tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27992196143594528872024-02-18T21:59:44.680-08:00MY TRUE CRIME LOGAll comments welcome.Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-70494185612911083482011-06-27T06:54:00.000-07:002011-06-27T07:11:56.619-07:00A RIP IN HEAVEN by Jeanine Cummings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNK5susLim3pK660-so1sdVb9Cee-GAkjNuzac8KTnNmuVGI9KAs-TGwN4jn9HVwMc1fUAXdn5aWLg5Cw7r0NVbuuRir4J1AbO5Oa4C-ljtohMpNQDOtrqKW30p9sElWyrgPl2CeyOtdxC/s1600/rin.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622898146164439682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNK5susLim3pK660-so1sdVb9Cee-GAkjNuzac8KTnNmuVGI9KAs-TGwN4jn9HVwMc1fUAXdn5aWLg5Cw7r0NVbuuRir4J1AbO5Oa4C-ljtohMpNQDOtrqKW30p9sElWyrgPl2CeyOtdxC/s320/rin.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I finished this book on June 24, 2011.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is a sad story about the murder and rape of two young adult women and the assault of their young adult male cousin. This story took place in St. Louis, MO. The crime was commited on the chain of rocks bridge. </div><br /><div>The name of the victims were Robin and Julie Kelly and Tom Cummings. The story makes it very clear that the author is giving notary to the victims, and playing down notariety of the perpetrators. For this applaude her. Too often I believe the prepetrator of such crimes get too much notariety. And the victim is often lost or forgotten. Ms. Cummings does a very good job of bringing the life of Robin and Julie to the surface and showing the good, kind loving women they were and what a loss their death was. </div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-4875408414645199012011-06-23T11:44:00.000-07:002011-06-23T11:54:08.092-07:00HENRY'S SISTERS by Kathy Lamb<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZEFRU9HQr7VbgcspQoyt2tusSlUwMTPP-DiUisVyDL4ZivHtwteNrJawp5EfFSrL8NwxbYslfSQ_byBL7G48CnGWV0SdRYnbt5Ww506FPO22evXJ2lAAmBFM1OGV00H2qczruxqRG71I/s1600/41tdek8qVLL__SY90_.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 61px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 90px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621490443344490082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZEFRU9HQr7VbgcspQoyt2tusSlUwMTPP-DiUisVyDL4ZivHtwteNrJawp5EfFSrL8NwxbYslfSQ_byBL7G48CnGWV0SdRYnbt5Ww506FPO22evXJ2lAAmBFM1OGV00H2qczruxqRG71I/s320/41tdek8qVLL__SY90_.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I finished this book on June 18, 2011.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Once again I have diverted from true crime here. I have to say I loved this book. This book was so thought provoing and gave me a possitive way of looking at other people around me. The story itself was funny, sad, heart wrenching at time. </div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-78886363186160542892011-06-18T17:34:00.000-07:002011-06-18T17:55:29.381-07:00CRIMSON STAIN by JIm Fisher<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqkHtT9fdqOvPkI9YKiPrt4cFW8fRbHPD-6OFk4JnLac7NlWRPRYhcuFo4hskSrAvLJY-xkM6a_1QndTB2b0iV0k0UO0g0_Wh5hkB6vbkpkVn_DosMUzPmTKZAU_Z_9km6aJJMu1SvI0h/s1600/51KKJCBR54L__SL160_AA160_.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619727451157591170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqkHtT9fdqOvPkI9YKiPrt4cFW8fRbHPD-6OFk4JnLac7NlWRPRYhcuFo4hskSrAvLJY-xkM6a_1QndTB2b0iV0k0UO0g0_Wh5hkB6vbkpkVn_DosMUzPmTKZAU_Z_9km6aJJMu1SvI0h/s320/51KKJCBR54L__SL160_AA160_.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>I finished this book on June 17, 2011.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This crime took place in Mill Village, Pennsylvania on March 18, 1993. A young Amish man by the name of Edward Gingerich killed his wife by stomping her brains out. After she was dead he cut her stomache open with a kitchen steak knife, and removed all her organs, placing them on the floor beside her. He did this while two of his children, Mary and Enos, looked on in horror. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Ed had suffered with mentle problems for several year. He was found guilty of involentary manslaughter but mentally ill. He was housed in the mental health unit for a minimum term of two and one- half years, and a maximum of 5 years. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>His wife Katie was "A backbencher in life, second fiddle in death. It went like this: Forgive Ed, forget Katie."</div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-23662221341792362542011-06-15T14:30:00.000-07:002011-06-15T14:43:07.369-07:00SECRET LESSONS by Don W. Weber & Charles Bosworth, Jr.