Susan Lefevre now known as Marie Walsh has just begun a lengthy bus trip from San Diego, California to Plymouth Michigan where she escaped over three decades ago. Michigan contracts with a private prisoner transportation vendor that provides this service as authorized under a specific federal law. The bus will be visiting jails and prisons everywhere along the way where they will load and unload their high risk passengers. I suspect that this trip is the most miserable way to travel and may take as long as two weeks. Walsh will be wearing chains on her wrists and ankles during every moment she is in the bus. For Marie Walsh this may be the loneliest and most frightening trip she’s ever taken in her life. The good news for the Walsh family is that the legal machinery will begin considering requests for a sentence reduction or commutation as that bus arrives. When Marie Walsh steps off that bus she can hold her head up high and smile because the last three decades brought her a fine fami...

I did not expect American Blacks to vote for any candidates of a different skin color in a million years. Obama’s pastor did a really fine job of dividing the races. I see the usual Black precincts of Lake County Indiana are last to be counted. Of course I’m convinced they’re busy as usual stuffing those ballot boxes for their favorite color of candidate. Hillary vowed to work herself to death helping Obama should he become the party’s standard bearer. We can only hope Clinton was telling the truth! Really I’m hoping that that these contenders hate each other enough not be on the same slate ever. Now I’d like to help the Democrats and suggest that the Democratic VP choice be Al Sharpton! The Democratic Primary race is somewhat like watching the infamous and extreme Bumfights video of several years ago. As for November it will be just another lackluster General Election between politicians uniquely unfit and unqualified to run this country.

Santa Barbara --Javert of course, is the fictional policeman from that great Victor Hugo Novel, Les Misérables. Javert chased the escapee, Jean Valjean across France catching him nearly a lifetime after he had reformed and became a beloved town mayor. This is an example of lightning striking twice within a couple of months. In February, a long time, trusted and well liked University of California Santa Barbara employee, Jason Von Straussenburg , a Developmental Technician in the Biological Sciences Department was nabbed after an anonymous tipster told authorities he was really a Michigan escaped convict. The tipster was correct in fingering Roger Crona who broke out of another Michigan prison in 1972. Carona was twice sent to prison for auto theft related offenses. Decades have gone by and Crona found the good life in this beautiful coastal town. He put his larcenous ways behind him and at 61 years of age he could soon reasonably expect retirement and a nice pension. Now Crona is w...

Marie Walsh with her husband and three children. Click on picture to enlarge. Susan Lefevre is the San Diego woman recaptured after her escape in 1976 from a Michigan prison where she was serving a 10 to 20 year term. Lefevre is now known as Marie Walsh. I call Marie Walsh the modern day female, Jean Valjean from the great Victor Hugo Novel, Les Misérables. There is little precedent for this highly unusual case of sin, punishment, escape and redemption in our criminal justice system. This case involves the following facts: 1. Walsh was a 19 year-old first time offender. 2. Walsh received an unusually harsh sentence for her drug conviction. 3. Walsh escaped and was at large for over 32 years. 4. Walsh has never reoffended in over three decades. 5. Walsh has led the rest of her admirable life with her husband and three children. 6. Walsh was never involved in theft of violence. 7. Walsh is obviously no threat to public safety. 8. Walsh suffered over a year in prison and many years livi...

Springfield IL—Governor Rod Blagojevich announced plans to end inner-city violence by throwing $159 million at it. That reminds me of the time Chicago politicians gave a mere, one million dollars to Jeff Fort, head of the Blackstone Rangers aka The P Stone Nation and finally the El Rukins. Needless to say the politicians only funded the largest gang bloodbath in Chicago’s history. Just imagine what $159 million could do? Highlights of what Blagojevich wants: $20 Million for summer meaningless make-work jobs for idle youth, after school hip-hop, basketball and vocational training programs are the plan. Of course they left out any Bill Cosby style programs to change the basic ghetto culture of gangs, drugs and killing. $50 Million will be given away to fix up or acquire real estate in certain communities. The good news here is Blagojevich can only hand out $50 million to his cronies. That should bring in plenty of kick-backs for those expensive political campaigns. $40 million in gr...

How can that be when I served as an Army draftee in Germany and not Viet Nam? Yes, it’s true that the only combat I saw was those pillow fights with the local women, and they always won. Perhaps it was despite being out-numbered, I still fought them all gallantly above and beyond the call of duty? Okay I will confess to surrendering and doing what the nice ladies told me to do. The pictured Nation Defense Medal was the one I earned for simply showing up for duty. Really I’m proud of my service as a medical corpsman as though I won the Congressional Medal of Honor. I earned that medal along with an Honorable Discharge after two years required of active duty. The feds are prosecuting a despicable politician, Xavier Alvarez , 50, of Pomona, CA. Alvarez ran and was elected for office on his pretend military record platform and the Congressional Medal of Honor he claimed to have earned. Alvarez pled guilty to violating the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 which is federal misdemeanor and awaits...

Undated photo of Marie Walsh and her husband, Alan Walsh with their two daughters. After leading a law-abiding and productive life 32 years since her escape from a Michigan prison, Susan Lefevre now known as Marie Walsh is still quick to flash a bright smile. At first I could not understand how anyone could withstand being ripped from their home and loving family and not sink into a sewer of despair at the thought of resuming a 10 to 20 year prison stretch. Imagine how a wife of 23 years could handle being forced by jailers to remove her wedding ring before they apply the foul delousing spray jails commonly use on all new inmates? Walsh has been captured, put in irons and prison garb and still has an air of amazing style. She seems to be able to turn a handcuff on her wrist into an elegant, diamond tennis bracelet. For Walsh, her running is finally over. Walsh is also obviously proud of the life she made for herself, her family and friends. Above all Walsh beat the odds for prison con...