9 26 Parker Appeal
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS
CONSIDERING HEARING A PETITION FROM THE WIFE OF A FORMER OKLAHOMA PRISON WARDEN
CONVICTED OF HELPING A MURDERER ESCAPE. BOBBI PARKER SAYS SHE HAS NO MONEY
TO PURSUE AN APPEAL. PARKER WAS CONVICTED LAST SEPTEMBER OF HELPING
RANDOLPH DIAL ESCAPE FROM THE OKLAHOMA STATE REFORMATORY IN GRANITE IN
1994. PARKER'S HUSBAND WAS THE PRISON WARDEN AT THE TIME. PARKER AND
DIAL WERE FOUND 11 YEARS LATER, LIVING TOGETHER ON A CHICKEN RANCH IN
TEXAS. PARKER MAINTAINS SHE WAS KIDNAPPED AND HELD HOSTAGE FOR MORE THAN A
DECADE. PROSECUTORS CONTEND PARKER AND DIAL FELL IN LOVE AND SHE HELPED
THE CONVICTED MURDERER ESCAPE AND RAN AWAY WITH HIM. PARKER SAYS SHE WAS
WRONGLY CONVICTED.
