WEBVTT - Bonus Episode | Leo's Parole Hearing Comes to a Close but it's not Over 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:03.520 Do you want to do it? 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:06.320 You want me to do it, you can do it. 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:11.360 Okay, Okay. We are here at the at the building 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:13.840 where the parle hearing is going to be taking place. 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:21.479 It is eight forty six. I think Leo's case is 0:00:21.520 --> 0:00:25.200 going to be heard around ten. Yeah, and I'm right 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:27.080 here with Gilbert to Yeah. 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:29.680 I think we should sit in the back this time. 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:32.839 Oh, I will need to be right by the podium. 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:45.960 So make sure next is fine, okay, no problem this, yeah, sure. 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:50.440 So we're at the break here. They've give him like 0:00:50.440 --> 0:00:53.080 a five minute break, and I think the Schoolfield case 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:56.400 will be called very first next. Everybody seems to be here. 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:03.560 Cup is ready, some people from CDP. Chrissy is here, 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:07.720 and Jacob Orr will also be I'm here speaking for 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:10.600 the state in the tenth I'm not sure if anybody's 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:15.080 going to be calling in from the Saum families. I 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:18.319 don't think so. But that's about all we know right now. 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:22.400 Thank you, Good morning everyone. It's ten thirty five am. 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.800 We're back on the record. This is Melinda Kunrod with 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:27.680 the Commission on a Fender review. I'm joining with Commissioner 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:30.800 Davison and Commissioner Whitant we're about to start the full 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.479 portion of the docket. We're all free. Commissioners will be voting. 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:36.160 The first case that we're calling is Item twenty two 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:40.120 on page twelve, Leo Schofield. This is an effective interview 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:43.280 that was conducted on March twenty seven, twenty twenty Ford 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:47.800 Everglades CI the investigators recommending parole. Good morning, Jods, we'd 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:48.560 be happy here for you. 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:52.320 Good morning, Commissioner. It's my name is Scott Kopp. I'm 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.040 the attorney for Leo Schofield. I'm not going to say 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.440 much until the end. Want I want some folks that 0:01:57.560 --> 0:01:59.880 mean a lot to Leo who are present. There's three 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.760 that are present. They're going to speak first. I'd like 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:04.760 to call Sergeant Simmons. 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:08.440 Good morning. 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.120 My name is Sergeant James Simmons. I'm currently employed at 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:16.920 Jefferson Correctional Institution. I've been with the department twenty eight years. 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:19.640 Of those twenty eight years, I've known Leo Schofield for 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:23.240 twenty seven of those years. Of them twenty seven years, 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.440 me and Leal Scofield has worked together for the last 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:32.520 ten years. Lei Schofield was a great inmate at Hardy 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.720 Correction to institution. He was a great assets there. I 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:39.720 know Mm Schofield had took the theology class to earn 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:41.919 a degree in that. I know he had a large 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:43.200 Bible class. 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.480 He also helped me. 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.160 In the locke and key department. I was the lock 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:54.520 and key sergeant. He was my orderly. One day we 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:58.760 were working pulling a lockout and I was a real 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:03.799 bad diabetic blushuger dropped as I was falling forward. They 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.079 tell me that Leo Scofield caught me before I hit 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:10.639 the concrete floor and placed me in a chair, and 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.079 he knew I was a bad diabetic, and he took 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.440 the meter out of my pocket and placed it on 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:17.440 my device to see what my blood sugar was and 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.240 it was very low. And he got me medical attention 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.799 quickly and got me some staff in there to help 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.519 me out. And to this day I am very thankful 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:28.519 Leo Scofield was there to help me. I know Leo 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:30.919 Schofield has a great support staff with his wife and 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:35.440 daughter and other family members. In my professional opinion before that, 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.360 Leo Schofield make a great candidate for Parot. 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:40.480 Thank you, sergeant, Thank you for your service. 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:42.760 Thank you, Sergeant David Welch. 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:49.320 Good morning, Donald, Commissioner's med Him, Chair Commissioner Davidson, Commissioner Wyatt. 