Russell Moore

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   Indigenous man dies in US prison following 30-year fight to come home

Melbourne-born man Russell Moore has died in a US prison following a three-decade fight to be returned to Australia.
Moore, also known by his adoptive name James Hudson Savage, died at Apalachee Correctional Institution in Florida on June 2.
His US lawyer Richard Bourke, who spent decades working to help return Moore to his birth country, said the 58-year-old had a medical emergency.
�I am profoundly saddened by Russell�s passing and my heart goes out to his family and his community for their loss, made all the more bitter by our inability to have his sentence transferred and have him returned home before his death,� Mr Bourke said.
�Russell had applications to be transferred to serve his life sentence in Australia denied in 2007 and 2012, despite the support of the Australian and Victorian governments.
�Preparations for a third application to return were interrupted by the pandemic.�
Born in Fitzroy North in 1963, Moore was a First Nations person from the stolen generations.
Moore was adopted as a newborn before moving to the US with his adoptive parents as a seven-year-old.

He was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1991 for the murder, robbery and sexual assault of 57-year-old Barbara Barber outside her decorating shop in the Florida city of Melbourne, south-east of Orlando, in November 1988.
His birth mother Beverley Whyman, from Swan Hill, spent years campaigning for her son to be returned to Australia. She died in 2017.
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djebel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Premium Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Status: Offline Points: 56200	Post Options Post Reply Quote djebel Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Russell Moore Posted: 03 Jun 2021 at 6:03pm
	Indigenous man dies in US prison following 30-year fight to come home Melbourne-born man Russell Moore has died in a US prison following a three-decade fight to be returned to Australia. Moore, also known by his adoptive name James Hudson Savage, died at Apalachee Correctional Institution in Florida on June 2. His US lawyer Richard Bourke, who spent decades working to help return Moore to his birth country, said the 58-year-old had a medical emergency. �I am profoundly saddened by Russell�s passing and my heart goes out to his family and his community for their loss, made all the more bitter by our inability to have his sentence transferred and have him returned home before his death,� Mr Bourke said. �Russell had applications to be transferred to serve his life sentence in Australia denied in 2007 and 2012, despite the support of the Australian and Victorian governments. �Preparations for a third application to return were interrupted by the pandemic.� Born in Fitzroy North in 1963, Moore was a First Nations person from the stolen generations. Moore was adopted as a newborn before moving to the US with his adoptive parents as a seven-year-old. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1991 for the murder, robbery and sexual assault of 57-year-old Barbara Barber outside her decorating shop in the Florida city of Melbourne, south-east of Orlando, in November 1988. His birth mother Beverley Whyman, from Swan Hill, spent years campaigning for her son to be returned to Australia. She died in 2017. More to come
	reductio ad absurdum

Baghdad Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2010 Location: Victoria Status: Offline Points: 13981	Post Options Post Reply Quote Baghdad Bob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jun 2021 at 8:08pm
	Whatever does his indigenous background go to do with him serving out his sentence in Australia ? He did the crime in the USA. Not that I am aware of any, but surely some US citizens must be serving lengthy terms in Australian jails for equivalent crimes. Where you do the crime , you do the time.

Passing Through Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Location: At home Status: Offline Points: 95527	Post Options Post Reply Quote Passing Through Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jun 2021 at 8:26pm
	The Australian govt hasn't really got involved in many Australians imprisoned overseas with notable examples being the Bali 9 and their executions. Other Australians also have also been executed in Malaysia and imprisoned in many countries.

rusty nails Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 20 Mar 2013 Location: Sydney Status: Offline Points: 14508	Post Options Post Reply Quote rusty nails Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jun 2021 at 8:32pm
	There is an arrangement with many countries whereby offenders are repatriated to their country. What�s his name that was convicted by the yanks, in a military court (on dubious grounds) and returned to South Australia for his final year or so. One poor example of this, is the French bombers convicted in NZ, repatriated to France, and effectively released by the French Government.

Passing Through Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Location: At home Status: Offline Points: 95527	Post Options Post Reply Quote Passing Through Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jun 2021 at 8:36pm
	David Hicks.

acacia alba Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Location: Hunter Valley Status: Offline Points: 46763	Post Options Post Reply Quote acacia alba Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jun 2021 at 10:05pm
	Murder, sexual assault and robbery . Why would we want him back here ? As said above. He did the crime so I cant imagine many people having much sympathy for him.
	animals before people.