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1IGabrXq2tNsdxYREoTe_zI9ebSWcwqXmbpyL4xhS_XFgfWKNpDwkS7bAL01dvCbdT_q8QkGpJA09QeSxAjijAyxLyyTEVkExNs0Ka5V_lqvPP-aE_LEUZwLKEoG4PUz-Vcrz0qEMh-Q/s1600/7188W5W6TNL__AA160_.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618565301102153730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1IGabrXq2tNsdxYREoTe_zI9ebSWcwqXmbpyL4xhS_XFgfWKNpDwkS7bAL01dvCbdT_q8QkGpJA09QeSxAjijAyxLyyTEVkExNs0Ka5V_lqvPP-aE_LEUZwLKEoG4PUz-Vcrz0qEMh-Q/s320/7188W5W6TNL__AA160_.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I finished this book on June 12, 2011</div><br /><br /><br /><div>This case is about Richard Van Hook who lived in Caseyville, IL. He was a sixth grade school teacher. He was married to a registered nurse and had two children. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>For years in the 70s and 80s he sexually abused his female students. In January of 1982 the story found its way to authorities that FINALLY believed something was very wrong with this star teacher. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>His victims ranged in age from 11 -13. No one believed them if they tried to tell their story. Until it finally found it's way to the right authority figure. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>Van Hook's jury found him guilty, but before they sentenced him, he commited suicide. </div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-67475992235874846762010-09-16T08:34:00.000-07:002010-09-16T08:42:59.156-07:00DEVIANT<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRX5RPnLOVv3gtlQy7eG6EpliIOAQ2nLJgUOZ3oU-_D-O0iwTY1Vsoya3Ih51pNdDfh1AK3rxVSU4yGTD-rEsCysLbkWsHox1K7xJMErnDF8EGA4DsgwSkeW5Bep5JVoamjTlIv9DiXsL/s1600/DEVIANT.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 115px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 115px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517535512536792450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRX5RPnLOVv3gtlQy7eG6EpliIOAQ2nLJgUOZ3oU-_D-O0iwTY1Vsoya3Ih51pNdDfh1AK3rxVSU4yGTD-rEsCysLbkWsHox1K7xJMErnDF8EGA4DsgwSkeW5Bep5JVoamjTlIv9DiXsL/s320/DEVIANT.jpg" /></a> I finished this book on September 15, 2010.<br /><br />Ed Gein is the original Psycho.<br /><br />It would be hard to believe this soft spoken, mild mannered man could be capable of the unbelievable behaviour described in this book. How could anyone want to ROB GRAVES??<br /><br />Then it got to the point where Ed murdered and butchered middle aged women to feed his perversions.<br /><br />He didn't even make a good attempt of covering up his crime. Was he insane? Read this bazar tell to find out the answer.Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-3512312524972429222010-09-07T07:44:00.000-07:002010-09-07T07:54:14.861-07:00THE WATER IS WIDESeptember 7, 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzzsqPH6Z7cidVF0cBIAWPtMHcxV02ugQPkY9TFy_YTsUZp5r7ogB8cIhdQayqHvWjF5d_G5rMDBhu0MrG5Io1YF8OtKj_EshGFW3JjlH37g_gX_wVOna75_p0llveL5tnqx0uRYoIi2c/s1600/waterwide.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 115px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 115px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514182755097875954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzzsqPH6Z7cidVF0cBIAWPtMHcxV02ugQPkY9TFy_YTsUZp5r7ogB8cIhdQayqHvWjF5d_G5rMDBhu0MrG5Io1YF8OtKj_EshGFW3JjlH37g_gX_wVOna75_p0llveL5tnqx0uRYoIi2c/s320/waterwide.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Okay, so this is not a True Crime. Even I need a break sometime. Ha! </div><div> </div><div>This book was a feel good book. I need one of those occasionally. </div><div>Pat Conroy tell of his year teaching the children of Yamacraw Island, SC. </div><div>All his students are black, and it's hard not to fall in love with each of them, as he tells his story. </div><div> </div><div>This is a down to earth book that tells of the problems of every day life. The problems that these children and their families face. The problems that a dedicated teacher faces in 1969 with the education administration. </div><div> </div><div>I know that there are still many administration problems that plague todays education faculty. Not the same ones, but some just as bad and worse. </div><div> </div><div>Pat Conroy closes his story leaving you feeling like you were there. </div><div> </div><div>Great read. </div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-71414939039897042072010-09-06T11:54:00.000-07:002010-09-06T12:10:38.025-07:00SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2u0ei7jX6GCRnK5GZVkruVoXq6L7_4WAb6V_n7RhPO05zTaHNYIcA3GHLw-JEO3rh1uMcr9haGZ8aochB1-Zd5frRzx5Bh_OWtyyd-xiRV7t2G_5BcifqlFoF2b7G0YgTrvyW2gJausN/s1600/sufferthechildren.