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:52.800 I stand before you today on behalf of Leo Schofield 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:55.160 because this is the case that I know in and out, 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.720 because I met Leo when I was seventeen years old 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:01.760 when I first entered Department of Corrections. Leo Schofield met 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.600 me off the bus when I was there, scared, didn't 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:05.960 know where I was going to go, what I was 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.360 going to do, what to do with my life from 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.400 then on, just received a natural life sentence at that point, 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:13.640 with a possibility of pro after twenty five years. I 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.720 am grateful for the grace of Parol. I'm a proud 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:21.080 member of CTP. But Leo Schofield was an educational clerk 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.240 back then. This was in nineteen ninety four. Again, I 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:27.200 was seventeen years old. I'm now forty seven. Leo Schofield 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.240 told me when I first met him I was going 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:32.240 through orientation process that I could do my time a 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:34.159 couple of ways. I could be like others and just 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:37.120 go play poker, play basketball and run around the reck 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.599 yard and waste my life. Or I could make the 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:42.560 best of it and that's what I did. He got 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.840 me an education as an orderly So from then on 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.719 I got my GED. I actually graduated, got my GED 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.279 before I would have graduated high school on the street. 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.280 From then on he continued to encourage me and impress 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:57.440 me to go into vocational trades. So that started me 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:59.520 on the bath that ultimately led me to be here 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.279 in front of you today, to do my time wisely, 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.960 to take advantage of opportunities to get in education and 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:08.599 to do something with my life. Leo Schofield also signed 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.440 me up for Chiro's Prison Ministry. I went through a 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.800 Chiros retreat there. Didn't know anything about Chiros, but Leo 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:16.279 signed me up for that and told me it would 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:19.119 be something good for my life. That in turn changed 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.320 my life because it's surrendered my life to Jesus Christ. 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:24.240 And from then on now today I stand before you. 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:27.240 Haven't been released, haven't been terminated from Parol. I'm now 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:30.080 the chair of Chiro's Prison Ministries at Avon Parks CI. 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.800 In fact, tomorrow I have thirty six men that are 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:34.560 under me that I'll be leading in to do Chiros 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:37.160 fifty seven at Avon Park. So from then on, from 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.120 the very first time I met Leo until today, I 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.960 am now a still citizen volunteer. I go back into 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:46.080 the prisons every month. I'm leading Chiros fifty seven next month. 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:49.080 And the education I received because of the influence of 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.839 mister Leo Schofield when I first met him as a teenager. 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.520 I've known him for thirty years. His character demeanor have 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.960 never changed one bit, and I just know, out of 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.120 all respect to the offense and the life that was 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.599 lost in this case, Leo Schofield is not a threat 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.160 to society in any kind of way. If Leo Schofield 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:06.120 is released, I can guarantee you that I will be 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.080 there for him in Tampa at Noah's house. I can 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:11.640 guarantee you that he will participate in CTP programs and 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.839 also be here in Tallahausee to represent others. Leo Schofield 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:16.880 will be a benefit if you guys are give him 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.520 the grace of prol today. I'm just simply asking, as 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:21.000 someone that knows him for a long time, to give 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.640 him that chance, because I believe in Leo Schofield. I 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.039 know as the only request that you guys asked of 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.800 me to not let you down. Leo Schofield likewise will 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:30.400 not let you down if you're grind the Groce pro. 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:31.799 Thank you for a looting me to speak. 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:33.159 Thank you, mister Welch. 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:34.599 Thank you. Jeff Reuter. 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:42.440 My name is Jeffrey Reuter, CTP Alumni, Noah's House Community Outreach, 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:46.240 House Coordinator, Commissioner, Kunrod, Commissioner, Dason Commissioner. Why. I've known 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.360 Leo for well over a decade. We were students together 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:53.520 in numerous classes. We facilitated classes together, we lived in 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:56.799 the dorm together, we got recreation together. We just lived 0:06:56.800 --> 0:07:00.839 in prison together. And I know firsthand what that involves. 