Posted on 12/29/2016 5:12:43 AM PST by HomerBohn
A convicted crack dealer who left prison early as part of the Obama administration’s mass release of federal inmates has been indicted by a grand jury for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her two kids in Columbus, Ohio. The gory crime drew national attention because the children, ages 7 and 10, were murdered to eliminate them as witnesses in the brutal massacre of their 32-year-old mother.
This week a grand jury in Franklin County returned a 10-count, death-penalty indictment against the ex-con, 35-year-old Wendell Callahan, for the triple murders. Callahan broke into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and stabbed the three victims, according to a statement issued by Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announcing the indictment. The bloody crime scene was discovered by the woman’s current boyfriend, who subsequently engaged in a fight with Callahan before he fled. The indictment includes charges of aggravated murder with prior calculation and design and aggravated murder of victims under the age of 13. “There are multiple charges regarding the three victim deaths because there are different methods to commit the crime of murder and the Prosecutor’s Office typically charges all methods”, O’Brien stated. Callahan is in jail on $3 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned later this week.
Callahan should have been in jail when the crimes occurred, but he was released four years early because federal sentencing guidelines for crack dealers got reduced. The change is part of President Obama’s effort to reform the nation’s justice system as a way of ending racial discrimination. The initiative was technically launched back in 2010 when the president signed a measure that for the first time in decades relaxed drug-crime sentences he claimed discriminated against poor and minority offenders. This severely weakened a decades-old law enacted during the infamous crack cocaine epidemic that ravaged urban communities nationwide in the 1980s. As part of the movement the U.S. Sentencing Commission lowered maximum sentences for drug offenders and made it retroactive, leading to the early release of thousands of violent thugs like Callahan.
In November the administration began releasing 6,000 drug convicts coined “non-violent” offenders whose sentences were too long under the old guidelines. News reports quickly surfaced contradicting the administration’s assessment that the newly released convicts were not violent. Among them was the leader of a multi-million dollar operation that smuggled drugs from Canada to Maine. Prosecutors refer to the 29-year-old con as a “drug kingpin” who was one of “America’s Most Wanted.” Shortly before the administration’s mass release of drug convicts, federal prosecutors warned that drug trafficking is inherently violent and therefore the phrase “non-violent drug offenders” is a misnomer. The nation’s prosecutors also cautioned that reducing prison sentences for drug offenders will weaken their ability to bring dangerous drug traffickers to justice.
As if it weren’t bad enough that the administration is rewarding thousands of criminals with get-out-of-jail cards, huge amounts of taxpayer dollars are being spent on programs to help them find housing and jobs. In the aftermath of the mass release of federal prisoners Judicial Watch reported on two “re-entry” programs to ease the transition from jail. One received $1.7 million and ordered public housing facilities not to reject tenants with criminal records. The other allocated $20 million to the Department of Labor (DOL) to help ex-cons find work and thus end the “cycle of poverty, criminality and incarceration.”
Just out of curiosity, what would be the grounds for impeachment? As heinous as this is and Obama is certainly a POS, he has the legal authority to pardon.
People who peddle in drugs get a second chance, a third chance, etc, etc, over a period of years. A drug dealer who finally lands a long prison term likely has a dozen arrests under his belt, and probably has never spent a single day as a productive member of society.
IOW, Barry’s kind of people.
If Obama had a son, he would look like Wendall...
What percentage of Obama’s commutations are black?, hispanic?, white?
Among them was the leader of a multi-million dollar operation that smuggled drugs from Canada to Maine. Prosecutors refer to the 29-year-old con as a “drug kingpin”....
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And, now, we get to the real reason for these releases: Follow the money. I am sure that one of Obamao’s handlers is enjoying his payoffs.
But, of course, we all know why this murder happened. It’s Trump’s fault.
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Claim: President Obama pardoned a "violent crackhead" named Wendell Callahan, who went on to murder a woman and her two small children.
WHAT'S TRUE: Wendell Callahan was released from prison under the terms of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 and was charged with murdering three people in January 2016.
So, in the lefty la-la land of SNOPES, what is really MOSTLY TRUE becomes MOSTLY FALSE. BO didn't personally pardon him, but pushed a bill through a then rubber stamp congress which did. Typical spin.
No direct mention of Obamas early release program, but described as a “federal” program.
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I know I’m shocked.
Trump’s fault.
Thanks for the lesson on how impeachment works,you learn something new everyday here at FR / S
Since impeachment of Obama will never happen ever, it's a waste of time...
True, but it makes for a great fantasy..................
Maybe, in some future unknown to us, history will finally correct itself. I suppose ‘impeachment’ could actually be done post mortem, as well.....................
I haven’t seen a photo, but his name is Callahan. Black?
Original story from Judicial Watch is from March 2016.
Actually, that's a great idea, why wait for Zero to croak, some network could do a fake docudrama on what Obama impeachment would look like...
Just think the ads they could sell promoting play-doh, diaper pins, coloring books and assorted safe space items liberals would need...
I'm sure there are several scripts they could use in some dusty Hollywood bins pretending Reagan got impeached...
They could use the script from “The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald”................
See post #6. But who am I to judge someone’s race just by looking at their outward appearance?
If Obama had a son, he would BE Wendall...
Any early-release convicts by a President should be released on a “shoot-on-sight” clause should they commit one new crime.
You missed my point. Everyone was speculating about the wife and chidren being black; which would be a hint that he might be black. At that point I raised the issue of his name being CALLAHAN; which certainly leans Irish. That’s why I asked if he really IS black. No harm, no foul.
I shouldn’t be too surprised. My mother was a Stump, Americanized from the German, Schtumpf. About 2 years ago I made friends with a black guy and was surprised when he said his last name is Stump. Things got mixed up pretty badly back in the 1800s. Now we jokingly call each other “cousin”.
The Tea party will matter again when they hold everyone to the same small govt standard. Instead they are shrill into that the “right” trillion dollar stimulus is ok. Thayer are fine with carriers bailout which will be used, in part, for automation. I bet they are loving whatever taxpayer heist is going on at sprint also. Now suddenly, they are all in for jobs created or saved... winky wink.. by the empty taxpayer wallet. Instead of taxpayer welfare to ceos, the tax rates should be addressed, as well as trimming back the employer taxation for hiring citizens. I was a big fan of the tea party principles, but they are gone.
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