| Maybe it's not about sympathy for her, though. She is dying. That she will inevitably have a far more peaceful death than the people she murdered or helped murder cannot be avoided.
I'm with Wilpen on this one. I'm not surprised by the ruling either. If she were in full health, I'd be entirely satisfied with it myself. You just don't commit those horrible crimes and get to live our your life enjoying your freedom to the fullest of its extent.
But, at this point, she seems to be emprisoned in her dying body anyway. Maybe I'm a liberal bleeding heart, but I can have some sympathy for that. I'm not saying it washes away her sins. But my having sympathy because she's dying in such a slow and steady way has nothing to do with that. It's to do with me.
Beyond that, though, I have sympathy for her family. She's dying. They're her family. Of course, this has got to be tremendously painful for them.
Does it mean she should be released to their custody? I don't know. I believe in the justice system and they've made their decision. I'm not inclined to argue with it.
But I do agree that the prison she's in now has nothing to do with the gruesome crimes she committed. __________________  Sunny
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