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:04.360 And Leo was always he always stayed the course and 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:06.919 no matter what came at as he had a clear 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:10.600 head and solid judgment. This is a very unique case, 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:14.400 and I know that Leo's heart goes out to his wife, Michelle. 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.880 Our hearts go out to Michelle and her families. So 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:21.200 Leo is very mindful that as well. He worked first 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:24.880 hand with me with the Peyton Tutthill and Peyton Tudhill 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:28.480 Foundation and Miss Tutthill. He recorded a record for her, 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:32.280 turned over, recorded a whole record, turned over copyrighted the 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.480 record and then sent the record to Miss Tuthill where 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:38.760 recorded that music at Hearty CI and now that's part 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:43.320 of the foundation's story where they actually helped raise his 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:46.360 money for the children of scholarship victims. I know that 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:50.400 we're not here to determine guilt or innocence, but ken Leo, 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:54.120 pursuing to nine forty seven, can Leo conducted himself as 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:57.920 a citizen, as a free citizen, as a responsible citizen. 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:01.480 And I submit that he can. Pastor Tony Parker and 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.920 I from Noah's Community Outreach, we've been talking about Leo 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.640 for the past two weeks. There's a brand new house 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.560 at Noah's House. There's four guys in it right now. 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.800 Gregory Samuels, who was released yesterday, was the newest guy 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.720 in the house. He came yesterday. So we have a 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.080 bed for Leo at the new house where I'm the 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.360 coordinator at that house. We have an all star team there. 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:28.160 We will help lead and guide Leo post release if 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:31.360 you grant him grace today, and that is my humble request, 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:35.200 would you please grant Leo grace today? Thank you, thank you. 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:38.119 I'm not sure who's on the phone from. 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.360 CTP, but you got about a minute. 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:42.080 Could you pick one person to speak. 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:47.720 Please yeah, good morning, Convintions Choy Martin, thank you, missus, 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:51.160 Missus Coonroh, and Missus Davis and mister Waynet. Thanks for 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.480 the opportunity to speak on Leo's behalf. My condoc is 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:58.480 to the victim, Michelle and her family as well. I 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.240 need to be met Leo in October two thousand and 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:04.360 two at South Bay where he taught and played guitar 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:08.720 in the chapels. In the choirt, Leo also taught guys 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.840 to play the guitar. He continues to do so today 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:15.079 in CTP. I see him on a weekly basis. He's 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.760 thriving in the program. I believe it was a group 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.120 called the Old Jays that sang a song that says 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:22.680 I love music. I want to say to you today 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:25.360 with all due respect, that Leo loves music as well, 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:27.400 and he loves it so much that he's willing to 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.480 give his time and energy to help others learn to 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:32.199 play the guitar and have a love for music as well. 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:35.920 I believe that he's an excellent candidate for parole, and 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:40.559 I believe that he is epitome of a model prisoner 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:45.319 that would translate into being successful citizen. And society. I 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.040 respectfully request that you parole him today. Thank you for 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:49.000 your time of consideration. 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:53.000 I'm not going to Labor commissioners what you already know. 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:55.839 We've had our meetings you for view to pack it. 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.800 I think you pretty much know what you want to do, 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.160 and I suspect you're going to do the right thing, 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:05.560 and I trust you to do that. I can't say 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:07.800 more than what these men have said and what you've read. 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:12.800 Leo has continued to achieve and exceed expectations wherever he's 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:16.160 been the one thing I do want to address, if 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.640 you do grant him parole, which I believe you're going 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.839 to do, I want to address the walkout date, because 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:24.640 it's very important. It's very important to Leo, it's very 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:27.839 important to all of us. He needs to go as 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:31.280 soon as possible. Thirteen days. He needs to go April thirtieth, 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:35.760 not in June, not two more months. If that becomes 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:41.280 the walkout date, that, in my opinion, is merely punitive. