State Board of Pardons and Paroles
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Atlanta, Georgia 30334-4909
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Victim Services@pap.state.ga.us

Subject: Parole Denial to Mary Elizabeth Rice, GDC ID 0000829957

Dear Parole Board Members:

We, the signers of this petition, are requesting the Board to deny parole for Mary Elizabeth Rice whose hearing is scheduled for August 28, 2009.
On August 28, 1993, Mary Elizabeth Rice ruthlessly murdered her husband Mark Berry Rice while he slept. Mary Elizabeth Rice took away a beloved father of three, brother, son and friend to many. Mark Berry Rice can only live in our hearts and minds and feel that it would be an injustice if Mary Elizabeth Rice were allowed to go free while suffering no remorse.

We believe the facts surrounding the brutal murder she committed and her remorseless behavior that followed shows her as a reckless, violent individual with no regard for human life. We believe that imprisonment cannot reform her and that society would be at great risk if she were to be released.