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513876584388079890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2u0ei7jX6GCRnK5GZVkruVoXq6L7_4WAb6V_n7RhPO05zTaHNYIcA3GHLw-JEO3rh1uMcr9haGZ8aochB1-Zd5frRzx5Bh_OWtyyd-xiRV7t2G_5BcifqlFoF2b7G0YgTrvyW2gJausN/s320/sufferthechildren.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I finished this book on April 19, 2010.</div><div>In this case my evaluation of the situation was that Anita and Sherry both would have been better off to have killed Jessee. they would have been better off in prison, and the children would have been better off in foster homes than living the life they lived with Jessee. </div><div> </div><div>Nothing worse could have happened to them in prison than what they were going through with Jessee. When he told them to kill Judy, killing him would have saved Judy and Melissa as well as getting themselves and the kids out of hell with Jessee. </div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-82346912665799925792010-09-03T05:27:00.000-07:002010-09-03T06:08:48.775-07:00PLAYING WITH FIRE by John Glatt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSRItflqlVN543Z6EzgQj_D6PJ5nZ-_PIukPSa9XAKWb24wo6f_jAJswxB_J5Xx8ePX4ri1DxZO5gIa2WJVl43GcKJe9-KrijPqAk_KpBfqF7-7qEIGSXJwfL4JvoH5G9ZKLkUP33wuPw/s1600/pwf.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 44px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 70px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512663697993508450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSRItflqlVN543Z6EzgQj_D6PJ5nZ-_PIukPSa9XAKWb24wo6f_jAJswxB_J5Xx8ePX4ri1DxZO5gIa2WJVl43GcKJe9-KrijPqAk_KpBfqF7-7qEIGSXJwfL4JvoH5G9ZKLkUP33wuPw/s320/pwf.jpg" /></a> September 2, 2010<br /><br />Shelly Michaels is an intriguing woman. When I read this book, I was left wondering if she really murdered Jimmy or not. Why, because she never admitted it. She still says she didn't do it. I just can't understand how someone can continue to deny guilt, if they did it. But considering that I have been involved in the legal profession for 15 years, I certainly know they do. Still, it always leaves some doubt in my mind.<br /><br />According to the book, Shelly persued Jimmy, who was a married man, until he left his wife and two children. And she left her husband, with whom she had two children with. They married and combined their families. Shelly is portraid as being unfair and over-bearing to Jimmy's son, Drew. Drew seemed to never care for Shelly so she probably was mean to him.<br /><br />This case took place in Morgantown, WV. The murder of Jimmy Michael happened on November 28, 2005.<br /><br />Michelle Michael (Shelly) didn't seem to be liked by a lot of people. Many described her as cold.<br /><br />It is so sad when someone looses their life at the hands of someone they love and trust. It's so unfair. But then, life is NOT fair.Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-66140282298497808612009-12-01T18:44:00.000-08:002009-12-01T19:02:55.632-08:00A POISONED PASSION<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvagNOLSF7g42b3q9SZH0xQFOBKO-jkNDzbV5anbJFeg14mFb_hWTIb90LHTX_Ypw09EgefQmUqypye_zvfs3mJAxtCPLbJDnNd3iBARdxsNXUtPfqZnC9-K18SeoeqUnvMMYpsmQpJtBX/s1600-h/apoisonedpassion.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 115px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410468811107339378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvagNOLSF7g42b3q9SZH0xQFOBKO-jkNDzbV5anbJFeg14mFb_hWTIb90LHTX_Ypw09EgefQmUqypye_zvfs3mJAxtCPLbJDnNd3iBARdxsNXUtPfqZnC9-K18SeoeqUnvMMYpsmQpJtBX/s320/apoisonedpassion.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">Another of Diane's books that I found captivating. It only took me a few days to read this book. That's quick. And I love a quick book. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">What I really couldn't believe about this case is the out come of child custody. I just couldn't understand how anyone with half a brain could give a child to a family who hated his father so much, and whose daughter killed the father. This just makes no sense to me no how no way. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">I hope that the Severences continue to fight for Shane. And I hope they win this little boy because surely anyone can see that is where he belongs.</span> </div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-19694933519524573302009-11-25T06:30:00.000-08:002009-11-25T06:51:39.474-08:00BROKEN DOLL by Burl Barer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xSKFzNPJowJXtTZh0-VVIBS1mVCcv4bSQaDw6ywUEVZ7Ms7zzkwfuC6RcAGcYFO6qijItXJVEg93ci6A_ssVPKZevGXQHaoP7NVRn6KcNh628lMOjiM5uCvwb9jpKK1REQw8_Lj-ZCxG/s1600/brokendoll.