[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Lynn Ronkainen]

... after the death, the next most difficult part to grasp, IMO, is her 
seeming lies, leaving the scene and then driving by the scene, complete with 
emergency vehicles, 30 minutes later on her way home. Again, what she has to 
live with for the rest of her life will be it's own huge grief and 
punishment.
Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Sibyl Smirl" <polycarpa3 at ckt.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 7:24 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Heather Cook

> 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...
>
> So what would you give for a sentence, if you were the judge?  The death 
> penalty, a life for a life?
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> -- 
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net