The Letter

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victim.svc@tdcj.state.tx.us AND A CC: TO DENYPAROLE@GMAIL.COM.
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You have no idea how much this means to all of us...

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Ms. Angela McCown, Director
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Victim Services Division
8712 Shoal Creek Blvd., Suite 265
Austin, Tx. 78757-6899

RE: SAMUEL CRAIG SOLOMON, TDJC ID # 00590873

Dear Board of Pardons and Paroles:

I am writing to insist that you deny the parole of Samuel Craig Solomon, who is currently serving a 40-year-term, for the gruesome murder of his estranged wife, Lisa Brandenberger Solomon in 1990. Their biological son, Craig was 3 years old at the time and witnessed this violent crime. In videotape made by the police after the killing, this child graphically detailed how Solomon had murdered his mother. To spare the young child from having to testify as the state’s star witness at a proceeding that might have brought the father a life sentence, the courts agreed to a plea-bargained sentence of 40 years and the defendant gave up all parental rights to Craig .

Craig was adopted by his maternal grandmother and her husband immediately following his biological mother’s death and has been raised in a Christian home. His extended family includes his maternal grandfather and family, and many supportive friends who have all taken a keen interest in his well-being and upbringing. He is now a wonderful, talented twenty-nine year old who is retired from active military service as a Marine. He will always carry the burden of what he witnessed as well as what he experienced growing up without his biological mother. It would be a real travesty for the future of Craig and his loved ones if Sam Solomon should be released now or at any time in the future.

The possibility of Sam Solomon’s early release is as great a crime, if not greater, than the one for which he is currently being incarcerated. Besides posing a threat to the life and well-being of the son, Craig Verbois and his adopted family and married family, Mr. Solomon’s early release would also pose a threat to the lives and well-being of citizens like me and my family.

As a concerned member of my community, I wish to impress upon you the necessity of not only denying Mr. Solomon an early release in 2016, but also the necessity of NOT REVIEWING him for parole for at least FIVE MORE YEARS, if ever.

I am law-abiding citizen who has great respect for the system of justice which you so carefully implement, and want to I thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration of my request to deny parole to Samuel Craig Solomon.

Sincerely,