughts- How was Charles Free caught?

By: everett lee doc# 417365

everett lee doc# 417365 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:13:28 +0000

govenor crist,
we all know he got away with escape.But the circumstances here deserve a closer look.The fact that this guy had enough respect for society to go ahead and be a productive member of said society,even though that if found out,he would most certainly be sent back.I have to beleive that this guy found some kind of faith,a release from the feeling of impending doom that haunts many ex-convicts.
I implore you to release this guy from custody,hit him in the pocketbook,where it will all do us some good. It’s obvious this guy has more money than time.
Thank you for your time,
Everett L. Lee doc#417365

By: jrwebdesign

jrwebdesign — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:16:16 +0000

Please visit http://www.FREECHARLESFREE.com and post your support for Charles Free AKA Jack Hazen. Thank you

By: A Dollar for My Thoughts

A Dollar for My Thoughts — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:13:02 +0000

I think judges may properly take mitigating circumstances into account, but the principle that (genuine) criminality should be punished is not one I would be quick to shelve. It’s not any prosecutor’s fault that Hazen was sick and elderly by the time they caught up with him. It’s his fault for not turning himself in many years ago, and for escaping to begin with. Moreover, armed robbery is indeed a “serious and dangerous” crime. He didn’t grab a piece of fruit from a corner stand.

Megan further obfuscates the issue by declaring that government spending on education and libraries is “necessary.” I don’t agree, but what should be done in this case does not depend on what’s going on lately with budget debates. It depends on the facts of Hazen’s case and whether the proper function of government includes catching, prosecuting and imprisoning escaped convicts.

By: Ariella

Ariella — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:35:38 +0000

I agree with Megan when says that is strange that tax money is going to search for someone like Free, instead of focusing in serious and dangerous crimes.
Mr. Free reminds me exactly the main character in the classic bestseller LOS MISERABLES, written by Victor Hugo, translated in more than 50 languages.
What the people involved with laws, rules and punishment should do is analyze why many of the people that come from wars and other difficult situations where they expose their lives for their countries, should get to this point. And it is true, living 31 years with this guilt and not being able to tell his family, was enough for him. Leave Mr. Free free.

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:23:03 +0000

It’s odd that no one will explain how Free was found. It’s also strange that tax money is going to searching for someone like Free vs. those people who have committed serious and dangerous crimes. Was it just easier to locate Free instead of focusing on unsolved murders?
Florida’s Gov. Crist recently imposed budget cuts for the state that have led to reduced numbers of accepted college applications (FSU) and less funding for fire fighters and libraries. If budget concerns are so great to cut these necessary resources, then I can’t imagine how the Florida government can justify spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to incarcerate an old, sick man just on principle.