This has proved too upsetting for me to write about. Take a look at the documentation yourself. Check out especially this. You'd think even a five-minute cursory glance would give some nit-wit judge a clue.
Poor woman. May God grant her—on this earth, or the great hereafter—vengeance on her abuser and (quite possibly) would-be murderer.
Posted by clark smith at February 20, 2005 01:50 AM | TrackBackEvery time I see her story, which seems tohave run the final corpse to where they will kill her, I think I should update it here. It is too painful. The outrage that convinced Jeb to do something truly bold and try to save her is useless now. I do not think there is an option.
Posted by: Justene at February 20, 2005 07:03 AM (Permalink)With judges for protectors, her future looks bleak and short indeed.
Lady Justice has already been dispatched in a legal system which can't be bothered to act upon such clear medical evidence when weighing a patient's life or death.
It is as you say, Justene, "too painful."
Posted by: clark smith at February 20, 2005 08:27 AM (Permalink)