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:46.000 It serves no purpose whatsoever with that. I'll turn the 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:47.280 podium over to the state. 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:49.120 Thank you very much. Now we're going to move to 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:52.640 those in opposition. Mister Orr is here and do we 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.480 have anyone online wishing to speak? If so, pressed our 0:10:55.640 --> 0:11:03.040 six go, oh, good morning. Are you speaking on the 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:04.000 Schofield case? 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:06.840 Yes, but I'm not in opposition. I'm his brother. I 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.520 tried to call in last year and I wasn't able 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:14.640 to talk. I just wanted to say that my brother 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:17.680 has been he's been doing a lot of great things 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.200 in prison, but he was doing a lot of great 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:25.560 things before he went to prison. I didn't have much 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:32.840 of a father, so he basically raised me. And I 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:37.280 just wanted to be there for him for whenever I could, 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.319 because I know he's a good man, a good person, 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:46.480 and he's one of the only reasons why I've been 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:51.200 able to make it through this life. And I just 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.600 wanted to I just wanted to say thank you for 0:11:54.840 --> 0:12:00.679 an opportunity to get him out of prison. And I 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:05.680 pray that you guys do the right thing today. And 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:06.760 that's all I ask. 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:08.000 And what is your name? 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:10.040 My name is Jason Schofield. 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:17.000 All thank you, all right, mister Orr from you, Good morning, commissioners. 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:17.559 Good morning. 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:19.960 My name is Jake or I'm an assistant state attorney 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:23.520 in the tenth Judicial Circuit. It's good to be with you. Again. 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:26.319 Last year, I addressed you regarding this case, and I 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:30.400 told you then that you cannot pursue justice without first 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:33.560 pursuing truth. And I believe that to be a true statement, 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.840 and I think that it has a particular relevance in 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.760 this case. The reason being there's been a whole lot 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:42.000 of media attention. As you know, there's been TV shows, 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:46.320 print media, multiple multiple episode podcasts, and I'm reading that 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.200 there's going to be more. There's going to be a 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.560 TV drama series maybe, and some sort of novels in 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:55.240 the works. It's all very entertaining and in truth, it's 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:58.120 an interesting case. I'm not going to go into all 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.520 the facts because I think you're kind of I'm familiar 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:04.040 with some of them, but it's a circumstantial case, lots 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.680 of twists and turns, and the storytelling related to it 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:11.560 has been outstanding. However, the truth telling has been unacceptable. 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:16.480 An example of that that involves this commission happened in 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:19.520 May of twenty twenty when Jerry Hill addressed you regarding 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:23.320 the case. Mister Hill recited certain facts of the case, 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:27.280 including going into who found the body in this case, 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:29.559 and I've pulled the transcript and I just want to 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:31.800 read a couple things that mister Hill told you. He 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:35.800 told you quote Missus Schofield's body was discovered in the 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:39.240 canal located in a hilly wooded area on the morning 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:44.160 of February twenty seventh, eighty seven, by Leo Schofield Senior. 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:46.360 Close quote. 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:49.440 Later in his presentation, mister Hill told you that Leo 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:51.120 was driven by an inter force and he said he 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.199 felt drawn to that area and felt Michelle was calling 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:56.040 out to him. He said he had told Detective Russell, 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:58.760 and I'm still quoting here, told Detective Russell that his 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:03.680 daughter in law was within a certain distance. Now, the 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:07.400 podcast that's got the most attention covering this case covered 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:10.000 that hearing in twenty twenty. They even used some of 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:14.400 the audio, but they got it wrong. They edited out 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:17.240 mister Hill telling you that the body was found by 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:21.400 Schofield Senior. They edited out mister Hill telling you that 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:24.280 he was searching for his daughter in law. They played 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:28.400 select clips about Leo searching, and then the narrator came 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:32.200 in and said said this, Jerry Hill gets it wrong 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:35.760 in a major way. The narrator stated that Jerry Hill 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:38.360 made it sound like the body was found by the defendant, 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:43.080 Leo Schofield Junior. Now take a minute and focus on 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:47.160 that reporting. Obviously that's not what happened you were here. 