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408053309818214258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xSKFzNPJowJXtTZh0-VVIBS1mVCcv4bSQaDw6ywUEVZ7Ms7zzkwfuC6RcAGcYFO6qijItXJVEg93ci6A_ssVPKZevGXQHaoP7NVRn6KcNh628lMOjiM5uCvwb9jpKK1REQw8_Lj-ZCxG/s320/brokendoll.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">This was a gruesome and terribly sad story of a brutal death of a seven year old little girl. All through this book I kept thinking about how it must have been for her the last half hour of her life. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">In 1988 Richard M. Clark stole four year old Feather Rahier while she played outside her house in Everette, Wa. He lived in the garage of his aunts house. He had taken Feather then bound and gagged her and began to undress her. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">He mother heard Feather's frantic cries and saved her from Richard Clark. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">On March 31, 1995 Roxanne Doll was kidnapped fro her bed in her home in Everrett, Wa. Her abductor was Richard M. Clark, a friend of the family. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Rozanne was rapped and stabbed in the neck seven times. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Clark was a jailbird, alcohol and drug abuser who couldn't control his pedaphelic and homicidal urges. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Clark was sentenced to death by a jury of his peers, and began the appeal process. He was granted a new sentencing trial by the Supreme Court, but in the end he was allowed to plea for Life in prison without possibility of parole in exchange for admitting to the family his guilt for the murder. </span></div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-16258890163680805652009-11-18T03:16:00.000-08:002009-11-18T03:42:35.398-08:00MOMMY'S LITTLE GIRL<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizowo4XBVnHNBjtkAhs91mdQ41P_QCOPnvmm9UYnOqDKpHtWbxtQkOiA12hu6nyAFuupOgeX34Il7jW51_FM5EBNEr1lfWRhl3qfYsPIB5T2pLFGF-w5CrMeIdXvL3afW8HMO4mZ42RgVC/s1600/MLG.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 75px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 120px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405401123307161922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizowo4XBVnHNBjtkAhs91mdQ41P_QCOPnvmm9UYnOqDKpHtWbxtQkOiA12hu6nyAFuupOgeX34Il7jW51_FM5EBNEr1lfWRhl3qfYsPIB5T2pLFGF-w5CrMeIdXvL3afW8HMO4mZ42RgVC/s320/MLG.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was beautifully written. Diane was able to put into words the exact things I felt in her Afterwards.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">The details she uncovered brought the family more to life. </span></div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">I had many questions about George, before reading the book, that Diane answered. I wondered about his police career, about what he was doing for a living at the time all this happened. I always saw him as the perfect person but she shows in her book that he too, had some issues. </span></div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">I never really thought Cindy was the monster the media seemed to make her out to be. I didn't understand why people persecuted her and seemed to try to hold her responsible. I still don't know. I love the way Diane so gracefully puts into words, what would we do if we were walking in her shoes?</span></div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">I can look at this case and see that Cindy is not all that different from what I might have been. She worked and tried to help make a living for her family. She loved her Grandchild as most of us do. She wanted Casey to be the best she could be. That's what I wanted for my children too, and it was my place as their mother to guide them in that direction, even if it did mean confrontations at times. </span></div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">This book gave me a new respect for Lee. I was on the fence where he was concerned, but reading MLG made me see him more clearly and feel that he wanted to do what was right, whatever it was. </span></div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">As for Casey, I have to agree with George, knowing my heart, when he says "You know, there's some people that say, well we should be done with it. Well we can't. That's our daughter, you know. No matter what she may or may not have done. No matter what, that's still our daughter, no matter what."