Before you reach for your tissues, you may want to read up on Mr. Pinson. UNITED STATES v. PINSON Mr. Jeremy Vaughn Pinson, a mentally-ill inmate with a propensity for making grandiose threats, was convicted of one count of threatening to harm the President of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 871. Following his conviction, but prior to sentencing, he falsely told the district court that another inmate intended to kill his sentencing judge. Shortly after this, in a letter to the Chief Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, he threatened to injure a juror who had served on his trial. He was charged with, and pleaded guilty to, one count of knowingly and willfully making a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement to a United States Marshal in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2), and one count of mailing threatening communications in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876(c). At sentencing, the district court expressed concern over the danger Mr. Pinson posed to the public. The court varied upward and imposed the statutory maximum on each of the three counts, to be served consecutively, for a sentence of 240 months imprisonment. He now appeals his conviction for threatening the President of the United States, as well as his above-Guidelines sentence given for the three different convictions. We affirm both his conviction and sentence, though not without some qualms about the latter.
I. Facts
On August 17, 2005, while incarcerated at the Lawton Correctional Facility in Lawton Oklahoma, Mr. Pinson sent President George W. Bush a letter through the United States Mail stating “YOU WILL DIE SOON! DIE BUSH DIE.” Indictment at 1. On May 17, 2006, following an investigation by the United States Secret Service, Mr. Pinson was indicted for “knowingly and willfully threaten[ing] the President of the United States by depositing in the United States Mail a letter threatening to kill and inflict bodily harm upon the President.” Indictment, at 1; see also 18 U.S.C. § 871(a). A Federal Public Defender was appointed to the case; Mr. Pinson filed a motion for hybrid representation, which the court denied.
I received a notification email when I was at work that you had posted something new. I logged on to see what you had to share... I now have tears streaming down my face, that just won't stop
I won't be visiting this site again until Mr Clarke is executed. I don't agree with the death penalty EXCEPT in cases like this. I am a grandmother raising teenagers due to violent crime.
VICTIM OF CRIME: I am raising my grandchildren. What were YOU thinking when you pulled your punk robbery? You have espoused about the hiring practices at your prison....anyone with a pulse gets hired. Why didn't you get a job? Instead you hijack a good sam and kill him.
As a grandmother (caretaker) of teenagers I'd like to see monsters like Mr Clarke executed. I work and pay to assure my grandchildren live a life that does not include *monsters*.
Mr Clarke - you need only to atone for the murder you are convicted of. The one you have repeatedly posted you are guilty of. The guilt post sounds like you are trying to *pin* your act on someone else. You commit murder (trial/jury) and you are on death row. I'm pretty sure your number will be up soon. Personally, I'll have a steak with baked potato when they execute you. I always make a salad and I'll do a mighty cobb salad in your honor.
why is this sob story any more relevant than the victim of your crime? You remember that murder, right? How horribly sad for this woman (her family). You and your father have committed the most heinous of acts. Go away, Mr. Clarke.
I agree with what arcadiaego said.... it was not your fault for her passing. She was a grown woman and knew what she was getting herself into. Looks like your father is suffering everyday for what he did to her. That is so sad. She is in a better place...
Wow, what a story. I am so very sorry that you have experienced such things. it sounds like your father is a very immature and pathetic person, who has caused much damage to you as well as other people in his life. I hope you don't still feel as responsible for Connie's death as you did, as it sounds like she was a person who wanted to try and fix people and was determined to get in touch with your father.
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UNITED STATES v. PINSON
Mr. Jeremy Vaughn Pinson, a mentally-ill inmate with a propensity for making grandiose threats, was convicted of one count of threatening to harm the President of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 871. Following his conviction, but prior to sentencing, he falsely told the district court that another inmate intended to kill his sentencing judge. Shortly after this, in a letter to the Chief Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, he threatened to injure a juror who had served on his trial. He was charged with, and pleaded guilty to, one count of knowingly and willfully making a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement to a United States Marshal in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2), and one count of mailing threatening communications in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876(c). At sentencing, the district court expressed concern over the danger Mr. Pinson posed to the public. The court varied upward and imposed the statutory maximum on each of the three counts, to be served consecutively, for a sentence of 240 months imprisonment. He now appeals his conviction for threatening the President of the United States, as well as his above-Guidelines sentence given for the three different convictions. We affirm both his conviction and sentence, though not without some qualms about the latter.
I. Facts
On August 17, 2005, while incarcerated at the Lawton Correctional Facility in Lawton Oklahoma, Mr. Pinson sent President George W. Bush a letter through the United States Mail stating “YOU WILL DIE SOON! DIE BUSH DIE.” Indictment at 1. On May 17, 2006, following an investigation by the United States Secret Service, Mr. Pinson was indicted for “knowingly and willfully threaten[ing] the President of the United States by depositing in the United States Mail a letter threatening to kill and inflict bodily harm upon the President.” Indictment, at 1; see also 18 U.S.C. § 871(a). A Federal Public Defender was appointed to the case; Mr. Pinson filed a motion for hybrid representation, which the court denied.
Wow, what a story. I am so very sorry that you have experienced such things. it sounds like your father is a very immature and pathetic person, who has caused much damage to you as well as other people in his life. I hope you don't still feel as responsible for Connie's death as you did, as it sounds like she was a person who wanted to try and fix people and was determined to get in touch with your father.