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.400 But it's worse than that, because this is not argumentative 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:54.160 argument or interpretation of facts of the record. It's it's 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:56.240 not a narrative told from a particular point of view 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:59.080 that is one hundred and eighty degrees opposite of what 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:03.920 happened in front of it. It's false. This should cause 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:08.160 concern for anybody that thinks they know facts about this 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:12.240 case because they heard a podcast, read something on social 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:15.680 media or the internet, or even a newspaper article. Because 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:19.400 good storytellers have picked up this case and they've told 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:23.480 stories that are incomplete, that misrepresent the actual evidence in 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:29.440 the case, and sometimes are false, you are reading, or 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:33.240 more likely hearing, a very compelling story that has no 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:37.000 fidelity to the truth. Today, we've gone through one black 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:40.080 and white example that involved this commission, but there are many, 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.640 many others when you get into the facts of the case. Now, 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:45.000 why am I telling you this? Why is it relevant 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:49.160 to today? Because my one ask of you is, whatever 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:53.480 decision you make, don't base it on some sensational media 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:57.240 accounts that are set to dramatic music. Base it on 0:15:57.320 --> 0:16:01.320 truth in the criminal justice system, trial courts, appellate court's 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:05.080 parole commission, whatever it is, it's of the utmost importance 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.680 that we always pursue truth because it's our only chance 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:15.200 at pursuing justice. This case has been reviewed by multiple courts, 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:19.440 multiple trial judges, multiple panels of appellate judges for over 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.360 thirty years, and there's a difference between what they do 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:27.280 in those reviews and the entertainment industry. In the court, 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.080 you can't edit out the facts you don't like. You 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:33.240 can't edit the facts to fit your storyline. What those 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:35.640 judges have done has reviewed this case based on the 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:39.560 actual transcript, the actual evidence, and the law, and in 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:43.600 all those reviews, every time they've determined there is sufficient 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:48.760 evidence to support this conviction. Now, in the interest of fairness, 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.520 I think it's important that I also tell you that 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:53.800 I'm not telling you about those falsehoods in the media 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.160 for you to hold them against mister Schofield. That's not 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.280 my intention. He did not write those stories, he didn't 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:03.880 edit the audio. I told you about those falsehoods so 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:07.080 you could focus on the truth. And truth is from 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:09.800 what I know he's been an outstanding inmate. Sounds like 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:12.240 it's got an incredible support system, and you should consider 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:15.399 all that. I also know that you should consider that 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:19.879 he was convicted of a terribly violent crime, and you 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.040 know that you must use caution before you release such 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:26.400 an individually. I guess what I'm saying is, in the end, 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:30.359 if you determine that justice requires he be parolled or 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:36.240 not based on an honest review of the evidence, the law, 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:38.919 the time he's served, and all the factors that you 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:41.959 would consider in any other case, and you do that 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:45.480 with an honest review, then justice will be served. That's 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.320 all anyone could ever ask of you. You have a 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:51.359 tough job. I thank you for your service to our state, 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.359 and I thank you for your time this morning. 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:57.080 Thank you, Miss jore. Do we have either Ricky or 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:07.719 Jesse Soum online? If so, ProStar six and Muture film 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:09.760 all right here, and then we'll perceive that the vote 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:11.000 is starting with mister Dason. 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:15.280 In the matter of Leo Schofield. