December 29. 2008

Christina Korbe

Christina Korbe, the woman that shot FBI agent Sam Hicks, was moved to a jail almost 2 hours away from where her family lives and placed in solitary confinement a few days before Christmas.

Before her transfer, she was complaining that all the sympathy was going to the agent she killed without cause and expressed her wish to be on the Oprah Winfrey show. I don't fathom how her actions could warrant an appearance, but ...

Oprah Winfrey

Personally, I think the FBI saw the type of Christmas the murdered agent’s family was in for without him and decided to teach her a lesson with the prison transfer.

Not many are going to feel sorry for the shooter in light of the fact that at least her family could see her after the long drive, whereas the fallen agent’s loved ones haven’t been afforded the same courtesy due to her actions.

Pittsburgh FBI Shooter Sent Out Of County Before Christmas

EBENSBURG, Pa. - The woman who killed a Pittsburgh FBI agent during a drug raid at her family's home was moved from Allegheny County Jail to Cambria County Prison a few days before the Christmas holiday.

Defense attorney John Elash said he doesn't know why Christina Korbe was transferred away from Pittsburgh, where her charge of second-degree murder is pending in federal court.

"It is a hardship on her, especially over the holidays," Elash said on Friday, adding that Korbe's first five days at the new prison included solitary confinement. "This is the first year in 10 that she hasn't been with her children. She's never spent any time in jail in her whole life. Not only is she in jail, but she is in jail some hour and a half or two hours away from Pittsburgh."...

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