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He Was Granted Parole After 31 Years. A Newspaper Ad Is Keeping Him in Prison.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:08 pm
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Frederick Bell has spent the past 31 years in prison for two murders he committed when he was 19. But despite being granted parole, he can’t be released just yet because of a little-known Mississippi technicality.
Bell was supposed to be granted his freedom on Sept. 26. But thanks to an obscure law requiring notice of his release to be published in the local newspaper, his release was delayed indefinitely at the last possible moment. Now, local politicians and the family of one of Bell’s victims are hoping the delay will give the parole board a chance to reconsider its decision.
But without that notice in the paper, Bell is still in prison.
“Over the weekend, we confirmed that the notice was not run in the local paper where the murder occurred, as required,” Mississippi state Sen. Angela Hill said on a local Super Talk FM radio show, “The Gallo Show.” “We contacted the Attorney General’s Office, and the Attorney General’s Office indicated to us that she had contacted the parole board and that he would not be released unless or until the proper notification to the community was run in the local paper.” The rule is meant to give the community a chance to give their input about the board’s decision, according to Hill.
In Bell’s case, that community would be Grenada County, some 50 miles south of Oxford, and the publication would be the Grenada Star. Because the parole board did not run a notice in that local paper, Bell, whose release was originally set for Sept. 26, must remain in prison until these state requirements are met.
Frederick Bell has spent the past 31 years in prison for two murders he committed when he was 19. But despite being granted parole, he can’t be released just yet because of a little-known Mississippi technicality.
Bell was supposed to be granted his freedom on Sept. 26. But thanks to an obscure law requiring notice of his release to be published in the local newspaper, his release was delayed indefinitely at the last possible moment. Now, local politicians and the family of one of Bell’s victims are hoping the delay will give the parole board a chance to reconsider its decision.
But without that notice in the paper, Bell is still in prison.
“Over the weekend, we confirmed that the notice was not run in the local paper where the murder occurred, as required,” Mississippi state Sen. Angela Hill said on a local Super Talk FM radio show, “The Gallo Show.” “We contacted the Attorney General’s Office, and the Attorney General’s Office indicated to us that she had contacted the parole board and that he would not be released unless or until the proper notification to the community was run in the local paper.” The rule is meant to give the community a chance to give their input about the board’s decision, according to Hill.
In Bell’s case, that community would be Grenada County, some 50 miles south of Oxford, and the publication would be the Grenada Star. Because the parole board did not run a notice in that local paper, Bell, whose release was originally set for Sept. 26, must remain in prison until these state requirements are met.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:10 pm to texasmason
Good stuff- hopefully justice is served.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:13 pm to texasmason
If it was my family I’d keep paying the newspaper to not run the notice
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:14 pm to texasmason
You hate to see it.
After so many murderers get sprung on a technicality, I find it fricking hilarious one is having to stay behind bars on one.
After so many murderers get sprung on a technicality, I find it fricking hilarious one is having to stay behind bars on one.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:17 pm to schatman
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Good. Rot in there.
I’m not remotely a fan of a newspaper having the power to determine whether someone gets released on parole.
Could you imagine if this was New York and the Times had that control?
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:18 pm to texasmason
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Bell shot the cashier, 21-year-old store manager Bert Bell (no relation) nine times before fleeing with a .38-caliber pistol, a box of bullets, and a bag of money. After the robbery, a tense back-and-forth took place between Frederick Bell and James, during which Bell allegedly threatened to kill James because he didn’t want any witnesses. It was during this back and forth that Frederick Bell admitted to firing the shot that killed Bert Bell, according to court documents.
After Coffey and Doss intervened in the argument, the two joined Bell and a new participant, Bernard Gladney, who drove them to Memphis, Tennessee. Here, Bell committed another gunpoint robbery, resulting in the death of another cashier, 20-year-old Tommy White.
Why is Bell getting a second chance at life when his two victims do not get a second chance at life?
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:18 pm to texasmason
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two murders he committed
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granted parole
Soft arse country we are in. This piece of shite should’ve been put in the dirt 31 years ago.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:19 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Could you imagine if this was New York and the Times had that control?
Over Trump, no less
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:22 pm to texasmason
More people will read this than the legal section of some newspapers. Mississippi needs to fix their stupid rules.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:22 pm to BluegrassBelle
The paper doesn't have the control, the parole board didn't run the ad.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:25 pm to BottomlandBrew
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Why is Bell getting a second chance at life when his two victims do not get a second chance at life?
White privilege.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:27 pm to texasmason
Oh no
A convicted murderer has to stay in prison
This triggered my liberal brain and white people did this
A convicted murderer has to stay in prison
This triggered my liberal brain and white people did this
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:29 pm to texasmason
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Because the parole board did not run a notice in that local paper
Yeah that's a dumb law that needs to go away.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:30 pm to texasmason
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On May 6, 1991, Bell, then 19 years old, was one of two men involved in two fatal robberies across two states, according to court documents. The first occurred at a local convenience store, Sparks Stop-and-Go, in Grenada County. After visiting the location with three friends, Bell, armed with a .22-caliber pistol, and one of the others, Anthony Doss, decided that they would rob the store. The other two men who decided against committing the crime, Robert James and Frank Coffey, testified that they heard screaming and gunshots from the store before seeing Bell and his associate return from inside.
Bell shot the cashier, 21-year-old store manager Bert Bell (no relation) nine times before fleeing with a .38-caliber pistol, a box of bullets, and a bag of money. After the robbery, a tense back-and-forth took place between Frederick Bell and James, during which Bell allegedly threatened to kill James because he didn’t want any witnesses. It was during this back and forth that Frederick Bell admitted to firing the shot that killed Bert Bell, according to court documents.
After Coffey and Doss intervened in the argument, the two joined Bell and a new participant, Bernard Gladney, who drove them to Memphis, Tennessee. Here, Bell committed another gunpoint robbery, resulting in the death of another cashier, 20-year-old Tommy White. Coffey, Doss, Gladney, and Bell were eventually arrested at a Memphis residence. In 1993, Bell was found guilty of capital murder in the killing of Bert Bell. He also pleaded guilty to the Memphis shooting, along with Coffey.
Some 29 years later, after decades of appeals and evaluation, the Mississippi parole board ruled that Bell would be better served living the rest of his life out of prison and under parole supervision. The decision has upset the family of Bert Bell, who are furious that their loved one’s murderer will likely be a free man in the coming months.
“On August 29, I received the gut-wrenching letter from the parole board that tells me that they have decided to grant this offender parole,” Bert’s brother, Gene Bell, told Super Talk FM last week. “My brother was never able to receive an appeal. He was never able to appeal his life the nine times he was shot.”
He killed two hard working Americans. He doesn’t deserve to live, much less be paroled.
This post was edited on 9/29/22 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:31 pm to texasmason
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The Gallo Show
Live look at the judges chambers-
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:38 pm to GetCocky11
Law is the law. The Parole Board not understanding the fricking law and what is required of them is a bigger problem.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:42 pm to teke184
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Law is the law.
Sure, but it is a dumb law.
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