http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog Thoughts, Opinions, and Inspirations Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:55:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Florida Justices Affirm Child Killer's Conviction TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A former auto mechanic found guilty of strangling 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a security camera, lost an appeal of his murder conviction and death sentence Thursday in the Florida Supreme Court. The justices rejected several arguments by 42-year-old ... http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog/?p=54 Back in January of this year, I posted information regarding the fact that Joseph Smith is requesting a new trial.  It's been 6 months, and I have heard nothing else about it.  Apparently, there were so many problems with his first trial, that he deserves a new one. In my opinion, ... http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog/?p=52 The headline hits you like it was yesterday, not Nov. 18, 2005. A jury of Joseph P. Smith’s peers rendered damning verdicts in a subdued Sarasota County courtroom that resonate more than three years later: First-degree murder — GUILTY Kidnapping — GUILTY Capital sexual battery — GUILTY It was a just conclusion to an emotionally ... http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog/?p=51 A man who killed an 11-year-old girl after her abduction was caught on camera and broadcast nationwide, is asking that his death sentence be overturned. As Mike Vasilinda tells us, an attorney for condemned killer Joseph Smith argued before the Florida Supreme Court, that there were so many problems with ... http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog/?p=49 Once abducted, there’s a 44 percent chance a predator will kill a child within an hour and the odds are bleaker after three. Many children are found within three miles of an abduction site, statistics from Medina County’s Child Abduction Response Team show. To deal with a potential abduction, the county ... http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog/?p=48 Sarasota County deputies are looking for a name to go with faces on surveillance camera images from a fundraiser Saturday night at Evie's on the Green, 4735 Bee Ridge Road. The video shows two people deputies say stole from a fundraiser for the Police Athletic League. Cameras in the ice cream and ... http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog/?p=47 Carlie's Crusade reps give kids at Milton school lesson in self-defense MARLBORO — Dominick Magistro and John Jenerose of the Carlie's Crusade Foundation visited Milton Elementary School recently to provide hands-on demonstrations of self-defense techniques. The Carlie's Crusade Foundation was created in response to the abduction of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia in ... http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog/?p=44 Do you remember the Story of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia? Carlie was the little girl from LI NY who while staying with her mother down in FL was kidnapped and murdered on Super Bowl Sunday, 2004. Her abduction was captured on video in front of the car wash where she was ... http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog/?p=43 ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Parents in Maryland are being told that not every house with a pumpkin is a Halloween stop for their trick-or-treating children. Sex offenders in Maryland have started receiving paper signs in the mail that show a pumpkin and read "No candy at this residence," which they must post ... http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog/?p=42 BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A longtime sex offender was sentenced to death Wednesday for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a 9-year-old northern Idaho boy after federal jurors who watched video of some of the brutality deliberated just three hours. The jurors' recommendation was binding on U.S. District Judge Edward ... http://www.carliebrucia.name/Blog/?p=41