We Stan Truth in Sentencing

TRIGGER WARNING - sex crimes

One of my favorite things in the world is shirtless Christopher Meloni. And one of the best places to find shirtless Christopher Meloni is Law & Order: SVU. I have of course seen every episode multiple times and I recently started listening to SVU recap podcast, That's Messed Up. I still think that Especially Heinous would have been a better name, but it's a great podcast. 

Throughout this post please enjoy photos of two cat brothers that I lovingly helped name Munch and Finn after two of my favorite dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies. 

The most recent episode of That's Messed Up featured the final episode of season 1 - Slaves. In the episode, Andrew McCarthy plays a guy who keeps a Romanian immigrant as a nanny/sex slave.

But don't worry...it gets worse. This episode is based on a true story. The abduction, imprisonment and torture of Colleen Stan.

I'm not going to go into much detail for obvious reasons, but allow me to introduce you to one of the (many) reasons I support the death penalty. Cameron Hooker.

In 1977 23-year-old Cameron Hooker, with his wife and baby in the car, picked up 20-year-old hitchhiker Colleen Stan. Please keep all comments about the dangers of hitchhiking to yourself. It's 2021. We literally pay strangers to drive us places. Instead of victim blaming let's criminal blame and criminal incarcerate for life (at least). 

Over the next 7 years, Cameron and Janice Hooker kept Colleen in a wooden box under their bed for roughly 23 hours a day, letting her out only for torture. Colleen was finally able to escape and testify in Hooker's 1985 trial, where he was found guilty and sentenced to 104 years in prison.

That sounds almost like justice, right? Wrong. Hooker should not be eligible for another parole hearing until 2030. But. California hopes to reduce prison populations due to COVID-19. So now Hooker could be looking at another parole hearing in March 2021. That's next month.

No. Hell no. I find even the slightest possibility of parole unacceptable for this sadistic piece of shit. I don't normally curse on this blog but I said what I said. Or I typed what I typed. He's been in prison for 35 years. And that's not nearly long enough.

You can sign an online petition to stop his release here.

You can also call, email, or send letters urging the parole board and Governor Gavin Newsom to keep Hooker in prison. The following is contact information supplied by That's Messed Up in their show notes:

Cameron Hooker

CDCR#: D18324

Board of Parole Hearings

Post Office Box 4036

Sacramento, CA   95812-4036

phone: (916) 445-4072

CDCR Office of Survivor Rights and Services victimservices@cdcr.ca.gov

Governor Gavin Newsom

1303 10th Street, Suite 1173

Sacramento, CA   95814

phone: (916) 445-2841

parole@gov.ca.gov

https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/

Sample letter/email:

I urge you to deny Cameron Hooker parole. Not only does his victim Colleen Stan deserve to feel safe, but sadistic criminals like Hooker remain a threat to women everywhere if they are given freedom. We cannot afford to take chances with an individual who has shown the propensity to commit the horrendous crimes Hooker was convicted of. Do not let this man out of jail. Not now. Not ever.