As every student of Pennsylvania's corrupt parole system knows, few ordinary prisoners are paroled. Virtually nobody is paroled on their first time in front of the Board. In 20 years I've never heard of a case where a killer was paroled on his first try, never until Thomas Druce. The reason that the Parole Board cut Mister Druce loose seems to have been because all he did was kill a black man, Kenneth R. Cains. On leaving a bar with a lady friend, the married Mister Druce, ran down the impoverished victim in a state financed car. Then he ran away and tried to lie his way out of it. Conservatives live by lies. Thomas Druce was a Republican state legislator, a hack of the worst stripe. That may have been the reason that the highly political Parole Board decided he'd done plenty of time. How much time did the white Republican lawmaker do for killing a black man? 2 years! The tens of thousands of prisoners rotting in Pennsylvania's merciless prison system know how hard it is to be paroled for even trivial offenses. Had Mister Druce screwed his victim, he'd never be paroled, but killing a black man, that hardly counts at all. Sex is serious, killing isn't. To those many thousand of prisoners who languish without parole, especially to those who've tried and tried again only to be turned-down, some advice: become a conservative political hack, and, oh yes, just to be certain, kill an impoverished black man. The Parole Board likes that. Rebecca's Bargain Antiques Collectible Vintage Photos Fine Prints - Old Maps Sheet Music - Old Books Elegant Antiques and Collectibles "A man cannot marry before he's studied anatomy and has dissected at least one woman" Honore de Balzac, 1804 You are welcome to use or republish any of our material. Please give www.prisoners.com credit as the source. Return to the Crime Stories Menu Return to the Parole Illusion Menu Return to the Main Menu. Go to our site's Search Engine Send us Your Comments or Input.