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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Anna Nicole Smith, the pneumatic blonde whose life played out as an extraordinary tabloid tale — Playboy centerfold, jeans model, bride of an octogenarian oil tycoon, reality-show subject, tragic mother — died Thursday after collapsing at a hotel. She was 39.
She was stricken while staying at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and was rushed to a hospital. Edwina Johnson, chief investigator for the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, said the cause of death was under investigation and an autopsy would be done on Friday.
Just five months ago, Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, died suddenly in the Bahamas in what was believed to be drug-related.
Seminole Police Chief Charlie Tiger said a private nurse called 911 after finding Smith unresponsive in her sixth-floor room at the hotel, which is on an Indian reservation. He said Smith's bodyguard administered CPR, but she was declared dead at a hospital.
Through the '90s and into the new century, Smith was famous for being famous, a pop-culture punchline because of her up-and-down weight, her Marilyn Monroe looks, her exaggerated curves, her little-girl voice, her ditzy-blonde persona, and her over-the-top revealing outfits.
Recently, she lost a reported 69 pounds and became a spokeswoman for TrimSpa, a weight-loss supplement. On her reality show and other recent TV appearances, her speech was often slurred and she seemed out of it. Some critics said she seemed drugged-out.
"Undoubtedly it will be found at the end of the day that drugs featured in her death as they did in the death of poor Daniel," said a former attorney for Smith in the Bahamas, Michael Scott.
Another former Smith attorney, Lenard Leeds, told the celebrity gossip Web site TMZ that Smith "always had problems with her weight going up and down, and there's no question she used alcohol." Leeds said it was no secret that "she had a very troubled life" and had "so many, many problems."
"She wanted to be like Marilyn her whole life and ironically died in a similar manner," Leeds said. Monroe died of a drug overdose at age 36 in 1962.
Smith attorney Ron Rale told The Associated Press that he had talked to her on Tuesday or Wednesday, and she had flu symptoms and a fever and was still grieving over her son.
"Poor Anna Nicole," he said. "She's been the underdog. She's been besieged ... and she's been trying her best and nobody should have to endure what she's endured."
The Texas-born Smith was a topless dancer at strip club before she entered her photos in a search contest and made the cover of Playboy magazine in 1992. She became Playboy's playmate of the year in 1993. She was also signed to a contract with Guess jeans, appearing in TV commercials, billboards and magazine ads.
In 1994, she married 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, owner of Great Northern Oil Co. In 1992, Forbes magazine estimated his wealth at $550 million.
In a 2005 interview with ABC, Smith recalled meeting Marshall at what she called a "gentleman's club' in Houston. "He had no will to live and I went over to see him," she said. "He got a little twinkle in his eyes, and he asked me to dance for him. And I did."
Marshall died in 1995 at age 90, setting off a feud with Smith's former stepson, E. Pierce Marshall, over his estate. A federal court in California awarded Smith $474 million. That was later overturned. But in May, the U.S. Supreme Court revived her case, ruling that she deserved another day in court.
The stepson died June 20 at age 67. But the family said the court fight would continue.
Smith starred in her own reality TV series, "The Anna Nicole Show," in 2002-04. Cameras followed her around as she sparred with her lawyer, hung out with her personal assistant and interior decorator, and cooed at her poodle, Sugar Pie. She also appeared in movies, performing a bit part in "The Hudsucker Proxy" in 1994.
After news came of Smith's death, G. Eric Brunstad Jr., the lawyer who represented Marshall, said in a statement: "We're very shocked by the news and extend the deepest condolences to her family."
In a statement, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said: "I am very saddened to learn about Anna Nicole's passing. She was a dear friend who meant a great deal to the Playboy family and to me personally."
Smith's son died Sept. 10 in his mother's hospital room in the Bahamas, just days after she gave birth to a daughter.
An American medical examiner hired by the family, Cyril Wecht, said he died accidentally of a combination of methadone and two antidepressants. Last month, a Bahamas magistrate scheduled a formal inquiry into the death for March 27.
Meanwhile, the paternity of Smith's now 5-month-old daughter remained a matter of dispute. The birth certificate lists Dannielynn's father as attorney Howard K. Stern, Smith's most recent companion. Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead was waging a legal challenge, saying he was the father.
