OCEAN CITY -- A petition circulating calling for the denial of parole for a Virginia man who struck and killed a pedestrian in Ocean City last year gained momentum this week with nearly 3,000 signatures, but despite a pending hearing, the defendant is not eligible for release until February 2014 at the earliest.
Family and friends of Matthew Jude Cheswick, a 2008 graduate of Glenelg High School and Towson University student who was struck and killed by drunk driver on Coastal Highway on May 28 last year, recently launched a petition they intend to forward to the Maryland Parole Commission and the Worcester County Circuit Court seeking a denial of an early parole for the convicted defendant, Diogo Miller Facchini, who pleaded guilty last September to negligent homicide by motor vehicle and was sentenced in November to five years in prison.
The petition started late last week when friends and family learned Facchini was already eligible for a parole hearing, if not an early release, and by late yesterday already included 2,809 signatures.
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This guy needs to be released so the next guy can be entered into the system.His release will free up at least half of a jail cell.As unfair as it may seem,even worse criminals will be released on probation,etc until space becomes available.My guess is he'll be released and wear an ankle monitor for 6 months as a compromise.
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