[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Jay Weigel]

No, more like service or slavery to the family of the person she killed. In
this case, the family is reported to be in severe financial need.
Therefore, a large financial settlement would be part of the restoration.
And you chose to disregard the other part, about a menial job in the ER
(which would include cleaning up the blood and guts, and other scut  work).

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: Jay Weigel
>
> On the other hand, restorative justice would, at least to me, demand that
>> Heather Cook be liable for a rather large sum of money to Tom Palermo's
>>
>
> Ah, the three sheep and five goats for your loss system of justice, eh? I
> realize were fighting in Afghanistan to preserve that way of life, but I;m
> not sure we need to adopt it here as a consequence
>
> Don's post, I think is right on point, as was Jim Oppenheimer's yesterday.
>
> As you know, I think the smarmiest people in the world are those with a
> DSM at home who like to pull it out and do amateur diagnoses, so I don’t
> want to get too deep into this, but . . .
>
> I some of the desire to "throw the book" at Heather Cook here reflective
> more of her betrayal, as TEC people who love value a range of things about
> our church and its people?
>
> Obviously,it's not about justice for Heather Cook. Id she were treated
> like others in her circumstance, it would be far more likely she'd get five
> years of probation than a 20 years sentence and 13 years probation.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>
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