[wideawake]

She said she got into drugs after graduating from her Catholic high school because she was despondent over the death of her teenage sweetheart in the Vietnam War.

Make her serve the rest of her sentence in maximum security.

She clearly has learned zero life lessons.

Maybe John Kerry will visit her.

[SF Republican]

She clearly has learned zero life lessons what do you mean, she has been dealing drugs for the last 30 years? How do you know she has learned nothing? I would think if she has not been in trouble for that long she must have learned something.

[DCPatriot]

Make her serve the rest of her sentence in maximum security.

She clearly has learned zero life lessons.

That's ridiculous. You're ridiculous!

[scan59]

She clearly has learned zero life lessons.

Not sure what you thought she should have learned. How to become a productive citizen? Wait -- I've comments like that before on these kind of threads. Something about a woman being raped and beaten, and the police arresting her at the hospital for outstanding traffic tickets...

[LIConFem]

"She clearly has learned zero life lessons."

And what, exactly, do you base that assertion upon? If indeed her life has been "respectable" since her escape, why would you assume she has learned "no life lessons"?

[heartwood]

Whattaya mean she’s learned zero life lessons? You may not like the excuse she’s giving for her crime, but she seems to have stopped committing crimes and to have successfully married and raised three children. Would that all felons could be rehabilitated so well.

[YankeeGirl]

Haven’t heard one way or the other about whether she has kept her nose clean since her youth. Just because she is “middle class” and drives a nice car doesn’t mean anything.

However I did hear she was arrested for several sales of heroin to undercover cops. She was not much of user, but was a dealer, and not an insignificant one either. This was not the case of a young kid arrested for buying and possessing a small amount of pot for personal consumption. She dealt heroin.

That said, if this was a first offense the penalty seems harsh. Have no details about whether she had other offenses, even as juvenile. Seems like her family could have pursued the appeals approach instead of busting her out.

Wonder who fingered her, and why?

[tiki]

That’s pretty harsh. She was stupid, she made some stupid mistakes but you have no idea whether she learned anything or not, you do not see her heart.

[HamiltonJay]

Yea, she’s lead a life for 30+ years without getting in trouble... she’s learned no life lessons at all. Be serious.