[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Suzie Buchanan]

I had no idea.  The things you learn about your new hometown!

On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > Riddle: What do you call the crook at the top of a bishop's staff?
> >
> > Answer: <scroll
> >
> >             down>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ellen Cook
> >
> >
> > I wonder what she's doing now.  Jim probably knows.
> >
> > ;=)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >>
>