Debra Opri, the attorney who filed his paternity suit, said Birkhead "is devastated. He is inconsolable, and we are taking steps now to protect the DNA testing of the child. The child is our No. 1 priority."
Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on Nov. 28, 1967, in Houston, one of six children. Her parents split up when she was a toddler, and she was raised by her mother, a deputy sheriff.
She dropped out after 11th grade after she was expelled for fighting, and worked as a waitress and then a cook at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken restaurant in Mexia.
She married 16-year-old fry cook Bill Smith in 1985, giving birth to Daniel before divorcing two years later.
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Sunday, October 22, 2006
GIVE A MOM HOPE!THIS IS SERIOUS!
Imagine you were a mother and your daughter went missing. And you have a very good suspicion her boyfriend, who has been charged with assaulting your daughter before and other women, is behind her dissappearance. Then you make a website and a myspace account to help find her. then all of the sudden a few days ago you get a phone call from the boyfriend screaming at you and then the next evening your myspace account disappears.
My friends, this is what happened. We think he hacked into her account because she did not know much about myspace and had her login email on her myspace page. The boyfriend may have figured out her password and deleted the account. I don't know if we can find her daughter alive but I sure hope we can. But we can at least give her mother a little hope by adding her profile to your friends. She spent several months working on that account and had to start over yesterday. She told me when I posted this on my personal account last night it brought tears to her eyes when she got up this morning and seen all of the new friend requests. She doesn't post many bulletins. Let's give her a little bit of hope. Click the link below, visit her profile, and please consider adding it to your friends:
Check this link: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=121548876
My friends, this is what happened. We think he hacked into her account because she did not know much about myspace and had her login email on her myspace page. The boyfriend may have figured out her password and deleted the account. I don't know if we can find her daughter alive but I sure hope we can. But we can at least give her mother a little hope by adding her profile to your friends. She spent several months working on that account and had to start over yesterday. She told me when I posted this on my personal account last night it brought tears to her eyes when she got up this morning and seen all of the new friend requests. She doesn't post many bulletins. Let's give her a little bit of hope. Click the link below, visit her profile, and please consider adding it to your friends:
Check this link: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=121548876
HELP PASS SARAH'S LAW!
WE NEED EVERYONES HELP - CAN YOU BELIEVE THERE ARE PEOPLE VOTING AGANIST US AND YOU CAN GUESS WHO THEY ARE!!
So please vote for Sarah's World on this site its free to register http://www.ishouldbesolucky.com/Markscott we need the song to chart and so we can break the track into the mainstream and create more awareness.
People who support Sarah's Law: Lord Stevens, former Met Police
Chief, "Its all about a parents right to protect their child, a
Childs right to be safe. If it just saves one child from sex abuse
and the lifetime of nightmares that too often follow, then I'm afraid
its worth all the inconvenience in the world for the paedophile."
Simon Cowell - American Idol and X-Factor judge, "I
totally endorse this campaign. This is something that should be made
law. I back Sarah's Law 100 per cent."
Louis Walsh - X-Factor judge, "I think Sarah's Law
is a brilliant idea to protect our children from predatory
paedophiles and I back the News of the World's campaign and Sara
Payne 100 per cent. These people are sick, they don't change, and
parents should have the right to know where they are so they can
protect their children.
Please if you can vote for Sarah's World on this site
http://www.ishouldbesolucky.com/Markscott
Sir Ronald Waterhouse - Former judge who headed Britain's
biggest ever inquiry into child abuse, "I support the
principle of Sarah's Law. I sympathise with the concerns of victims
and particularly their parents about the idea of an offender
returning to communities and being around and about. Unfortunately
there is a high proportion of re-offending among paedophile
offenders. If the balance can be struck between controlled access of
information and stiff penalties for misuse of information it can help
parents protect children." (Sir Ronald is author of the North
Wales Child Abuse Tribunal of Inquiry "Lost in Care". He
made 72 recommendations for the prevention of such abuse).
