12-10-2013, 08:24 AM
Teen Kills Mom - Released from Prison after 15 Years
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The night of her mother Vicki's murder, 15-year-old Valessa Robinson, her 19-year-old boyfriend Adam Davis and another friend, Jon Whispel (all shown above), went to a Denny's restaurant and hatched the plan to kill Valessa's mom.
According to state records, the three stole Vicki Robinson's van and tried to buy heroin. Davis bought a syringe, and back at the house put Vicki Robinson in a sleeper hold and injected her with bleach. When that didn't kill her, he stabbed her multiple times (though Valessa initially confessed to stabbing her too).
Six days after Vicki Robinson disappeared, the three youths were arrested in a high-speed chase in Texas. Vicki Robinson's body was found in a garbage can in a woods near her home.
Valessa Robinson was convicted of third-degree murder and got 20 years. Prosecutors said her mother had planned to send the teen to a Christian boarding school for troubled girls.
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Robinson, now 30 ^, was not expected to get out of prison until 2015. Florida law mandates that inmates serve at least 85 percent of their sentences before they are eligible for release.
But earlier this year, her release was moved up to February. State corrections officials say release dates can change for several reasons. Robinson received credit for the time she served in jail before her conviction, and she earned 1,146 days of gain time for good behavior.
Meanwhile, Davis is on death row and Whispel remains in prison, not expected to be released until 2020.
Valessa should have gotten as much time as Whispel, at the very least. If she'd been male, she would have. IMO.
American Justice clip on the murder/case:
The night of her mother Vicki's murder, 15-year-old Valessa Robinson, her 19-year-old boyfriend Adam Davis and another friend, Jon Whispel (all shown above), went to a Denny's restaurant and hatched the plan to kill Valessa's mom.
According to state records, the three stole Vicki Robinson's van and tried to buy heroin. Davis bought a syringe, and back at the house put Vicki Robinson in a sleeper hold and injected her with bleach. When that didn't kill her, he stabbed her multiple times (though Valessa initially confessed to stabbing her too).
Six days after Vicki Robinson disappeared, the three youths were arrested in a high-speed chase in Texas. Vicki Robinson's body was found in a garbage can in a woods near her home.
Valessa Robinson was convicted of third-degree murder and got 20 years. Prosecutors said her mother had planned to send the teen to a Christian boarding school for troubled girls.
Robinson, now 30 ^, was not expected to get out of prison until 2015. Florida law mandates that inmates serve at least 85 percent of their sentences before they are eligible for release.
But earlier this year, her release was moved up to February. State corrections officials say release dates can change for several reasons. Robinson received credit for the time she served in jail before her conviction, and she earned 1,146 days of gain time for good behavior.
Meanwhile, Davis is on death row and Whispel remains in prison, not expected to be released until 2020.
Valessa should have gotten as much time as Whispel, at the very least. If she'd been male, she would have. IMO.
American Justice clip on the murder/case: