Court's rejection today of Ryan Greenberg's motion to shorten his prison sentence - 2/4/10
Publicado el 2010-02-04 20:41:04 [0 comentarios]
Michael J. Healey
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Department of Attorney General
150 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02903
Patrick C. Lynch, Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Michael J. Healey
Tel: (401) 274-4400, ext. 2234
Fax: (401) 222-2725
www.riag.state.ri.us
February 4, 2010
PRESS STATEMENT
Statement of Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch concerning Court’s
rejection of Ryan Greenberg’s motion to shorten his prison sentence
Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch issued the following comment concerning Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Procaccini’s dismissal today of a motion to reduce Ryan Greenberg’s sentence. On July 22, 2009, Judge Procaccini sentenced Greenberg to a term of 10 years, with five years to serve and five years suspended with probation, after Greenberg admitted that he killed 17-year-old Patrick Murphy in a reckless boating incident on the Barrington River on July 17, 2007. In the plea agreement that preceded the sentencing, the State and defendant agreed to the 10-year term with a cap of five years to serve. Judge Procaccini ordered Greenberg to serve two and a half years in the ACI and the remaining two and a half years on home confinement. In July Lynch’s prosecutors advocated for the maximum time to serve to be imposed.
AG Lynch’s statement is as follows:
“Although the sentence that was imposed last July was less than what we sought at the time, the Court, applying sincere effort and careful attention, used its discretion and imposed a sentence that we respect. We are pleased that Judge Proccacini today agreed with this office that the sentence he imposed should not be modified or reduced.
“Although I recognize it is the right of the defendant to attempt to reduce his sentence, it is difficult to reconcile that request with his claims that he has fully accepted responsibility for his actions that directly led to Patrick Murphy’s death.
“Somehow, he has equated following the rules of home confinement or the prison to an entitlement that his sentence should be reduced. I think the better view is that inmates are expected to follow the rules. I sincerely hope that over the next 22 months of his incarceration, the defendant spends less time thinking about Ryan Greenberg and a lot more time thinking about Patrick Murphy and the effect that his crime has had on the Murphy family.”
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