Bob McLachlan - Former Head of Scotland Yard's Paedophile Squad,
"Sarah's Law will enable parents and carers to be vigilant not
vigilantes. We've been pushing for Sarah's Law since 2000 and we are
still waiting. In America police release relevant and necessary
information about moderate to high risk sex offenders living in the
community. The aim is to address public concerns and prevent the
re-victimisation of children by these registered offenders - so why
the hell do we find it so difficult to do that in the UK?"
Carol Vorderman- Broadcaster, I would like to congratulate the News of the
World on fighting this campaign for the last six years. Sara Payne is
an inspiration to us all for sticking with Sarah's Law and working so
hard in the memory of her daughter. Hopefully common sense has seen
its way through and Sarah's Law will be the success it always deserved
to be. The world of sex offenders is such a disturbing area. There is
no logic with these paedophiles, its an obsession and they cannot be
cured. They commit such horrendous crimes, they really are horrible.
Parents HAVE to be able to protect their children, and Sarah's Law
allows parents to have the information to do that.
Chris Tarrant - Broadcaster, I am backing Sarah's Law
100 per cent, absolutely. These paedophiles are really, really sick
and we should be aware of where they are. We're allowing too many
perverts to wander around and actually be protected. Why would we
want to protect these people? I really think we should know where
they are because they are not going to get 'better'. You can't say,
'He used to be a paedophile but he's fine now'.
Chris Ryan- SAS ,
hero, "As a parent I believe that we should know where
paedophiles are. When a paedophile commits a crime he should forfeit
his right to privacy."
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Please if you can vote for Sarah's World on this site http://www.ishouldbesolucky.com/Markscott we need the song to chart and so create more awareness.
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
TTHIS IS THE SCUMBAG "DOG" WAS AFTER!
A a millionare California man charged with 3 rapes fled to Mexico during the middle of his trial and was convicted in absentia and sentenced to 124 years in prison. Now all we had to do was find this animal who made a game of raping women with date rape drugs so we could make him serve that sentence. Was the Mexican government helping us? Hell no! When do they ever help the U.S. track wanted fugitives in their country? You would think they would be happy to get these creeps out of their country!
Well an American bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman was on vacation in Mexico he spotted the wanted man, Andrew Luster, one night while dining, and they decided to apprehend him. Luster is now serving his 124 year prison sentence. Sounds great huh? The story doesn't end there however.
THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES GOT UPSET BECAUSE BOUNTY HUNTING IS ILLEGAL,WTF!THEY DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM ASKING US TO HELP THERE BROKE ASS'S CATCH A CRIMINAL OR DRUG LORD.SO THEY'LL LET A SICK FUCK LIKE ANDREW LUSTER ROAM FREE.HE BETTER USE SOME OF THOSE MILLION'S TO PROTECT HIS ASS IN PRISON,IF THE OTHER IMATE'S GET HIM.HIS ASS IS DONE!SORRY ABOUT HIS LUCK.
Well an American bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman was on vacation in Mexico he spotted the wanted man, Andrew Luster, one night while dining, and they decided to apprehend him. Luster is now serving his 124 year prison sentence. Sounds great huh? The story doesn't end there however.
THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES GOT UPSET BECAUSE BOUNTY HUNTING IS ILLEGAL,WTF!THEY DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM ASKING US TO HELP THERE BROKE ASS'S CATCH A CRIMINAL OR DRUG LORD.SO THEY'LL LET A SICK FUCK LIKE ANDREW LUSTER ROAM FREE.HE BETTER USE SOME OF THOSE MILLION'S TO PROTECT HIS ASS IN PRISON,IF THE OTHER IMATE'S GET HIM.HIS ASS IS DONE!SORRY ABOUT HIS LUCK.
DOG CHAPMAN POST'S 300,000 BOND!
Bounty hunter posted $300,000 bond
Associated Press
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TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman and two co-stars accused of illegal detention and conspiracy in the bounty hunters' capture of a cosmetics company heir in Mexico posted bail and were released Friday.
Chapman was released on $300,000 bail, while his co-stars on the popular A&E show "Dog The Bounty Hunter" were freed on $100,000 bail each.
Chapman, his son, Leland Chapman, and associate Timothy Chapman, no relation, were arrested Thursday on charges stemming from the capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, officials said.