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.320 I've had the opportunity to review this case, and it's entirety. 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:23.320 I've listened very closely to the testimony in support as 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:27.879 well as the testimony in opposition here today. Today is 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:32.800 not the first aid that I've had the opptinnity to 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:36.720 give input into this case. The last time this case 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:41.480 was before us, my vote was to extend mister Schofield's 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:45.120 ppr D by twenty four months and to refer him 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:49.520 to the Corrections Transition Program at the Everglades Correctional Institution. 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.840 How real, the vote of this commission was to extend 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:57.840 by twelve months, which was set the new ppr D 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:04.400 at June twenty five, twenty twenty four, and in agreement 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:09.520 to refer mister Scholfield to the Corrections Transition Program at 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:14.880 the Everglades Correctional Institution. Since that time, mister Scholfield has 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:22.000 participated in the CTP program, has done well, and I 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:25.280 think that he has greatly benefited from his time there. 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:29.359 I think that he will continue to benefit from his 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:34.000 time in the corrections Transition program if he continues to 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:39.240 serve until the PPRD date that this commission set, which 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:43.040 is June twenty five, twenty twenty four. So I know 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:45.760 that there was some question here about a walkout date, 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:48.800 and I think that that walkout date should be consistent 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:54.800 with the PPRD that this commission set less than a 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:59.679 year ago. That datea is not punitive. That date is 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:09.800 necessary for moving mister Scholfield toward a successful parole if 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:11.000 he has paroled here today. 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:15.840 So as mister Orr has requested my. 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:19.359 Honest review of this case, and that is my honest 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:21.840 review of this case. So my vote here today is 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:25.560 not a question of guilt or innocence. That is the 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:30.000 province of the judicial system. This case has been litigated 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:33.480 both in the trial as well as the appella arenas, 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:37.280 and that determination is that mister Scholfield is guilty. 0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:41.600 Of first degree murder. Today, my vote is. 0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:48.360 To parole mister Scholfield to the max on June twenty five, 0:20:48.520 --> 0:20:51.600 twenty twenty four, Terms four and five. 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:54.600 Thank you Commissioner. 0:20:54.080 --> 0:20:56.400 White, Thank you man, Thank you all for here testimony 0:20:56.480 --> 0:20:58.800 today as it relates to mister Schofield, and I too 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:01.000 have reviewed this case as a and I'm familiar with 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:04.800 the case. I've had meetings regarding the case, and during 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:10.120 the last Commission action I stressed the importance of programming. 0:21:10.840 --> 0:21:13.520 Mister Schofield has been incarcerated for a long period of time. 0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:15.560 A lot has changed since then, so I felt it 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:19.520 important that he gets some programming from the CTP program. 0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:22.880 Since his admission into that program, he's done well. He's 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:26.600 completed numerous classes. The testimony here today, of course, speaks 0:21:26.680 --> 0:21:29.800 highly of him as far as his interactions with those 0:21:30.200 --> 0:21:33.479 in the program in review. In this case, it's entirety 0:21:33.760 --> 0:21:37.960 considering all things, and I too support the court systems 0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:39.359 and their findings. 0:21:39.640 --> 0:21:41.320 Upon my review this case, my. 0:21:41.320 --> 0:21:44.600 Vote today is parol to the max April thirty, twenty 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:46.440 twenty four, Reasons four and five. 0:21:48.160 --> 0:21:50.879 And after review the entire record and hearing all the 0:21:50.960 --> 0:21:53.760 statements both the opposition and support, and my vote would 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:57.160 be to parole to the max for April thirty, twenty 0:21:57.200 --> 0:22:01.080 twenty four, Reasons four and five. Mister Davison, What are 0:22:01.119 --> 0:22:02.200 your conditions? 0:22:02.720 --> 0:22:07.240 Yes, The special conditions are entering complete the Noah Community Outreach. 0:22:06.840 --> 0:22:08.320 Program for a period of one year. 0:22:09.240 --> 0:22:09.600 Agree. 0:22:09.880 --> 0:22:12.920 Mandatory mental health and substance of use evaluation and treatment 0:22:12.920 --> 0:22:13.720 as necessary. 0:22:14.440 --> 0:22:14.760 Agree. 0:22:14.920 --> 0:22:18.560 Agree Anger and stress management evaluation and treatment as necessary. 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:19.320 Agree. 0:22:19.440 --> 0:22:23.200 Agree six months community controlled during the Noah Community Outreach Program, 0:22:23.320 --> 0:22:28.080 followed by eighteen months of curfew ten pm to six am. 0:22:28.280 --> 0:22:28.600 Agree. 0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:32.119 Agree participate in the after care components of the FIU 0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:36.280 Alumni Program. And the Noah Community Outreach Program. Agree no 0:22:36.400 --> 0:22:38.960 contact with the victims family and case number eighty eight 0:22:39.440 --> 0:22:44.240