Denial of Parole for Mary Elizabeth Rice

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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.

596 Signatures

  • John H Crocker Jr
    • Comments
    • I think releasing her would put the public at a great deal of danger. So its up to you to release someone who shows no remorse for what they did. Dont think it will be a good act to do that. Lets look at it this way. Whats in the best interest? Release a murderer who never showed any emotions , Or protect the public. Not a hard decision. Hope you dont make the wrong one..
  • Sharon Wilkes
    • Comments
    • Heartless act to kill and take away a beloved person in their sleep
  • laura hansford
  • Alan Saxon
  • April Giddeons
  • michael anthony rice
    • Comments
    • she has never shawn any remorse or told the truth about what happened to my identicle twin brother its been 16 years and i still think about him everyday
  • Bryan Moorhead
  • Brad Walters
  • Rebecca Eberhardt Tapley
  • Jody Rice
    • Comments
    • Not only did/does Mary Elizabeth Rice have no remorse for her actions, she had no consideration for her 3 children whom she left with no parents because of her actions. No benefit would come to her now grown children or to society if she were to be released.
  • Ana Moore
  • Jeff King
  • Reggie Rowland
  • Elizabeth Clark
  • Juan Carlos Arroyo
  • Lacey Duffell
  • james edward shelton
  • Eric B. Cleveland
  • Pam
    • Comments
    • she should never get out she is lucky she got to stay alive not the gas chair
  • Tammy Phillips Boyd
  • Brenda Bowers
    • Comments
    • 3 children have had to grow up without their parents due to this womans greed, letting her out now that they are all grown would be nothing but a bigger slap in the face to them
  • Glenn E Bowers
    • Comments
    • this woman should never see the light of day, nor taste freedom from her confinement, there is no measure of punishment that can equal the pain and sorrow she has inflicted on the family..I miss my best friend, my brother, and the best musician I've had the honor to share the stage with in my life
  • Paul J Majetich
  • Corissa Norton
  • Angie McLane
    • Comments
    • This girl took a wonderful person and father away from his kids forever, Please deny her bond
  • Lisa Melton
    • Comments
    • A killer with no remorse who is practicing what to say to the board so they will hear what they want to should not be free!
  • Tommy Marett
  • Ralph Berg
    • Comments
    • Close friend of deceased
  • Patricia Dew
  • Anita K. Graham Tiller
    • Comments
    • Mary Elizabeth Rice is, not was, a cold blooded murderer. Time does not alter the facts in any way. Not only does she show no remorse, but she doesn't even have enough decency in her being to tell the whole truth so that all involved can be brought to justice along side her. By allowing her freedom, you would only be opening a door to even more lose and tragedy, if that is even imaginable. Mark's family and friends have to live each day with the fact that he was stolen from us all, please don't add to the anguish of this family by making everyone live with the fact that she could be walking free among us. Remember... the facts don't change because the clock has ticked forward. Keep her in prison until her last breath is breathed.
  • james dew
  • Kelley Mize
  • Avis McElroy
    • Comments
    • I feel if Mark Rice can never come home and enjoy his children then she should not have any freedom either!
  • Chuck Hobbs
  • Cynthia L Freeman
  • Greta Jane Rowland
    • Comments
    • Please do not grant her parole as there are children involved in this , I think it would be for the best interest of the children for her to remain in prision
  • Barry Avery
    • Comments
    • Why let a convicted murderer out of prison?
  • Denise Harris
  • Glinda Carol Williams
  • Mary Rowland
  • Cory Isom
  • Scott Benton
    • Comments
    • Please keep the animal in a cage. Do not allow history to repeat it's self.
  • Dwayne h. saxon
  • Teresa Thatcher Weaver
    • Comments
    • To allow an unremorsable person to any kind of freedom is sickening....she has took a very special man away from his 3 wonderful children, his loving family and many friends! All these people will never be FREE from the tragedy so why should she be FREE of anything!!!
  • James Thatcher
    • Comments
    • He was a very special person to me....she has no remorse for what she has done and why would you release her to cause more harm to Marks family or any others!
  • Ginnie Thatcher
    • Comments
    • This man holds a spot in so many hearts!! Dont you think his kids, family and friends have suffered enough? so why make them all suffer more by releasing such a cold hearted murdering person?
  • Kendra Crawford
  • Gloria Isom
  • Kristin Crawford
  • Nick Crawford