PETITION FOR RELEASE ON PAROLE
PETITION FOR RELEASE ON PAROLE
This petition is in support of the release on parole for offender Sherry Ann (Barton) Vincent, TDCJ-ID No. 789968, incarcerated at the Lane Murray Unit, 1916 N. Hwy 36 Bypass, Gatesville, TX 76596.
Ms. Vincent is currently servicing a 35-year sentence for the offense of injury to a Child that occurred on March 1, 1995. In Brief, Ms. Vincent was 20-years old when she committed the offense. The victim of the offense was her daughter, Melody Twitty. Ms. Vincent confessed to having disciplined her daughter by using an unusual method; she hooked the child's shirttail to a door knob. By doing this, the shirt came up under the child's underarms and restrained the child's movement. Ms. Vincent also confessed to having become angry with her daughter that afternoon and at that time, pulled her by the hair and spanked her on the bottom, leaving a bruise. Ms. Vincent confessed to these acts at the time of her arrest and also at her trial. Ms. Vincent had no previous criminal record.
Ms. Vincent was found guilty and sentenced by a jury. She has now served 12 calendar years of a 35-year sentence, and has been eligible for parole since November of 2000. She has been denied parole three times due to the nature of offense and under threat to the public. Ms. Vincent will be reviewed for parole again in October 2009.
During the course of Ms. Vincent's incarceration, she has shown remorse by taking responsibility for her actions. She has also worked diligently overcome issues that led to her arrest as well as prepare herself to become a productive member of society. The following is a list of programs that Ms. Vincent has participated in and completed as of 2009:
Anger Management Classes
Cognitive Intervention Classes
Overcomers - Christian-based 12-Step Program
Drug & Health Awareness Classes
Certificate Programs for Religious Studies
Collage Vocation for Graphic Arts & Printing - Central Texas College
Associate's Degree from - Central Texas Collage
In addition, Ms. Vincent is the Unit Artist at Lane Murray and contributes her talents toward programs conducted by the City of Gatesville, Patriot Paws, Peer Health, and other unit functions. Ms. Vincent has had no disciplinary issues in 5-years, and has not committed any acts of violence since the time of her offense in 1995.
Ms. Vincent has the support of her family as well as the paternal family of her daughter Melody. Both families have been hurt by the actions of Ms. Vincent, yet feel that she no longer constitutes a threat to society, and deserves a chance for parole. Ms. Vincent, her family, and the paternal family of Melody are asking the community to which Ms. Vincent plans to request release to support her return to society through the parole process. It is felt that Ms. Vincent's efforts to better herself, and her artistic talents will allow her to not only successfully reenter society, but to provide positive contributions as well.
If you would like to support Ms. Vincent in her parole review and petition for her release on parole, please submit your signature in the appropriate section below. Ms. Vincent, her family, and the paternal family of her daughter Melody would appreciate your support.
By signing this petition, I am aware that I am petitioning to the Texas Board of Paroles on behalf of Sherry Ann (Barton) Vincent, TDCJ-ID 789968, at the Lane Murray Unit, 1916 Hwy. 36 Bypass, Gatesville, Texas 76596.
By signing this petition, I am further aware that the offender's offense is Injury to a Child. I am in agreement that the offender has served an adequate amount of time, has shown remorse for her offense, exceptional improvement in behavior, and in the opinion of this petition, is no longer a threat or danger to any other persons.
All who sign this petition offer moral support to the above offender. It is the prayer of all petitioners that the offender be granted release on parole at the earliest possible opportunity.
PETITION FOR RELEASE ON PAROLE
This petition is in support of the release on parole for offender Sherry Ann (Barton) Vincent, TDCJ-ID No. 789968, incarcerated at the Lane Murray Unit, 1916 N. Hwy 36 Bypass, Gatesville, TX 76596.
Ms. Vincent is currently servicing a 35-year sentence for the offense of injury to a Child that occurred on March 1, 1995. In Brief, Ms. Vincent was 20-years old when she committed the offense. The victim of the offense was her daughter, Melody Twitty. Ms. Vincent confessed to having disciplined her daughter by using an unusual method; she hooked the child's shirttail to a door knob. By doing this, the shirt came up under the child's underarms and restrained the child's movement. Ms. Vincent also confessed to having become angry with her daughter that afternoon and at that time, pulled her by the hair and spanked her on the bottom, leaving a bruise. Ms. Vincent confessed to these acts at the time of her arrest and also at her trial. Ms. Vincent had no previous criminal record.
Ms. Vincent was found guilty and sentenced by a jury. She has now served 12 calendar years of a 35-year sentence, and has been eligible for parole since November of 2000. She has been denied parole three times due to the nature of offense and under threat to the public. Ms. Vincent will be reviewed for parole again in October 2009.