Chapman's capture of Luster, who had fled the country during his trial on charges he raped three women, catapulted the 53-year-old bounty hunter to fame and led to the reality series on A&E. Luster is now serving a 124-year prison term.
Bounty hunting is considered a crime in Mexico, and charges have been pending against the three since local police in Mexico arrested them shortly after they roped in Luster. They posted bail but never returned for their court hearing in July 2003, officials said.
The men are now required to wear electronic monitoring devices until they return to court for extradition hearings to face trial in Mexico. The judge said they were not flight risks.
Reporters and fans packed the courtroom, and several supporters held signs outside the federal courthouse saying, "Let go our hero."
Chapman's son Leland, 29, and Timothy Chapman, 41, assist him in exploits chronicled for the TV show around the Hawaiian Islands. The show focuses on Chapman's family as much as the bounty hunting, which generally involves tracking down bail jumpers, often creating emotional scenes with repentant captives.
Associated Press
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TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman and two co-stars accused of illegal detention and conspiracy in the bounty hunters' capture of a cosmetics company heir in Mexico posted bail and were released Friday.
Chapman was released on $300,000 bail, while his co-stars on the popular A&E show "Dog The Bounty Hunter" were freed on $100,000 bail each.
Chapman, his son, Leland Chapman, and associate Timothy Chapman, no relation, were arrested Thursday on charges stemming from the capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, officials said.
Chapman's capture of Luster, who had fled the country during his trial on charges he raped three women, catapulted the 53-year-old bounty hunter to fame and led to the reality series on A&E. Luster is now serving a 124-year prison term.
Bounty hunting is considered a crime in Mexico, and charges have been pending against the three since local police in Mexico arrested them shortly after they roped in Luster. They posted bail but never returned for their court hearing in July 2003, officials said.
The men are now required to wear electronic monitoring devices until they return to court for extradition hearings to face trial in Mexico. The judge said they were not flight risks.
Reporters and fans packed the courtroom, and several supporters held signs outside the federal courthouse saying, "Let go our hero."
Chapman's son Leland, 29, and Timothy Chapman, 41, assist him in exploits chronicled for the TV show around the Hawaiian Islands. The show focuses on Chapman's family as much as the bounty hunting, which generally involves tracking down bail jumpers, often creating emotional scenes with repentant captives.
DOG AND THE AMERICAN PUSSIES!
The U.S. government is appeasing the Mexican government at the expense of three of its own reputable American citizens and their families -- even though the country hasn't been a good neighbor or done anything to stop drug trafficking, illegal immigration and other criminal activity brought by Mexican citizens across the American border.
The U.S. Office of International Affairs in Washington D.C. gave an order earlier this week for the arrest of the Bounty Hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman, 53, his son Leland Chapman, 29, and his brother Timothy Chapman, 41, with the intent of extraditing them to Mexico.
The trio are well known for their reality show on A&E, based on their work in Hawaii and the mainland as bounty hunters where they chase down and apprehend criminals who've violated the terms of their bail. They not only put on a popular entertaining show and promote law and order, but they run a compassionate and conservative operation through their business, Da Kine Bail Bonds. They pray during every television episode before they apprehend a suspect. They preach to the suspects about Jesus Christ, getting off of drugs, and turning their life around. And they even feature a picture of President George W. Bush in their shows.
Hawaii's head U.S. Marshall, Mark "Dutch" Hanohano, says the order for their arrest came from Washington D.C. The warrant was prepared Wednesday and executed by seven deputies without incident at 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning at the Chapmans' Hawaii Portlock home, Hanohano says.
The Chapmans made an appearance in Hawaii's federal court Thursday and will be back in court Friday.
The irony is they are being arrested for doing what American law enforcement failed to do.
The Chapmans went to Mexico in 2003 in hot pursuit of a serial rapist, who fled the United States after being convicted in a California court for three rapes. The target was the Max Factor heir Andrew Luster, who is now serving 104 years in prison in the United States as a result of their work. They apprehended Luster on June 18, 2003, and he was jailed the next day.
