tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post3426891193601460849..comments2024-03-23T23:29:11.290-07:00Comments on Kidnapping, Murder, and Mayhem: $52.00 and a pack of bubble-gum Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post-67413723566330317812020-07-23T23:28:09.445-07:002020-07-23T23:28:09.445-07:00Thanks for your work for justice.Thanks for your work for justice.Johnny in MI via TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06023102231134473576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post-80651872934009950932020-07-23T23:27:04.079-07:002020-07-23T23:27:04.079-07:00Thank you for doing what was the right thing to do...Thank you for doing what was the right thing to do in all these matters. Just recently researched this case. Live in GR, MI but born and raised in Kansas my first 10 years of life. Same age as Lisa Dunn and the guy who died in shootout. All those involved had a lot of unresolved anger issues along with many more. Hard to totally understand it all.Johnny in MI via TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06023102231134473576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072125047008275922.post-42988387366914527652020-05-07T15:20:14.902-07:002020-05-07T15:20:14.902-07:00I was the prosecutor in Chet Reeder's case, an... I was the prosecutor in Chet Reeder's case, and I literally submerged myself the Daniel Eugene Remeta murder case for the better part of a year as I got it ready for trial. As noted, after nineteen straight days in the courtroom, Remeta was unanimously convicted by the jury that recommended in a 12-0 vote that Remeta be sentenced to die on the electric chair. The Governor of the state of Kansas had refused to honor my formal request that Remeta be extradited to the state of Florida to stand trial unless I agreed to waive the possible imposition of the death penalty. I declined to do so, and managed to get Remeta back to the state of Florida by virtue of the Interstate Compact On Detainers. Technically, the compact says that the requesting state (Florida) should return him to Kansas to serve out his Kansas sentence before he begins to "serve" his Florida death sentence. We refused to return him, a decision that was later upheld by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. It was a case of first impression, meaning that the Federal court system had not previously ruled on that particular issue. Remeta deserved to die for his deeds, and I am proud of my efforts to accomplish that.<br /> Chet Reeder did become a rather forgotten man, because I left the State Attorney's office the year after his murderer was convicted and his name fell through the cracks. About 15 years ago (it is now 2020), I attended the State Attorney's office victims' remembrance ceremony at the Marion County Judicial Center and realized that Chet Reeder's name was not one of those being read aloud to remember him as a murder victim. I asked that this omission be corrected by the next annual ceremony, and each year since then I have personally attended the ceremony and pinned a ribbon with his name on it to the remembrance wreath. I shall continue to do so as long as I am able. I pray that Chet Reeder rests in peace.Fl_Beachcomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778358288359518284noreply@blogger.com