During the course of Ms. Vincent's incarceration, she has shown remorse by taking responsibility for her actions. She has also worked diligently overcome issues that led to her arrest as well as prepare herself to become a productive member of society. The following is a list of programs that Ms. Vincent has participated in and completed as of 2009:
Anger Management Classes
Cognitive Intervention Classes
Overcomers - Christian-based 12-Step Program
Drug & Health Awareness Classes
Certificate Programs for Religious Studies
Collage Vocation for Graphic Arts & Printing - Central Texas College
Associate's Degree from - Central Texas Collage
In addition, Ms. Vincent is the Unit Artist at Lane Murray and contributes her talents toward programs conducted by the City of Gatesville, Patriot Paws, Peer Health, and other unit functions. Ms. Vincent has had no disciplinary issues in 5-years, and has not committed any acts of violence since the time of her offense in 1995.
Ms. Vincent has the support of her family as well as the paternal family of her daughter Melody. Both families have been hurt by the actions of Ms. Vincent, yet feel that she no longer constitutes a threat to society, and deserves a chance for parole. Ms. Vincent, her family, and the paternal family of Melody are asking the community to which Ms. Vincent plans to request release to support her return to society through the parole process. It is felt that Ms. Vincent's efforts to better herself, and her artistic talents will allow her to not only successfully reenter society, but to provide positive contributions as well.
If you would like to support Ms. Vincent in her parole review and petition for her release on parole, please submit your signature in the appropriate section below. Ms. Vincent, her family, and the paternal family of her daughter Melody would appreciate your support.
By signing this petition, I am aware that I am petitioning to the Texas Board of Paroles on behalf of Sherry Ann (Barton) Vincent, TDCJ-ID 789968, at the Lane Murray Unit, 1916 Hwy. 36 Bypass, Gatesville, Texas 76596.
By signing this petition, I am further aware that the offender's offense is Injury to a Child. I am in agreement that the offender has served an adequate amount of time, has shown remorse for her offense, exceptional improvement in behavior, and in the opinion of this petition, is no longer a threat or danger to any other persons.
All who sign this petition offer moral support to the above offender. It is the prayer of all petitioners that the offender be granted release on parole at the earliest possible opportunity.
We thank you for taking the time to consider our request for parole for Sherry Ann Vincent. After reading the nature of Sherry Ann Vincent's crime, and the personal progress that she has made since her incarceration, we feel that Ms. Sherry Ann Vincent is an excellent candidate for parole due to personal growth she has shown since being incarcerated, her lack of violence while incarcerated for the past 12 years, the strong family and support network that she has in place, and finally, because after serving 12 years in prison for a crime that she is sincerely sorry for, it is time for her to be given a chance to rejoin society.
We need to relese first time ofenders, The state do not have the money to rehab or to keep them in prison
I honestly believe this woman has paid her debt to society. She has shown remorse for her actions. She should be released and her spot given to a more derserving criminal.
I hope for your daughters freedom,seven years is a long time,I have a son in prison and I know how this hurts,she has paid her debt, please release her back to the life she needs with her family
I HAVE READ TE SUMMARY OF MRS.VINCENT CASE IT SEEMS TOME THAT SHE HAS DONE HER TIME AND SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN TO SOCIETY
Nineteen is a young age. Most people are not mature enough to make responsible decisions, let alone deal with the struggles of parenting. Furthermore, people have committed far more henious acts and served this amount (or lesser) of time. Twelve years is enough, in my opinion.
I AM AN EXPERT ON CHILD REARING AND CHILD ABUSE. AS A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MOTHER AND CHILD IN THIS CASE HAVE A GOOD AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. i DID NOT READ THAT THE PRISONER IN QUESTION HAS ESTABLISHED A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH HER CHILD. BUT I WILL HOWEVER SIGN THE PETITION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE.
I read a summary of Sherry Ann's case and trust it's source. It truly seems she has done more than enough to attone for the wrongs she was judged to have committed. It's time to let her return to society as a productive member.
What good is going on by keeping this woman behind bars? Has she been punished enough and how likely is she to recommit? Our country would be better off having her in a women's shelter talking about mothering and child abuse than behind bars.
I am the Aunt of Sherry's ex husband Jamie. She is a very caring person. She is a wonderful artist. I judge myself to be a good judge of character and I have never felt that Sherry could have done what she was accused of donig if anything she was at fault for it was not grabbing the kids and running away and turning her so called husband in. Sherry has more than met the requirements for parole. I really feel that she should have been parloed a few years ago and the only reason that she was not is that the state of Texas and the adoptive family of her 2 loving children are chicken and afraid that it will be found that they did wrong and railroaded the wrong person into prison. RELEASE Sherry she more than deserves it now!!!
The twelve years that Sherry Ann has spent in TDC is a terrible infringement on Justice. She is not a risk to the general public and should have been released years ago. It is the desire of Texas to keep their prisons full to justify the enormous expense of their prison system and many prisoners are the real victims of the TDCJ system. She has earned her release and parole should be granted immediately.