But rather than cheering the Chapmans for removing a convicted serial rapist from their country before he struck again, the Mexican government charged the Chapmans with illegal detention and conspiracy, throwing them in a cold, dark and dangerous Mexican prison for refusing to turn over Luster to them. Bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico.
The case -- and their treatment by the Mexican government -- launched them into the international spotlight, and eventually landed them the A&E gig, now the most popular series on the network for the past two years.
The Chapmans were supposed to appear at a court hearing there on July 15, 2003, but wisely never showed.
Now instead of defending three citizens who have collectively rounded up an estimated 6,000 bail jumpers and criminals in the last quarter of a century, through their offices on three Hawaiian islands, the U.S. government is willing to turn them over to what could essentially turn out to be their death sentence. Mexican prisons are not patrolled by the ACLU and prisoners don't have cable television, private cells, and three meals a day or the same rights as they would in America.
So the question is why? Why is the U.S. Office of International Affairs having them arrested and extradited? Why is that office throwing three of its most famous, do-good citizens to a lawless country run by thugs who will take cash over principal any day? At what political price are these government bureaucrats selling the Chapmans to a foreign government?
It is outrageous that the federal government is endangering the lives of these three men.
Hawaii law enforcement officers muttered something about an international treaty with Mexico, but the bottom line is the United States owes Mexico nothing except the return of its hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens and all the crack and cocaine smuggled from there to America's 50 states.
Chapman's publicist, Mona Wood, released a statement to the media on Thursday morning, saying her client will be vindicated. "This is obviously a very upsetting time for the Chapman family. Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman is a true modern-day hero. He arrests the bad guys -- he is definitely not one of them."
She's right -- he is a hero. Americans should rally, write their Congressman and the president, and demand freedom now for "Dog" and the other two Chapmans.
Congress should intervene on the Chapmans' behalf and open an investigation into the behavior of the heads of this so-called Office of International Affairs.
Whoever gave that arrest and extradition order should be fired and appropriately humiliated in the national and international press for making the American government appear hostile and unjust to its own citizens and unethical, and for embarrassing America on an international level.
The Chapmans deserve the thanks of all Americans -- including local and federal law enforcement -- for rounding up so many criminals who jumped their bail with no intention of serving jail time.
Just ask Andrew Lusters' three rape victims who can rest a little easier knowing their seemingly untouchable and untraceable attacker is behind bars for life.
The Chapmans made the streets safer. They should be rewarded -- not punished -- and they should be put back to work. There are, after all, still thousands of real criminals to catch.
Reach Malia Zimmerman, editor and president of Hawaii Reporter, via email at mailto:Malia@hawaiireporter.com
WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THE DOG SITUATION … HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS OF WHO TO CONTACT
SUPPORT DOG THROUGH A LETTER TO HIS NETWORK, A&E BY LOGGING ONTO THIS WEB SITE
http://www.aetv.com/ (click on Contact us button and submit a comment)
SEND A MESSAGE TO HIS PUBLICIST SO SHE CAN PASS IT ON TO THE CHAPMANS
Mona Wood, IKAIKA Communications, mailto: ikaikacomm@hawaii.rr.com
EMAIL OR FAX PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
President George Bush The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Phone: (202) 456-1414 Fax: (202) 456-2461 mailto:president@whitehouse.gov
Web Site: http://www.whitehouse.gov
EMAIL YOUR CONGRESSMEN IN THE U.S. HOUSE AND U.S. SENATE BY CLICKING ON THIS WEB SITE
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt
EMAIL OR FAX THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Alberto Gonzales -- Attorney General Paul McNulty -- Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert McCallum -- Associate Attorney General
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Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20530 Phone: (202) 514-2000 Fax: (202) 307-6777 mailto:askdoj@usdoj.gov Web Site: http://www.usdoj.gov
EMAIL OR FAX THE US MARSHALL SERVICE
John Clark, Director United States Marshals Service Washington, DC 20530 Phone: (202) 307-9000 Fax: (202) 307-9177 mailto:us.marshals@usdoj.gov Web Site: http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals
The U.S. Office of International Affairs in Washington D.C. gave an order earlier this week for the arrest of the Bounty Hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman, 53, his son Leland Chapman, 29, and his brother Timothy Chapman, 41, with the intent of extraditing them to Mexico.
