Tennessee governor grants parole in murder-for-hire case
Source: Associated Press
Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press
Updated 4:59 pm CST, Friday, January 18, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is granting parole to a man serving a life sentence in a 1994 murder-for-hire, saying the inmate has "undergone a transformation" behind bars. But a woman he shot and partially blinded in the attack says she's terrified she might encounter him again once he's out.
Among his final 20 pardons and three commutations Friday, the outgoing Republican governor commuted Jeremy Michael Ingram's life sentence to parole supervision starting next January.
Ingram was 18 when he was paid $10,000 by Gina Sanjines' ex-husband to kill her in the Chattanooga area, court documents say. Sanjines was shot in the head three times but survived, with permanent blindness in her left eye, among other lifelong ailments. Ingram fatally shot her boyfriend, Virgil Schrag, who prosecutors say wasn't expected to be in the house when Ingram went to kill Sanjines.
Haslam's office said Ingram, now 43, has undergone a transformation and will have additional supervision conditions, including work, education and community service requirements. The governor cited Ingram's four higher-education degrees and his participation in rehabilitation and faith-based programs.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Tennessee-governor-grants-parole-in-13544808.php
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That's a simple mistake anyone could make. He should be sure to thank the Republican law and order governor.
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