Sherry is the ex wife of my ex husband of 11 years (Jamie Twitty) While we were married Sherry and I got a chance to know each other and we became friends. I do beleive that she has spent enough time in the prison system and deserves to be able to prove herself on the outside. I fully support her.
i am sherrys ex husband.Jamie twitty, sherry did not even commit these actions.she was scared of mark vincent the step father he was in with a bike club out of indiana and everyone knows bike clubs can be dangerous along with the people in them sherry and melody both open admittingly addmitted that mark had hurt my daughter hes in crawfordsville now if not dead from the alchahol sherry may have been a troubled teen but what teen would not be troubled by there parents not caring i was different i had parents that cared and did not let me just run and do what ever i wanted when sherry and i got together she was kinda scared and awed by this she is not a bad person and was wrongly accused if u ask me ty for your time jamie allen twitty
She has shown remorse and done enough time for what she done and has seemed to get her act together. I believe she is ready to re-enter life and be given another chance.
What did she do?
NO ONE IS PERFECT SOMETIMES WE DO THINGS OUT OF REACTION VS ACTIONS. DONT LET THESE THINGS DEFINE HER AND WHO SHE IS INSIDE OR OUT. PPL CAN BE REHABILITATED AND BE EXTREMLY SINCERE AND CHANGE WE HAVE TO TAKE CHANCES AND HELP PPL TO MAKE A BETTER PLACE IN LIFE IN SOCIETY....
Everybody deserves a second chance to show that he or she has changed and so does Sherry Ann!!
Twelve years...she has certainly done her time. She has completed numerous classes and programs to make the changes needed to be a healthy and productive citizen. Sherry is not someone I would fear therefore she deserves her place in society. Ladeez In Waiting
If you are so inclined, please consider making a polite comment as to why you feel Sherry Ann should be allowed to be reunited with her family and friends.
I ask you this when will justice be served fairly.This lady Im sure has come a long way and paid her debt to society.She deserves her freedom now.Why does the judicial system always say my way or the high way?Where are human rights?He who is without sin may cast the first stone.Keeping her in jail isnt going to change anything.Freeing her could be the best thing for us all.If I had a big house Id take her in,in a minute.We all deserve a second chance in life...
Compassion suggests that this woman in her youth might have been overcome by stress. Unfortunatly, many young mothers themselves were not raised in an environment that taught her appropriate responses to stress. I have known victims of a violent upbringing, I can quite understand the difficulty. It appears she has not wasted her time inside and is ready to prove herself. More damage to the child could have been done by the extended separation. What God has joined together, let no man put asunder. There is no closer union orchestrated by God than Mother and child. Please, for the child, give her back her mother.
If second chances are not given to imprisoned men and woman who utilize the tools offered them while incarcerated to improve their understanding of what brought them there, then what is the point. It appears Ms. Barton has done just that, making the most of her time as opposed to not by preparing herself to be a productive member of society. Who better to judge than the paternal family and child herself. If they are in agreement, and support her parole, then I see no good reason to deny her that chance. Considering time served, her behavior to date and willingness to improve her life, I do not see how the Parole Board cannot rule in favor of parole, and allow the healing to begin for this family. I wish Ms. Barton, Melody Twitty, her family, and all concerned the best of luck.
Why was this Mother not given probabion and counseling? Mother Bashing and Judicial Gender Bias are paramount in court systems. Mothers must be impeccable in appearance and perfect behavior. Mothers are blamed for all wrongs and must be the ultimate fixers and often become the victims of court decision. Even in cases of domestic abuse surviors...it becomes the women's fault that her abuser was abusive and she should have done something to prevent it. In family law the mother who tries to seek help for her sexually abused little girls is severely judged and to blame by the court Judge, and he will send the daughters home with the sexual abuser. Most appeal Judges follow the ruling of the previous Judge because it is simpler to blame the Mother then it is to dig for justice! We need more Judicial Accountability and public disclosures for Judges when they allow this to happen. The voters need to go to the polls and vote. Open discussions at Town Hall Meetings for the Community to set the pace and to take action needs to really happen. This women is clearly not a threat to society. Her daughter is now out of danger. Where is the threat to Society. Men who do greater abuse and even kill do not do as much time. She did not kill her child or even use extreme measures over a prolonged length of time. If this young mother had the tools and the skills she needed to be a better parent...she would have taken those options. And I am sure that she is remorseful enough. She probably is modeling the parental raising and diciplinary actions she recieved as a child....My own upbringing would have been considered abuseive, but my Mother did not know any better....choices for role modeling and parenting diciplinary skills are of a more recent society. Anger Control should be part of all school programs. And affordable to the public. Stats show that women from rural areas and in poeverty get more severe sentencing....this must have been the case. The Supreme Court of Texas is know for not being "forgiving." And our USA President George Bush and Administration ok'd torture...good or bad it does refect the mind set in Texas. Sandra White Founder: Mothers & Children Support The Battered Women's Syndrome & Defense CA.NOW Member www.freedom4women2009@yahoo.com www.FreeBatteredMother, Janice Ritchey W53958 www.FreebatteredMothersAcrossAmerica www.Let's Stand Up In Sisterhood www.FreeNormaCampian www.FreeDebbie.org
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