Stringbean's
Killer
Requests Parole
by Marty Martel |
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 Let me start this article by
what Grand Ole Opry member Jan Howard
said when she attended the parole hearing for
John A. Brown, on Wed. April 23rd, 2014. I am
quoting Jan who was a close friend of the
Akerman’s. “I don’t want to see
him have another breath of free air. It was not a
robbery gone bad, a burglary gone bad. It was
premeditated.”
My comments are as follows:
Brown and his cousin are murderers in the first
degree and every degree. The death penalty should
have been invoked at their trial so that we would
not have to be going through this time of
remembering our great loss of Stringbean and his
wife Estelle. Brown’s cousin died in prison
and that is where Brown should spend his time
waiting to meet his maker for the terrible wrongs
he committed. He and his cousin took from us two
beautiful human beings, and did it in such a way
that was devastating to their many friends, our
community, our industry, and to society. To say
that Brown is being described as responsible and
he would have employment opportunities if
released would go against everything I was ever
taught in my lifetime. Let him stay in prison and
spend his last years thinking about how lucky he
is to be still alive for what he done. He does
not deserve parole hearings, but I guess that is
the way our system works, “if a killer says
he has repented and is sorry for what he has
done, then let’s give him another chance to
go back out into the free world and kill someone
else..” Wrong. Let him pay for his wrongs
with the sentence he was given with no chance of
parole.
John A. Brown should never be able to taste the
fresh air of freedom ever again, and when he
takes his last breath, we will still be in
mourning from the loss of Stringbean and Estelle.
The murders were almost like gangland killings.
Brown and his cousin were two inhuman beings, and
were not going to let Stringbean and his wife
live, no matter what.
Justice can not be served by freeing this
murderer, but justice can be served to let him
stay in prison so that he will never again enjoy
freedom. Let him help others in prison if he has
learned so much, but he should not ever be
allowed to walk free in our society to instill in
our minds that he would murder someone else
again. Life is too precious to have someone be
given freedom to kill when the urge hits him.
Now we have to wait approximately a week or two
after other board members review the case and
cast a vote. Four votes in favor of parole are
needed for him to be released. This is the fifth
time Brown has faced the parole board since his
conviction in 1974, and his last was in 2011.
Patsy Bruce watched the hearing from the
Nashville office, voted to continue the case to
October pending a psychological evaluation on
Brown’s propensity for violence and any
adjustment needs he might have before a release.
John A. Brown is a murderer, and was sentenced
for the crime, and I hope that our system will
work to the point where he can never be allowed
to the rights of freedom. HE AND HIS COUSIN
MURDERED TWO PEOPLE AND SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN ANY
OPPORTUNITY, NONE, TO HURT ANYONE AGAIN. His
cousin is dead and has met his maker, and now
Brown must think that 40 years of being a nice
guy and learning good things is enough to be
paroled and just say “I’m sorry for
what I done.” What else is there to do in
prison but get into more trouble or learn a
trade. John A. Brown will never be fit for free
society again, and my vote is to let him have his
cell to live and breath his last days, and may he
have only freedom to think about what he done and
now he must pay for the rest of his life. I truly
hope that parole will never be an option for this
killer. |
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