K96 FM: Wide Open Country » Running Rabbit http://k96fm.com Wide Open Country Sat, 25 May 2013 15:26:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 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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