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Court upholds sentence of Ferriday woman
Published Saturday, December 15, 2007
VIDALIA — Though an appeals court considered it too harsh, the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the five years hard labor sentence a Ferriday woman was given for a voter fraud conviction in 2006.
Williams was convicted on charges of filing a false public document after she filled out the absentee ballot for Maude Lee Williams, who was not listed on the rolls of handicapped voters who qualified for voting assistance.
Judge Sharon Marchman sentenced Henrietta Williams to five years hard labor.
All but 18 months of that sentence were suspended, and Williams was also sentenced to five years probation, barred from working polls in the future and ordered to pay court costs and other fines.
An appeals court upheld the conviction but questioned if the sentence was too harsh. The attorney general’s office appealed that decision.
Comments
Posted by peacerulz (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 1:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Lawd, they socked it to her.
Posted by Crazynms (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 1:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
they sure did, they should have just dropped all charges.
Posted by wonderingirl (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 1:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This is the same judge that saw no voter fraud in the Sheriff's election!?! Oh, my!
Posted by MsKitty39120 (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 8:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
is this a Vidalia news paper or a Natchez all this on here this morn is La. stuff is Natchez this boring or hiding stuff again???
Posted by MsKitty39120 (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 8:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
but thye did sock it to her
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 8:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
If i was her i would be screaming descrimanation(sp)...I would be on the phone to AL and Jessie!!!! How in the world can she find her for voters fraud???? This is unreal!!!
Her family should be on phone now to Al and Jessie!! I bet this isn't over..5 years for voters fraud 3 years for murder sounds about right huh...
Posted by candy (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I am with you firered, this is CRAZY the same judge that let everyone get away with it on the SHERRIFFS team? I will call Jessie and Al for her and everyone should! Marchman left a bad taste in my mouth with the way she would not do anything about the sherriffs race then throws the book at one woman!
Posted by candy (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 10:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
How in the world can this judge sleep at night what a diffrence a day makes....or a person....
Posted by candy (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 10:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This looks like a hate crime by a judge to me...
Posted by candy (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 10:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Why didn't she charge white people with voter fraud? Are the laws diffrent for this black woman??????
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at noon (Suggest removal)
Not only is she black she is a woman So what if you are a black woman you get the book thrown at you if you are a white man its ok?????? Shoot!!!! This is a case for Al and Jessie i think.....
Posted by candy (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 12:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
100% the truth..... CNN and FOX might not care about the sherriffs race but they might just be interested in Mrs. Williams.
Posted by candy (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 12:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Judge Sharon Marchman needs one full dose of her own medicine.
Posted by james (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 4:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
SHE GOT WHAT SHE DESERVIED ASK THE PEOPLE OF FERRIDAY (BLACK & WHITE) MAYBE THEY SHOULD LET THOSE SHE DEFRAUDED SET HER JAIL TIME?
Posted by candy (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 4:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What about the rest of Concordia Parish, who have been defrauded? She gets hard labor and they get... Oh yea what do they get???? And quit screaming your making a fool of yourself...
Posted by shedevil (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 6:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
She should have hired Binkeys lawyer
Posted by jammin1 (anonymous) on December 15, 2007 at 11:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If it were me, I'd be telling where all the skeletons are, in whose closet or office. I sure wouldn't be doing hard time alone. LOL
Posted by james (anonymous) on December 16, 2007 at 5:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
candy THE ONLY FOOLS ARE THE ONES WHO WANT SOMETHING FOR NOTHING IF I WAS BLACK IT WOULD BE OK TO CAP!
Posted by kpage (anonymous) on December 16, 2007 at 9:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It IS kinda screwed up...sheriff gets away with unknown counts of voter fraud and Williams gets 18 months of hard labor for one count of voter fraud. Nope, doesn't sound right. I wouldn't go so far as to call in Jesse and Al because she DID do wrong, but I would vote in Marchman's district against her...she said it is OK, remember? So instead of piling up on busses with Jesse and Al to protest, focus instead on piling on busses to vote against her. It's not illegal and Louisiana and Marchman support voting out of your district.
Posted by kpage (anonymous) on December 16, 2007 at 9:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Let her own biased ruling work against her in the next election. That's the best payback. Drawing too much attention to her with protesting might work in her favor (you know how Louisiana law is!!!). Let's go vote where she lives!
Posted by jammin1 (anonymous) on December 16, 2007 at 1:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
LOL @ kpage, now your talking. She did open that door didn't she. Hehehehe
Posted by candy (anonymous) on December 16, 2007 at 1:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Kpage now thats a great idea!
Posted by candy (anonymous) on December 16, 2007 at 1:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I will get together the buses to go over and vote afer all I want to do my part!
Posted by Morticia (anonymous) on December 16, 2007 at 2:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What a crock. And what a great country we live in if your a politician.
Posted by firered (anonymous) on December 17, 2007 at 4:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Sorry candy but that was not me who made the comment about Al and Jessie earlier lol. I don't particularly care for Jessie and do not have an opinion on Al! Just wanted to set that straight!
(Gah fire39212 they just confuse us all the time! LOL)
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