'Has the debt been paid?' our columnist asks
eight years early on a 40-year sentence. A commutation reduces the sentence but unlike a pardon does not remove the criminal conviction. In 1990, Farris shot to death her girlfriend Beatrice King during an argument.
Since her conviction in 1991, the Colorado General Assembly has changed sentencing guidelines for felony murder. Prosecutors charged Farris with first-degree felony murder because she was also accused of burglary. Under the law, murder in the commission of another crime automatically resulted in a first-degree felony change.
From left, Sylvia, Deborah and Beatrice King as children before a church service are seen in this undated photograph. Because the law changed, it is fair to reassess the prison sentences of those convicted under the old law. Prison sentences serve several important purposes: the removal of a dangerous person from the public, deterrence for those tempted to break the law, and rehabilitation. Farris is not a danger to society, is not at risk of reoffending, and has been rehabilitated.
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