[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Grace Cangialosi]

AFAIK, she and her husband Nick are still running the Black Swan, a very high-end used bookstore in Richmond, VA

> On Jun 7, 2015, at 9:24 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
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> My ADD or whatchamacallit makes me see only a fraction of a text and leap
> to some other meaning.  For instance, I saw this sub line and flashed on
> another person, as in:
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> Riddle: What do you call the crook at the top of a bishop's staff?
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> Answer: <scroll
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>             down>
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> Ellen Cook
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> I wonder what she's doing now.  Jim probably knows.
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> ;=)
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> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> 
>> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
>> 
>> From: Grace Cangialosi
>> 
>> see why the trial would be especially long.  Seems to me she's just trying
>>> to stay out of jail for as long as possible.
>> 
>> Yes -- but not for the reason you think.
>> 
>> A trial costs lots of money for all involved. A plea deal costs are
>> relatively tiny in comparison. That's why the state has an interest in
>> avoiding trial -- no matter the circumstances.
>> 
>> So plea negotiations drag on with the defendant's attorney(s) fighting to
>> minimize jail time or other punishments. The state will continue
>> negotiations to avoid a trial. And unless the defendant pleads guilty or
>> nolo contendre at the outset, even a trial where "everyone knows" what
>> happens can drag on for days or weeks. But no person in their right mind or
>> with competent Counsel would ever do that without a plea deal first.
>> 
>> And sometimes negotiating time gets drawn out -- especially once vacation
>> seasons start at the beginning of summer.
>> 
>> This is how the justice system in America works. I realize the Tea Party
>> set wants trials for all and no namby-pamby plea deals, though they want
>> the trials for free -- easy enough if they all end up in a few minutes
>> using Queen of Hearts justice.
>> 
>> Plea deals and attendant negotiations are the way of the world.
>> 
>> 'Cheers,
>> Jim
>>