I know this has nothing to do with sports, but when prison authorities get an idea this good, it must be reported. It was in 1976 that Thomas McCulloch, along with his gay lover Robert Mone, committed a notorious axe crime in which they murdered three people at a State Hospital in Scotland. McCulloch, now 63, was given a life sentence, but it’s since been commuted to allow him to become eligible for work release. So, said prison officials, here’s your axe … go chop those trees. And be back by 4 p.m., please.
Thomas McCulloch completed a course at a nature reserve, where he helped clear a pathway by cutting trees and shrubs. A prison source said: “I don’t think it’s a good idea to let a murderer like McCulloch near sharp implements like axes.”
In fact he did such a good job that he was presented with the John Muir Award (this is true), for demonstrating he had “discovered a wild place, explored its wilderness, helped to conserve it and shared the experience.”
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Triple axe killer Thomas McCulloch is let out of prison to chop down trees [Mirror.co.uk]
Carstairs triple axe murderer Thomas McCulloch allowed out to chop trees [Daily Record]
What’s Wrong With this Picture?: the 3x Ax-Murderer’s New Job [CBS Los Angeles]
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- alligatorsnapper - Sep 22, 2011 at 4:49 PM
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This guy should get a pink jumpsuit and get bologna sandwiches each day compliments of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Some folks in Scotland have lost their minds. They could put this convict working on the huge golf resort that The Donald built in Scotland. What the Scottish authorities have done is similar to bringing an alcoholic to a Scottish pub and putting pints in front of him, not expecting him to partake.
