[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Jay Weigel]

THAT is what I'm outraged about too, and why I think she should have gotten
a tougher sentence. Hit and run drivers are at the top of my "scum" list,
for a number of reasons, whether they are drunk or not.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 11:45 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ... 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
>>
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