</span></div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">I highly recomment this book.</span> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799219614359452887.post-31342084540440538102009-08-02T06:05:00.000-07:002009-08-02T10:16:49.469-07:00NO ONE CAN HURT HIM ANYMORE / Carol J. Rothgeb & Scott H. Cupp<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN93rCv31lYXVa5yKw1BTwVjmIcJMrkB1Ck53gUM0IngF_TGyVIgt7Fs2KbYDsUiMXKP-3mc6RortPXPlG0F9sl-nHOGzoXFo-StNF_B7IbPfaemH6yPAnqRz1glcuMW6LosFZQijIGkjc/s1600-h/51AWRFNRA3L__SL160_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-dp,TopRight,12,-18_SH30_OU01_AA115_.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 115px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 115px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365365669908465170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN93rCv31lYXVa5yKw1BTwVjmIcJMrkB1Ck53gUM0IngF_TGyVIgt7Fs2KbYDsUiMXKP-3mc6RortPXPlG0F9sl-nHOGzoXFo-StNF_B7IbPfaemH6yPAnqRz1glcuMW6LosFZQijIGkjc/s320/51AWRFNRA3L__SL160_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-dp,TopRight,12,-18_SH30_OU01_AA115_.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">I Started this book on July 31, 2009 and finished it on August 2, 2009. That is a fast read for me. I find I am always able to read a book faster when I am intrigued by it. I have to rate this book a 5 on a scale of 1-5. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">I like the way it was written. It flowed smoothly. Although the detectives and judges were mentioned, they were not overly done. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">I liked the inclusion of witness interviews. I also like the format that was used in showing what the people said. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Most of all, I found this book interesting because it made me feel emotion. I don't think it can be said any better than the way the prosecutor, Joseph Marx put it, in his closing remarks. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">"Last night, when I was staying up thinking about what I was going to say - and crumpling up paper - I had a recurring thought and it was this: That in today's society we've come to accept violence as a way of life. And we just accept that's the way it is.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">"We turn on the TV when we get home and we turn on the news. This person has been shot. This person has been killed. This child has been kidnapped. And we just accept it because we can't do anything about it. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">"It's hard to believe that people can be so cruel to one another. Sometimes this thing we call a trial - this search for truth and justice - is an ugly process. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">"But the sad part of the story- and what's unfortunate - is that it's true and you can't turn your head and you can't change the channel. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">"But you see, there's some good news here. Because this time it's your chance, as citizens and as jurors that you can do something. It reminds me of an old movie with Faye <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dunaway</span> and William Holden called Network. And everybody sticks their head out the window and shouts, 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!'</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">"And this is your chance. You send this defendant a message that you're mad as hell and you are not going to take this anymore. You're not! This is your opportunity. " </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Reading this book made me mad as hell. I wanted to take this little boy home with me and show him that the world did have some good people in it. I wanted to love him. And all the time I was reading it I was thinking about how we all failed him. At some points I found myself thinking I was glad he finally died so now maybe he's somewhere he can find some happiness or at least be at peace. I found myself thinking God sent this little child to earth and gave people a chance to love it and then he finally gave up that anyone was going to and just said "That's enough, come home my child!" </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">The really sad thing about this crime book is that there are more and more being written about unloved, uncared for, abused, helpless children every day. God help us!</span></em></div>Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15651225350506387416noreply@blogger.com2