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| Man Who Shot Daughter's Molester Gets Early Release |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/04/2003 |
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Foster gave Allie 'Bo' Johnson double credit for good behavior, allowing him to go free after serving nearly three years of a seven-year sentence for attempted manslaughter. 'This does not mean I condone his actions,' Foster said in a statement. 'I do not support taking the law into your own hands.' The case has drawn widespread attention, including a petition drive calling for Johnson's release. In 1998, the girl told her parents that Donald Wayne Spears had taken her and two other girls into a wooded area and molested two of them. Johnson said he and his wife, frustrated by the pace of the Beauregard Parish Sheriff's investigation, lured Spears to an out-of-the-way road, where Johnson shot him. Spears survived the shooting and later served two years and eight months in prison on two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile. Johnson's wife, Lorena Johnson, received a suspended sentence and supervised probation. Bo Johnson, 47, will go on immediate supervised parole for the rest of his term and must attend Alcoholics Anonymous and anger management classes. Governor's spokesman Steven Johnston said he would be released as soon as the Department of Corrections processed the paper work. 'Making Mr. Johnson serve more time in jail than the man who molested his daughter strikes me as just plain wrong,' the governor said. |
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