By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-05 23:00:51 | Updated at 2024-12-24 14:10:13
2 weeks ago
Woman to be released from jail despite dismembering grandmother with chainsaw and grilling remains
Daily Mail ^ | 12/04/24 | Melissa Koenig
Posted on 12/05/2024 2:07:24 PM PST by Libloather
A Maryland woman is set to be released from jail despite helping her mother dismember her grandmother's body with a chainsaw and grill the remains, after attorneys argued she was simply following her mother's orders.
Salia Margaret Hardy, 21, has learning disabilities that made her more susceptible to coercion, her attorneys had argued in Prince George's County Circuit Court, to which Judge Karen Mason ultimately agreed, according to the Washington Post.
She decided on Wednesday to let Hardy go free after she pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact and provided damning testimony against her own mother, Candace Craig, 46.
The judge declared that the 550 days Hardy already spent behind bars for the death of her grandmother, 71-year-old Margaret Craig, was enough time served for her role in her grandmother's murder and issued probation requirements aimed at helping the young woman put her life back together.
These include psychiatric and psychological evaluations, as well as drug and alcohol tests.
Hardy must also have employment and vocational training alongside the services of a mentor or life coach, and will be under supervision for five years.
Prosecutors did not seem to have any issues with letting Hardy go free either, with Assistant State's Attorney Shauna Coleman pointing to her testimony at her mother's trial in October.
'I have never seen such bravery on the part of a cooperator,' Coleman said, noting Hardy 'really secured justice for her grandmother.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: candacecraig; chainsaw; dismembering; elderabuse; elderly; grandmother; grilling; heinous; karenmason; mason; murder; shaunacoleman
Click here: to donate by Credit Card
Or here: to donate by PayPal
Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Thank you very much and God bless you.
Thanks mom.
1 posted on 12/05/2024 2:07:24 PM PST by Libloather
To: Libloather
Well, it would be cruel for her to miss Christmas.
2 posted on 12/05/2024 2:08:19 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Libloather
To: BenLurkin
Don’t be cruel. The poor thing lost her grandmother in a gruesome murder.
4 posted on 12/05/2024 2:11:29 PM PST by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
To: Libloather
What’s she going to name her new restaurant chain?
5 posted on 12/05/2024 2:12:58 PM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: Libloather
We just cut up our grandma with a chainsaw. Does that sound "fine"????
6 posted on 12/05/2024 2:12:58 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: Libloather
Why not? I’ll wager that there are thousands like her running around in Maryland.
7 posted on 12/05/2024 2:13:08 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
[She seems nice.]
And she can cook!
8 posted on 12/05/2024 2:19:23 PM PST by Farmerbob
To: Libloather
Yes, Yogi … its them again…
9 posted on 12/05/2024 2:19:33 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
10 posted on 12/05/2024 2:24:15 PM PST by Gene Eric
To: NFHale
Somehow I knew it would be.
11 posted on 12/05/2024 2:29:14 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Libloather
grandma got dismembered by a chainsaw...
12 posted on 12/05/2024 2:37:32 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: Libloather
I guess she got her wish-tershire.
13 posted on 12/05/2024 2:46:15 PM PST by Beowulf9
To: heavy metal
Great...I’ve got a new song to sing at the grocery store!
14 posted on 12/05/2024 2:50:11 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
To: Gene Eric
Let’s eat grandma!
Let’s eat, grandma!
Commas save lives!
15 posted on 12/05/2024 2:52:26 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Libloather
I looked
Tragic miscarriage of justice on the public to release her...
16 posted on 12/05/2024 2:52:33 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Libloather
17 posted on 12/05/2024 2:55:57 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: Libloather
When you have a situation where only an accomplice can provide the testimony for conviction, it's almost inevitable that a deal like this is negotiated.
You get the main actor, and the accomplice gets a break.
It's not good, obviously, but the alternative is to risk convicting nobody.
18 posted on 12/05/2024 2:59:05 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
