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'Dear Judge Peeler, I feel that my mom should stay in prison because I seen her stab my dad clean through the heart with my sister in his arms. That took a big amount of happiness out of my and my sister’s lives… I think it would be better for me and my sister if my mom would stay in prison because I’m afraid of her. I have seen what she did to my dad.

— Bradyn Takach, age 10, in his powerful letter to Judge Robert Peeler, arguing against his mother’s early release from prison. Shannon Smith has served almost 6 years of her 10 year sentence for the death of Robert Takach. Smith’s hearing is scheduled for tomorrow.'