Save the Life of Mike Bargo

The Issue

(These are NOT my words. This petition is accredited to a woman in Germany who knows about the Bargo case. I'm helping her get the word out there by posting this petition)

Please help me to get Mike S. Bargo out of the Deathrow in Florida, he needs Mercy and Grace              

  BACKGROUND
The evidence presented at trial established that on the night of April 17, 2011, Bargo and codefendants Amber Wright, Kyle Hooper, Charlie Ely, and Justin Soto murdered the victim. Bargo planned the murder and directed his codefendants throughout the commission of the murder. At the time of the crime, Bargo was eighteen years old and the victim was fifteen years old.
Wright and the victim began dating in December 2010, but broke up bitterly in March 2011. Wright became romantically involved with Bargo around the time of her breakup with the victim. According to William Samalot, the victim's friend, Bargo wrongly believed that the victim had abused Wright. The defendant was eighteen years old at the time of the crime, and the trial court found two statutory mitigators (age and under the influence of extreme emotional distress) and numerous nonstatutory mitigators—including that defendant suffers from frontal lobe brain damage, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, complex partial seizure disorder, hallucinations, and diminished control over inhibitions, was abandoned by his father, grew up in a disadvantaged and abusive home, has a severe substance abuse problem which aggravated a neurological disorder, along with the possibility that the defendant was misdiagnosed and treated for ADHD. The trial court did not ascribe great weight to any of this mitigation. However, a review of the record indicates that Bargo's mental health reaches far back into his childhood, rather than emanating from evaluations occurring after the murder occurred.
By the age of fourteen or fifteen, Bargo was self-harming. Dr. Berland testified that records “indicated, a couple times where [the defendant] had suicidal ideation, which is typical of someone who has a partial complex seizure disorder.” Further, when the defendant was in ninth grade and a subject of the Michigan Juvenile Justice System, a psychologist suggested that the defendant be sent to a mental institution. Rather than being institutionalized, Bargo was sent to boot camp for six months, during which he also attended counseling.
In March 2009, approximately two years before the crime in this case, Bargo was diagnosed with bipolar disorder diagnosis rapidly cycling. Although not taking medication at the time of the crime, Bargo had been prescribed several strong medications in the past. Remembering Michelle Obama's Words: At the Root of this dilemma is the way our Country handles mental health, whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it is still an illness and there should be no distinction.

 There will come much greater things by believing God’s Mercy. Michael Bargo has a mental disability, someone with a mental disability should not be executed, even if you believe in the death penalty. The death penalty has never brought true closure to anyone, and it can't bring back the victim. We need to end the death penalty and you can see my full argument about that in https://www.change.org/EndtheDeathPenaltyinFlorida

 My personal Words: I'm from Germany and I found Mike’s Bargo profile on writeaprisoner .com, I was shocked that such a Young Boy is on death row. Bargo was just a Young kid, dealing with pain and doubts in the inside, no healthy Person can comprehend what it feels like to suffer a mental disorder, and there is no completely healing. The jury did not take his mental disorder into account when convicting him. Please sign this petition, to get Michael Bargo off death row. Please share it with your friends and family.

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Amanda CootsPetition StarterEnd the death penalty. Inmates are people too. 18

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The Issue

(These are NOT my words. This petition is accredited to a woman in Germany who knows about the Bargo case. I'm helping her get the word out there by posting this petition)

Please help me to get Mike S. Bargo out of the Deathrow in Florida, he needs Mercy and Grace              

  BACKGROUND
The evidence presented at trial established that on the night of April 17, 2011, Bargo and codefendants Amber Wright, Kyle Hooper, Charlie Ely, and Justin Soto murdered the victim. Bargo planned the murder and directed his codefendants throughout the commission of the murder. At the time of the crime, Bargo was eighteen years old and the victim was fifteen years old.
Wright and the victim began dating in December 2010, but broke up bitterly in March 2011. Wright became romantically involved with Bargo around the time of her breakup with the victim. According to William Samalot, the victim's friend, Bargo wrongly believed that the victim had abused Wright. The defendant was eighteen years old at the time of the crime, and the trial court found two statutory mitigators (age and under the influence of extreme emotional distress) and numerous nonstatutory mitigators—including that defendant suffers from frontal lobe brain damage, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, complex partial seizure disorder, hallucinations, and diminished control over inhibitions, was abandoned by his father, grew up in a disadvantaged and abusive home, has a severe substance abuse problem which aggravated a neurological disorder, along with the possibility that the defendant was misdiagnosed and treated for ADHD. The trial court did not ascribe great weight to any of this mitigation. However, a review of the record indicates that Bargo's mental health reaches far back into his childhood, rather than emanating from evaluations occurring after the murder occurred.
By the age of fourteen or fifteen, Bargo was self-harming. Dr. Berland testified that records “indicated, a couple times where [the defendant] had suicidal ideation, which is typical of someone who has a partial complex seizure disorder.” Further, when the defendant was in ninth grade and a subject of the Michigan Juvenile Justice System, a psychologist suggested that the defendant be sent to a mental institution. Rather than being institutionalized, Bargo was sent to boot camp for six months, during which he also attended counseling.
In March 2009, approximately two years before the crime in this case, Bargo was diagnosed with bipolar disorder diagnosis rapidly cycling. Although not taking medication at the time of the crime, Bargo had been prescribed several strong medications in the past. Remembering Michelle Obama's Words: At the Root of this dilemma is the way our Country handles mental health, whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it is still an illness and there should be no distinction.

 There will come much greater things by believing God’s Mercy. Michael Bargo has a mental disability, someone with a mental disability should not be executed, even if you believe in the death penalty. The death penalty has never brought true closure to anyone, and it can't bring back the victim. We need to end the death penalty and you can see my full argument about that in https://www.change.org/EndtheDeathPenaltyinFlorida

 My personal Words: I'm from Germany and I found Mike’s Bargo profile on writeaprisoner .com, I was shocked that such a Young Boy is on death row. Bargo was just a Young kid, dealing with pain and doubts in the inside, no healthy Person can comprehend what it feels like to suffer a mental disorder, and there is no completely healing. The jury did not take his mental disorder into account when convicting him. Please sign this petition, to get Michael Bargo off death row. Please share it with your friends and family.

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Amanda CootsPetition StarterEnd the death penalty. Inmates are people too. 18
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Petition created on November 20, 2021