Don Corley Parole DENIED!

Dear victims, volunteers, supporters, family, friends, neighbors, impassioned visitors, and readers:

It is with gratitude and pride we announce that Charles Donald Corley has been denied parole for another five years.  This is the best possible outcome, and we thank you so very much.  Without you, this would not be possible.  Every letter counted.  Every Tweet, Facebook post, and email was taken to heart and encouraged us to fight on.  We achieved our ultimate goal of keeping Charles Donald Corley in prison for another five years.

However, we accomplished much more.  We opened the dialog on molestation.  Our cause was featured on Birmingham’s #1 radio talk show and highlighted on the front page of the Birmingham news. Representatives were interviewed by every major TV news affiliate in Birmingham, and appeared on an internet podcast that got it all started.  That’s not all.  We touched not only victims and associations of Charles Donald Corley, but many others as well.  The tsunami of encouragement behind this effort ran farther, wider, and deeper than we ever imagined.

We would like to specifically thank:

• The 30 is 30 family, including our subscribers, tweeters, letter writers, faithful readers, and those who discussed this topic with those around you.  You got it done.
• Jennifer Jones of “Cooney And Jones – Radio for Women”, without whose industry contacts, we may have never gotten the media recognition.
• John Meeks and the National Office of the Boy Scouts of America, who boldly stands by all of Corley’s victims.
• Homewood, AL Mayor Scott McBrayer
• Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale
• alabama Representative Paul DeMarco
• Alabama State Senate Majority Leader “Jabo” Waggoner
• Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange
• Alabama Governor Robert Bentley
• The Matt Murphy radio program and 100 WAPI Birmingham
• Scott Richards and the team from FOX 6 for their the tireless reporting on Don Corley over the past 16 years,
• Carol Robinson and Joey Kennedy from the Birmingham News, Stephanie Salvatore from CBS 42, Ashley Roberts from NBC 13 and the team at ABC 33/40 including Jani Farr.

We did it, but the fight is not over.  Charles Donald Corley has been in jail 16 years.  He will come up for parole again in another five years.  Charles Donald Corley should serve his full 30 year sentence.  We believe this because there is no indication that serial molesters can ever heal.  We believe this because Charles Donald Corley was convicted on only 3 of his many victims.  We believe this, because we believe in the healing of victims.  We believe victims of any crime can work to keep their aggressors in jail while engaging the community in meaningful dialog – not just meaningful for the effort, but meaningful for a lifetime.

Until the time is served:  We say:

“Thirty years is 30 years!”