Tuesday, October 23, 2012
The Rhode Island ACLU supports the state Board of Elections decision to grant Michael Woodmansee an absentee ballot.
Joseph DeLorenzo, chairman of the Cranston Board of Canvassers was set to resign Monday after he says he was given an ultimatum by the state Board of Elections for refusing to provide an absentee ballot to convicted child killer Michael Woodmansee. DeLorenzo said he was told he would be face criminal charges if he didn't give Woodmansee a ballot. The Rhode Island ACLU issued the following statement Monday in support of the response by the state Board of Elections to the Cranston Board of Canvassers’ absentee ballot controversy: “Last week’s unlawful decision by the chair of the Cranston Board of Canvassers to deny an absentee ballot application simply because he personally opposed that person’s right to vote was an egregious violation of…
Friday, October 19, 2012
Michael Woodmansee, who was convicted of killing Jason Foreman in 1975, has requested an absentee ballot.
According to The Providence Journal and other media outlets, convicted child killer Michael Woodmansee is seeking an absentee ballot for the November election. In 1975, Woodmansee confessed to killing Jason Foreman, and was sentenced to 40 years. However, he only served 28 years and was set to be released before voluntarily committing himself. Before committing himself, news of his release caused residents to protest. According to The Journal, Woodmansee was transferred from the ACI to the Eleanor Slater Hospital in September 2011. WPRO’s John DePetro interviewed John Foreman, the father of Jason, yesterday afternoon. John Foreman said it was ridiculous that Woodmansee was being allowed to vote. For the audio, click here. According to The …
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The public reacts after Friday's announcement that child killer Michael Woodmansee applied to be committed at the state mental facility after his sentence ends on Sept. 1.
After the Foreman family and South Kingstown learned earlier this year that Michael Woodmansee, the infamous murderer of 5-year-old Jason Foreman, would be released from prison 12 years early on Sept. 1, they were frightened and disillusioned with the state's correctional institutions. Since that announcement, Jason Foreman's family and supporters throughout the state have lobbied to keep Woodmansee locked up in a psychiatric facility and pressured legislators to strengthen laws that allow for the early release of violent sexual offenders. During a press conference in Wakefield on Tuesday, John Foreman IV, the father of Jason Foreman, called Woodmansee's plea for voluntary committal to the state correctional institution in Cranston "a step…
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