[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Grace Cangialosi]

I'm opposed to the death penalty, period.
Obviously, no sentence will bring back the dead man, but I had expected the sentence would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-25 years.
I also don't see anything about financial compensation to the family. Why wasn't a hefty fine also required?
But it doesn't really matter what I think; it's done.

> On Oct 27, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:
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>> On 10/27/15 4:41 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> Well, whether I'm supposed to judge or not, I think this is outrageous. Seven years for taking a man's life...
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> So what would you give for a sentence, if you were the judge?  The death penalty, a life for a life?
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> This is surely not intentional, premeditated murder.  She didn't intend to kill anyone, even momentarily.  She was careless, with the cell phone, and with giving in to her addiction when others were social drinking, and then, probably, for not calling a taxi or finding a designated driver.  I'm not saying she should walk free, I just don't know.  Nor do I know whether seven years is "enough".  And comparing it to other cases doesn't really work for me either: seems to me that every case is unique.
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> Nor am I judging you for being judgmental.  That's sort of part of democracy in civil law, I believe.  You have to judge between candidates when you vote, for example-- citizen's duty.  It's a hard question to think around.
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> Sibyl Smirl
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