K96 FM: Wide Open Country » clemency http://k96fm.com Wide Open Country Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:19:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Board Says "NO" to Clemency for Ronald Smith http://k96fm.com/board-says-no-to-clemency-for-ronald-smith/ http://k96fm.com/board-says-no-to-clemency-for-ronald-smith/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 21:12:51 +0000 Wendy Nielsen http://k96fm.com/?p=42590 The Montana Board of Pardons and Parole denied clemency for Ronald Smith on Monday, saying his death sentence should stand. Of course, the final decision will be made by Montana Governor Schweitzer, the only person allowed to grant clemency

]]> http://k96fm.com/board-says-no-to-clemency-for-ronald-smith/feed/ 0 Poll Results – 50% Do NOT Favor Clemency http://k96fm.com/poll-results-50-do-not-favor-clemency/ http://k96fm.com/poll-results-50-do-not-favor-clemency/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 15:52:23 +0000 Wendy Nielsen http://k96fm.com/?p=38526 K96 took an online poll yesterday of whether our audience favored clemency for Ronald Smith, a man convicted over 30 years ago in the double homicide of Thomas Running Rabbit and Harvey Mad Man near the Marias Pass.
While these results are not scientific, I believe they are repres

]]> http://k96fm.com/poll-results-50-do-not-favor-clemency/feed/ 0 Ronald Smith Clemency Hearing concludes http://k96fm.com/ronald-smith-clemency-hearing-concludes/ http://k96fm.com/ronald-smith-clemency-hearing-concludes/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 01:45:26 +0000 Wendy Nielsen http://k96fm.com/?p=38438 The clemency hearing for Ronald Smith concluded this afternoon in Deer Lodge at the Powell County Courthouse.  Ronald Smith was convicted of a double murder in 1982 and had requested that Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer grant him clemency, effectively trading his death sentence for life without parole.

The hearing was filled with impassioned testimony from both sid

]]> http://k96fm.com/ronald-smith-clemency-hearing-concludes/feed/ 0 Ronald Smith Clemency Hearing Today http://k96fm.com/ronald-smith-clemency-hearing-today/ http://k96fm.com/ronald-smith-clemency-hearing-today/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 20:05:32 +0000 Wendy Nielsen http://k96fm.com/?p=38138 Ronald Smith, convicted double murderer, will speak today during an executive clemency hearing at the Powell County Courthouse in Deer Lodge. The hearing represents what will likely be his final opportunity to explain why his sentence should be commuted to life in prison instead of the death penalty

]]> http://k96fm.com/ronald-smith-clemency-hearing-today/feed/ 0 Do you Favor Clemency? Poll of the Day – Click HERE to Answer http://k96fm.com/poll-of-the-day/ http://k96fm.com/poll-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 16:52:37 +0000 Wendy Nielsen http://k96fm.com/?p=38247 There are a number of questions in play here.  Smith has been convicted and sentenced. How long will this go on? It's already been 20 years...

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