Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Judge Russo Should Ignore Plea Deal

I'm in New Hampshire, investigating the disappearance of Maura Murray, so I was not in court for this today, but it seems Frank Dienes has pleaded guilty to murdering Joe Kopp in exchange for a plea deal that could free him from prison by age 61. Paul Kiska has the full story at Channel 5.

THIS IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE.

The fact that Dienes sent his wife to the movies the night he murdered Joe Kopp, shows premeditation. He arranged for no witnesses to be present and, like the coward he is, he shot Kopp in the back of the head and then buried him in his back yard.

The only apparent motive for the crime is that Kopp had been telling friends that Dienes killed Amy Mihaljevic. We'll soon have some kind of answer to that. When you're convicted of a felony in the state of Ohio, the state takes your DNA and feeds it into the system.

But regardless as to Dienes' guilt in the Mihaljevic case, he deserves more time in prison.

Judge Russo should toss out this plea deal. Kopp's family should be asking the judge to do this right now, before the sentencing on Tuesday. Plea deals are for drug dealers and first time thieves. Not murderers. And certainly not murderers who have made a joke out of the justice system like this manipulative monster has.

3 comments:

Liz Russ said...

I agree 100% !!!!!

Anonymous said...

In the T.V reports Dienes wife claimed the motive was
the victim had shut off her oxygen and had threatened
to do it again. So Dienes shot him because of the threat

The T.V. reports closed with saying Bay wants to question him again in the Amy case.

Frank was looking a lot like the suspect sketch,especially around the mouth lower lip area.
Even with his head shaved. at least he'll be in jail
for a min of 16 years

Anonymous said...

How long will it take for the DNA to get in the system? In the Sowell case, the DNA sample/test was lost and never entered in the database from his prior conviction. Hopefully Bay Village PD or FBI will take the sample and either push it through or test it themselves.

I know that it has been said that there is DNA evidence in this case, but do you know if it has been tested already? They might only get one shot at a usable/testable sample. Hopefully it goes well.