x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by sc.lmhostediq.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 15:31:06 -0400 thread-index: AdHChXed8vqdWYTdSRuXLwTxhrROCA== Thread-Topic: Stabbing victim needs help to prevent miscarriage of justice From: To: Subject: Stabbing victim needs help to prevent miscarriage of justice Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 15:31:06 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jun 2016 19:31:06.0542 (UTC) FILETIME=[77B7ACE0:01D1C285] CUSTOM Mrs. Abigail Thrasher 15166 Roedean Drive Noblesville IN 46060 Agbaker44@gmail.com FEDE Stabbing victim needs help to prevent miscarriage of justice 166.175.186.83 On October 13, 2009, my friend Paige Martineau, then 22 and a student at the University of South Carolina, was violently attacked and stabbed by Richard Guest, a 57 year old paranoid schizophrenic living in the apartment below Paige's then boyfriend. Mr. Guest was charged with kidnapping and assault and battery with intent to kill (Richland County cases K613480 and K613488). He was facing up to 50 years in prison before he was deemed incompetent to stand trial and transferred to a mental health facility. Yesterday we discovered he may be released without a trial, pending a hearing tomorrow, Friday, June 10. However, according to SC Code 44-23-460, even if someone is mentally ill and no longer a danger, he is to face trial unless his possible sentence has expired, which it clearly has not. Paige is currently en route to Columbia to try to keep Richard Guest from gaining his freedom. Paige is terrified he could find her or bring harm to someone else if he is released. If anyone could intervene on her behalf, we would be grateful. Please help us prevent this miscarriage of justice. You may contact Paige by email at paigemartineau@gmail.com. Thank you.