http://www.wbur.org/2009/06/23/the-ride Boston's NPR News Source Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:57:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.wbur.org/2009/06/23/the-ride/comment-page-1#comment-2289 Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:41:16 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=2275#comment-2289 Bob Curley is a good person to be concerned about the fairness of our justice system. He is also brave to have the courage of his conviction and talk about how he changed his mind when others in his family disagree. I really respect him for that. Sadly, I have had an experience where I met a convicted and admitted child killer, and he was about to be released again by the state. In the end that did not happen. I also survived a pretty serious abduction attempt when I was little and I feel very lucky to have gotten away. My heart goes out to Curley about "the anger" part. I struggle with that too (but I can't begin to compare mine to his). However, I also want justice, not revenge, and a safer world for children if it is possible to create that. It's wise and correct and living up to the American dream to notice disparity in the justice system and work to fix it. At the same time, I still believe that capitol punishment should remain an option and I'll continue to fight for it here in NH where I now live. I appreciate greatly the kindness just having this option shows for the serious crime victims of this state and feel that I live in a state that takes that situation seriously. It is in no way about revenge-it is about feeling safe in the world I have to live in. Had Jaynes and Sicari received equal justice and had capitol punishment been executed swiftly, I wonder if Curley would oppose capitol punishment as he now does. My guess, and it is only a guess because I can't speak for him, is that the answer is no. Bob Curley is a good person to be concerned about the fairness of our justice system. He is also brave to have the courage of his conviction and talk about how he changed his mind when others in his family disagree. I really respect him for that. Sadly, I have had an experience where I met a convicted and admitted child killer, and he was about to be released again by the state. In the end that did not happen. I also survived a pretty serious abduction attempt when I was little and I feel very lucky to have gotten away. My heart goes out to Curley about “the anger” part. I struggle with that too (but I can’t begin to compare mine to his). However, I also want justice, not revenge, and a safer world for children if it is possible to create that. It’s wise and correct and living up to the American dream to notice disparity in the justice system and work to fix it. At the same time, I still believe that capitol punishment should remain an option and I’ll continue to fight for it here in NH where I now live. I appreciate greatly the kindness just having this option shows for the serious crime victims of this state and feel that I live in a state that takes that situation seriously. It is in no way about revenge-it is about feeling safe in the world I have to live in. Had Jaynes and Sicari received equal justice and had capitol punishment been executed swiftly, I wonder if Curley would oppose capitol punishment as he now does. My guess, and it is only a guess because I can’t speak for him, is that the answer is no.

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