The trio are well known for their reality show on A&E, based on their work in Hawaii and the mainland as bounty hunters where they chase down and apprehend criminals who've violated the terms of their bail. They not only put on a popular entertaining show and promote law and order, but they run a compassionate and conservative operation through their business, Da Kine Bail Bonds. They pray during every television episode before they apprehend a suspect. They preach to the suspects about Jesus Christ, getting off of drugs, and turning their life around. And they even feature a picture of President George W. Bush in their shows.
Hawaii's head U.S. Marshall, Mark "Dutch" Hanohano, says the order for their arrest came from Washington D.C. The warrant was prepared Wednesday and executed by seven deputies without incident at 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning at the Chapmans' Hawaii Portlock home, Hanohano says.
The Chapmans made an appearance in Hawaii's federal court Thursday and will be back in court Friday.
The irony is they are being arrested for doing what American law enforcement failed to do.
The Chapmans went to Mexico in 2003 in hot pursuit of a serial rapist, who fled the United States after being convicted in a California court for three rapes. The target was the Max Factor heir Andrew Luster, who is now serving 104 years in prison in the United States as a result of their work. They apprehended Luster on June 18, 2003, and he was jailed the next day.
But rather than cheering the Chapmans for removing a convicted serial rapist from their country before he struck again, the Mexican government charged the Chapmans with illegal detention and conspiracy, throwing them in a cold, dark and dangerous Mexican prison for refusing to turn over Luster to them. Bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico.
The case -- and their treatment by the Mexican government -- launched them into the international spotlight, and eventually landed them the A&E gig, now the most popular series on the network for the past two years.
The Chapmans were supposed to appear at a court hearing there on July 15, 2003, but wisely never showed.
Now instead of defending three citizens who have collectively rounded up an estimated 6,000 bail jumpers and criminals in the last quarter of a century, through their offices on three Hawaiian islands, the U.S. government is willing to turn them over to what could essentially turn out to be their death sentence. Mexican prisons are not patrolled by the ACLU and prisoners don't have cable television, private cells, and three meals a day or the same rights as they would in America.
So the question is why? Why is the U.S. Office of International Affairs having them arrested and extradited? Why is that office throwing three of its most famous, do-good citizens to a lawless country run by thugs who will take cash over principal any day? At what political price are these government bureaucrats selling the Chapmans to a foreign government?
It is outrageous that the federal government is endangering the lives of these three men.
Hawaii law enforcement officers muttered something about an international treaty with Mexico, but the bottom line is the United States owes Mexico nothing except the return of its hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens and all the crack and cocaine smuggled from there to America's 50 states.
Chapman's publicist, Mona Wood, released a statement to the media on Thursday morning, saying her client will be vindicated. "This is obviously a very upsetting time for the Chapman family. Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman is a true modern-day hero. He arrests the bad guys -- he is definitely not one of them."
She's right -- he is a hero. Americans should rally, write their Congressman and the president, and demand freedom now for "Dog" and the other two Chapmans.
Congress should intervene on the Chapmans' behalf and open an investigation into the behavior of the heads of this so-called Office of International Affairs.
Whoever gave that arrest and extradition order should be fired and appropriately humiliated in the national and international press for making the American government appear hostile and unjust to its own citizens and unethical, and for embarrassing America on an international level.
The Chapmans deserve the thanks of all Americans -- including local and federal law enforcement -- for rounding up so many criminals who jumped their bail with no intention of serving jail time.
Just ask Andrew Lusters' three rape victims who can rest a little easier knowing their seemingly untouchable and untraceable attacker is behind bars for life.
The Chapmans made the streets safer. They should be rewarded -- not punished -- and they should be put back to work. There are, after all, still thousands of real criminals to catch.
