Among last acts, Blunt commutes sentences of two women convicted of murder
Gov. Matt Blunt, who will leave office on Monday, announced Saturday that he has commuted the sentences of Stacey Lannert and Charity Carey, who had been convicted of murder.
Lannert killed her father and has been in prison for 18 years, and Carey has been in prison for eight years for murdering her husband.
Blunt said he was acting because both women “were victims of rape and abuse before committing crimes against the men who victimized them.”
“After an exhaustive review of the facts in both cases, I am commuting the sentences of Stacey Lannert and Charity Carey, who suffered extensive abuse before they took action against the men who raped them and subjected them to other horrible physical and emotional abuse,” Blunt said in a statement.
“Stacey Lannert and Charity Carey have paid for their crimes. In both cases, the abuse these women suffered was clearly a mitigating factor in their actions. It is my hope and belief that when Ms. Lannert and Ms. Carey are paroled that they will become productive members of society.”
Alot of people worked for a long time sending letters and emails to Matt Blunt asking him to pardon Stacey Lannert, I am glad he listened!!!