By Walter Geiger
I had a bad feeling about Donald Clark almost as soon as I heard about his disappearance. Shortly after he vanished, I contacted Jennifer Clark to gather information and acquire a photo of Donald to go with print and online stories about his disappearance. Pictures routinely and necessarily accompany missing persons accounts but she wouldn’t give me one.
Jennifer Clark (right) now has an entire lifetime to clown around in prison.
you're right, walter. good riddance!
Yep. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Thank you for everything you are a awesome person and the Maddox Clark family love and respect you. Thanks for covering our story we are planning a family get together to honor Donald. when it warms up a bit you and others and they know who they are will definitely be invited. In our hearts all of you are family now. Love you Walter keep up your excellent work and continue caring like you do.
From the February 15th edition of The Herald Gazette, page 8B:PARDONS AND PAROLES
L***** B****** was paroled Jan. 14, 2011. B****** will remain on parole for life.
He was convicted in Pike, Lamar, Spalding, DeKalb and Jackson counties on two counts burglary, robbery by force, escape, armed robbery, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, accruing two life sentences plus 36 years. While on parole he will live in Lamar County with his brother
R***** B****** at 2** B**** Rd., Barnesville. He will be placed on electronic monitoring and pay $30 a month to the Georgia Crime Association.
The parolee's name and address is properly listed in the newspaper. However, I chose to edit this personal information. If anyone really needs it, GO BUY THE NEWSPAPER! Walter would appreciate the 75 cents.
Hmm...Two life sentences plus 36 years seems to me to be longer than one life sentence plus 60 years. Upon checking the Georgia D.O.C. website, Mr. B****** started his two life sentences plus 36 years in 1986.
Let's see, 2011 minus 1986 comes out to a whopping 25 years Mr. B****** served. Am I missing something here or is a LIFE sentence not really for LIFE? Is 36 years in prison not really 36 years in prison?
Let's review MURDERER Jennifer Clark's prison sentence. Since Lil' Jenni was sentenced to only ONE pathetic life sentence and certainly won't serve the added 60 years, she probably will be breathing free air around 2033 considering she is so well mannered. This parole date was calculated by me using the new A.S.S. program. The (A.lcars S.liding S.cale) uses a complex algorithm to compute futute release dates for the misunderstood convicts in which 90% claim they are "innocent". The 60 years sentence is an unknown variable that was not considered because the Georgia Parole Board DOESN'T consider "tacked on sentences" beyond a LIFE sentence which isn' really LIFE. If she gets a GED, a couple of advanced college degrees, exhibits good conduct, and most importantly, finds GOD, Jenni will convince the Parole Board she has been rehabilitated and be out in time to bring in the New Year of 2020.
Everything is all clear now. How' bout you?
Call N. Alcars
'A clean conscience is likely the sign of a failed memory.'
Congratulations on yet another very well written editorial on an individual who is less than deserving of the space, much less the time that it took you to compose your thoughts on this matter.
From the onset of this case, it was more than evident, even to those of us who are on the outside looking in, that she was guilty, and that only the passage of time would prove that (and it did).
In my opinion (which matters not an ounce), the greatest travesty of "justice" that I've ever witnessed in Lamar County was the conviction of Beth Tessmer. There's not a week that passes by where I don't stop and say a prayer for her, thinking about the hell that she had to endure while married to that "man", and the ultimate price that she had to pay in order to be finally rid of that human garbage. I'm sorry only that she was found guilty, rather than being exonerated for being the victim of domestic violence. All the training in the world cannot prepare you to deal with a given situation when you find yourself in the same identical situation/scenario that you dealt with on your job.
Take care, Walter, and I wish you nothing but continued success in your role as editor of the only newspaper worthy of reading in Lamar County.