[Magdalen] Bishop pleads; to be sentenced.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Yes. Her life is essentially over.

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 Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Talk about a fall from grace.  Never mind, yes, my heart goes out to her.
> So sue me.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 9/8/2015 3:53 PM, M J [Mike] Logsdon wrote:
>
>> Ex-bishop who killed cyclist pleads guilty to manslaughter
>> By JULIET LINDERMAN
>> >From Associated Press
>> September 08, 2015 2:33 PM EST
>>   BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Episcopal bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to
>> manslaughter, drunken driving and leaving the scene at which she killed a
>> cyclist.
>>
>> Under an agreement with prosecutors, the state will ask a Baltimore
>> Circuit Court judge next month to sentence Heather Cook to 10 years in
>> prison.
>>
>> Cook, then a newly installed bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland,
>> struck 41-year-old Tom Palermo on Dec. 27 in a bike lane near her North
>> Baltimore home. Her blood-alcohol content level was 0.22 percent;
>> Maryland's limit is 0.08 percent.
>>
>> Cook, 58, entered her pleas the day before her trial was scheduled to
>> start. She pleaded guilty to automobile manslaughter, leaving the scene of
>> a fatal accident, driving while intoxicated and texting while driving.
>>
>> Cook resigned from her post as bishop shortly after charges were filed,
>> and the Episcopal Church revoked her clergy credentials.
>>
>> The plea deal calls for the judge to sentence Cook on Oct. 27 to 20 years
>> in prison, with 10 years suspended. She would be on probation for five
>> years.
>>
>> Cook had pleaded not guilty in April to 13 counts against her.
>>
>>
>