US EditionWoman Convicted of Manslaughter in Maine Elected to City Council
- Angela Walker, a convicted killer, was elected to Bangor's City Council after serving ten years for manslaughter in the death of Derek Rogers in 2002.
- There are currently no laws in Bangor preventing convicted individuals from running for office.
- Walker stated that she is a different person now and aims to bring her life experiences to the council to advocate for vulnerable community members.
- Walker, previously known as Angela Humphrey, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2002 death of Canadian tourist Derek Rogers.
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Murderer Elected to Council of Maine Town that Inspired Stephen King Novels
A woman who was sentenced to a decade in prison for suffocating a Canadian tourist to death has been elected to the city council of Bangor, Maine -- the town that helped inspire Stephen King’s horror novel "It."
This week local elections have been held in numerous U.S. towns. One of them is Bangor, in Maine (north-east of the country), a town of 30,000 inhabitants that has elected Angela Walker, a woman who spent ten years in prison for murder. Her case has formed a big stir in the U.S., although there is no law preventing Walker or any other resident with a criminal record from running for office.Angela Walker was elected on Tuesday, more than two deca…
Maine town elects convicted killer to city council: 'That's my past' · American Wire News
A woman who was directly involved in the murder of a Canadian tourist has been elected to the city council of a Maine town. Angela Walker, who purports to be nonpartisan but is backed by “progressives,” won a seat as a Bangor city councilmember on Tuesday. The election to office of Walker, a Native American, comes decades after she was convicted of manslaughter, alongside her brother, in 2003, following the brutal 2002 beachside murder of white …
MichaelSavage.com – Maine elects woman convicted of killing Canadian tourist to city council: ‘So broken’
A convicted killer who was sentenced to a decade behind bars for suffocating a Canadian tourist with sand was elected to the city council of a Maine city that inspired Stephen King’s “It.” Angela Walker was elected as a Bangor council member on Tuesday, more than two decades after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges…
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