I actually admire his sister; I have no doubt that she genuinely believes him to be innocent,or at least because she loves him the default settings in her mind simply will not allow her to considerthe alternative.
The easy option for her would be to try and drift into relative anonymity, ask her husband to request the church a transfer to a parish outside Queensland and try and simply move on.
Instead there she is in her brothers corner coming out swinging; if you were ever in a hard place then this is the girl.
There are not too many amongst the accuseds supporters/family members who do
not 'come out swinging', are there?
In fact, many families and supporters of convicted murderers are still yelling to anyone who'll listen that '
He's a good boy. He didn't do it. I know he couldn't have done it. He's going to appeal again. etc '
So the fact that an accused's family member is in complete denial and keen to be seen as such carries no weight with most people. It's commonplace
As to what she may have chosen to do -- time may yet force her to wish she'd done it
Blind faith and denial cannot repair damage done to one's reputation. But if only the 'swinging' individual him/herself stands to suffer then their prerogative
Doesn't the 'swinging' sibling have children to consider, though? Does she not have her spouse's livlihood to consider ?
Simply 'wanting' a certain resolution is absolutely NO guarantee one will get one's wishes granted
Deciding to ignore what the majority public has observed doesn't make fact disappear
Believing one is entitled to have the world march to one's own beat is a symptom of mental illness, imo
If I were guilty of serious crime, the
LAST thing I would want would be to take my family and friends, associates etc. down with me. I wouldn't want them to risk on my behalf. Instead, I'd ask then tell them to go away, get on with their lives and if it all panned out well for me, then I'd see them some time in the future
MOO