GREENVILLE, S.C. — Elke Kennedy, mother of slain Sean Kennedy, pleaded for community assistance as South Carolina prison officials announced the date of her son’s killer’s parole hearing.
On Feb. 11, Stephen Andrew Moller will be granted a parole hearing to decide whether he will be released early from his active prison sentence. Further, his final release date was moved up from September 2009 to July 7, 2009. According to Kennedy, the early final release was set due to Moller’s “good behavior” and for receiving a G.E.D.
“Now more than ever we need your help,” an email announcement from Kennedy’s foundation, Sean’s Last Wish, read on Sunday. Kennedy is continuing to ask community members to send letters against Moller’s release to the South Carolina Parole Review Board. She says letters received after Jan. 23 will not be read.
The parole hearing is set for Feb. 11, 9 a.m., at 2221 Devine St. in Columbia. The meeting is open to the public.
Letters can be written to the address below. If community members write letters, they are encouraged to let Kennedy know and, if possible, send a copy. Kennedy can be contacted via elke@seanslastwish.org.
To write a letter: Include Moller’s name and inmate number (Stephen Andrew Moller - SCDC ID # 00328891) and send to:
Department of Probation Pardon and Parole Services
2221 Devine Street,
Suite 600, PO Box 50666
Columbia SC 29250
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The mother of a gay man killed in May 2007 is taking her plea against the killer’s early parole to the wider, national community.
Elke Kennedy and the foundation Sean’s Last Wish are asking community members to speak out against the possible early parole of Kennedy’s killer, Stephen Andrew Moller.
“Sean Kennedy’s family will never see justice done for Sean,” an emailed statement from the foundation read. “Because of the inadequacy of South Carolina murder laws and the lack of hate crime statutes, his killer, Stephen Andrew Moller, could be out of prison as early as February. We must protest this injustice and ask the parole board to make Moller serve the remainder of his sentence.”
Moller was plea-bargained to a suspended five-year sentence and convicted of involuntary manslaughter. With credit for his time served before the sentencing, Moller will be eligible for full release by September 2009.
“The parole board is currently conducting an investigation to decide whether to allow him to have a parole hearing, so it is critical that they hear from you that Stephen Andrew Moller violently murdered Sean Kennedy and should serve the remainder of his sentence,” the foundation said.
Letters can be written to the address below. If community members write letters, they are encouraged to let Kennedy know and, if possible, send a copy. Kennedy can be contacted via elke@seanslastwish.org.
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