In 2022, a Michigan man, Richard Harvey, 75, shot an 84-year-old woman in the back as she was leaving his property. The woman was Joan Jacobson who had been going door-to-door passing out literature in opposition to a pro-abortion state proposal.
Despite pleading ‘no contest’ to felonious assault, careless discharge of a firearm causing injury and reckless discharge of a firearm, Richard Harvey has been allowed to avoid jail time and instead receive community service and pay a small fine.
Richard Harvey, 75, was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service. Judge Suzanne Hoseth Kreeger also gave him a suspended jail sentence of two months and a delayed sentence of one year on probation.
Harvey pleaded no contest last month to felonious assault, careless discharge of a firearm causing injury and reckless discharge of a firearm.
Harvey also must pay $347.19 in restitution and cannot have any contact with the woman he shot, 84-year-old Joan Jacobson.
Shockingly this case is not unique but rather is part of an ongoing trend that suggests there is a double standard when it comes to how the U.S. Department of Justice handles cases involving pro-life individuals versus those involving pro-abortion activists – greater punishments for one side than for the other.
On Facebook Sharon Harvey’s page showed ‘very strong opinions on abortion’ according to Anna Visser Right to Life Michigan Communications Director and further evidence revealed by 911 calls made after Jacobson was shot suggest that Richard Harvey believed her literature was indicative of her being a “right wing nut”.
It appears from these conversations that Richard Harvey saw Joan Jacobson as a political enemy who he felt needed punishing for her beliefs which were opposed to his own.
I guess closing the door was too difficult for the Harveys that day.
Jacobson’s attorney said Sharon Harvey was “hostile, belligerent, and antagonistic” when Jacobson came to her door, LifeNews reports.
[Richard] Harvey has admitted to firing a warning shot at Jacobson before shooting the elderly woman but claims it was an accident. Jacobson and her attorney say that’s completely false and point out that Richard Harvey had already fired a warning shot and Jacobson had turned away to leave the couple’s property in her vehicle.
The attorney says the Harveys didn’t even try to help Jacobson once they realized Richard had shot her and he said Sharon…
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