Reach Malia Zimmerman, editor and president of Hawaii Reporter, via email at mailto:Malia@hawaiireporter.com
WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THE DOG SITUATION … HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS OF WHO TO CONTACT
SUPPORT DOG THROUGH A LETTER TO HIS NETWORK, A&E BY LOGGING ONTO THIS WEB SITE
http://www.aetv.com/ (click on Contact us button and submit a comment)
SEND A MESSAGE TO HIS PUBLICIST SO SHE CAN PASS IT ON TO THE CHAPMANS
Mona Wood, IKAIKA Communications, mailto: ikaikacomm@hawaii.rr.com
EMAIL OR FAX PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
President George Bush The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Phone: (202) 456-1414 Fax: (202) 456-2461 mailto:president@whitehouse.gov
Web Site: http://www.whitehouse.gov
EMAIL YOUR CONGRESSMEN IN THE U.S. HOUSE AND U.S. SENATE BY CLICKING ON THIS WEB SITE
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt
EMAIL OR FAX THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Alberto Gonzales -- Attorney General Paul McNulty -- Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert McCallum -- Associate Attorney General
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Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20530 Phone: (202) 514-2000 Fax: (202) 307-6777 mailto:askdoj@usdoj.gov Web Site: http://www.usdoj.gov
EMAIL OR FAX THE US MARSHALL SERVICE
John Clark, Director United States Marshals Service Washington, DC 20530 Phone: (202) 307-9000 Fax: (202) 307-9177 mailto:us.marshals@usdoj.gov Web Site: http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals
Saturday, October 07, 2006
PLEASE SUPPORT SARAH'S LAW!
People who support Sarah's Law: Lord Stevens, former Met Police
Chief, "Its all about a parents right to protect their child, a
Childs right to be safe. If it just saves one child from sex abuse
and the lifetime of nightmares that too often follow, then I'm afraid
its worth all the inconvenience in the world for the paedophile."
Simon Cowell - American Idol and X-Factor judge, "I
totally endorse this campaign. This is something that should be made
law. I back Sarah's Law 100 per cent."
Louis Walsh - X-Factor judge, "I think Sarah's Law
is a brilliant idea to protect our children from predatory
paedophiles and I back the News of the World's campaign and Sara
Payne 100 per cent. These people are sick, they don't change, and
parents should have the right to know where they are so they can
protect their children.
Please if you can vote for us on this site so we can create even more awareness
http://www.ishouldbesolucky.com/Markscott
Sir Ronald Waterhouse - Former judge who headed Britain's
biggest ever inquiry into child abuse, "I support the
principle of Sarah's Law. I sympathise with the concerns of victims
and particularly their parents about the idea of an offender
returning to communities and being around and about. Unfortunately
there is a high proportion of re-offending among paedophile
offenders. If the balance can be struck between controlled access of
information and stiff penalties for misuse of information it can help
parents protect children." (Sir Ronald is author of the North
Wales Child Abuse Tribunal of Inquiry "Lost in Care". He
made 72 recommendations for the prevention of such abuse).
Bob McLachlan - Former Head of Scotland Yard's Paedophile Squad,
"Sarah's Law will enable parents and carers to be vigilant not
vigilantes. We've been pushing for Sarah's Law since 2000 and we are
still waiting. In America police release relevant and necessary
information about moderate to high risk sex offenders living in the
community. The aim is to address public concerns and prevent the
re-victimisation of children by these registered offenders - so why
the hell do we find it so difficult to do that in the UK?"
Carol Vorderman- Broadcaster, I would like to congratulate the News of the
World on fighting this campaign for the last six years. Sara Payne is
an inspiration to us all for sticking with Sarah's Law and working so
hard in the memory of her daughter. Hopefully common sense has seen
its way through and Sarah's Law will be the success it always deserved
to be. The world of sex offenders is such a disturbing area. There is
no logic with these paedophiles, its an obsession and they cannot be
cured. They commit such horrendous crimes, they really are horrible.
Parents HAVE to be able to protect their children, and Sarah's Law
allows parents to have the information to do that.
Chris Tarrant - Broadcaster, I am backing Sarah's Law
100 per cent, absolutely. These paedophiles are really, really sick
and we should be aware of where they are. We're allowing too many
perverts to wander around and actually be protected. Why would we
want to protect these people? I really think we should know where
they are because they are not going to get 'better'. You can't say,
'He used to be a paedophile but he's fine now'.
Chris Ryan- SAS ,
hero, "As a parent I believe that we should know where
paedophiles are. When a paedophile commits a crime he should forfeit
his right to privacy."
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