Parole denied again for ex-church secretary

   Once again, Lorna Anderson has been denied parole for another year.
   The former Emporia church secretary who had her husband killed in 1983 while she was having an affair with the church's minister, Tom Bird, has been passed over for parole for the fifth time.
   Anderson pleaded guilty in 1988 to second-degree murder in the death of her husband, Martin, and was sentenced to 15 years to life. She already had been convicted in 1984 of soliciting not only her husband's murder, but the murder of Bird's wife. That plot failed.
   Bird was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his wife, Sandra, and for solicitation of first-degree murder for the earlier failed attempt on Martin Anderson's life. He served 20 years of a life sentence and was released from prison in 2004.
   The bizarre case was made into a TV miniseries in 1987 called "Murder Ordained."

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Comments

She should stay in prison, but Mr. Bird should still be there, too.

[Melissa]

Someone please explain to me why this woman is still in jail when she arranged two killings but did not pull the trigger in either, when her accomplice, a man, who actually killed the two people, has been out of jail since 2004????? What is the deal here?

[Big Sam]

The thing is with Lorna Anderson is that a last minute plea was accepted under what could only be said were "unusual" circumstances. She was known for "entertaining" several businessmen, lawyers, and some say judges in Lyon County during the day. Her diary was about to go public as it was put into evidence. That diary was said to contain names, dates, and times in regard to those issues of entertainment. The evening before the diary was to go public the plea came through.

Some would say coincidence. Many in Emporia believed there was much more to it than that. So, maybe she has been quite awhile compared to her co-conspirator. However, sometimes the "mercy" shown when a defendant manipulates the process can come back and bite in the end.

Personally, the issue shouldn't be that Anderson is still which is not fair because Bird it it. It should be that Bird should still be in along with Anderson.

Later,
Sam S.

[Republicans suck]

This is a question of whether the purpose of prison is rehabilitation or punishment. Some will say it's a balance of both. I say Bird stepped up in the Parole hearings and said, "yeah I did it, and I'm sorry". While, little miss too hot to trot says, "I never knew he would do something so evil." Bird is Anderson's victim as much as the two spouses. If the stories are true, she has always been a little too loose, a bit too scheming, and a whole lot too manipulative. I'm just glad to see that women's lib has worked for the man at least once.

[denie]

thank you for taking the time to make a diffrence

[Republicans suck]

Denie:
Is that short for Denise, or is that a misspelling of Dennis? Either way, go to He.double hockey sticks. I'm right, you're wrong.

[Jason]

Okay Melissa (or anyone who agrees with her)where are you getting your information that Lorna killed no one and Mr. Bird killed two people? I am not asking because I know. I am asking because I don't know.

[Jason]

H E double hockey sticks. LOL
I am such a nerd, I thought that was a web address!LOL

Nice verbal sparring.

[Scott Unruh]

If you're going to set the triggerman free, you've got to let his accomplice go. She didn't pull the trigger and she gets more time than the murderer?

[Scott Unruh]

If you're going to set the triggerman free, you've got to let his accomplice go. She didn't pull the trigger and she gets more time than the murderer?

[Pete Smith]

Yet another example of why being religious does not make people moral or ethical. "Good christian" is a coincidence, not a redundancy.

[dick]

Where is the justice for the victoms...Sandy and Marty? Neither of these cold blooded killers should ever be free again.