*****kind of off topic*****I just want to say how ashamed I am of myself. I'm out running errands right now, sitting in the parking lot at HT, thinking.... back into my reality, and cannot believe some of the things I have said about the victim in this trial. These are things that don't have anything go do with what happened or who did what. The only thing I have to say for myself is that one of my faults is that I'm too quick to openly criticize when I'm irritated. I speak before I think. I blurt things out and go on a rant, without taking into account the feelings of others. I need to try and express my thoughts and ideas more eloquently and with a little more compassion when dealing with others feelings and opinions.
I can't say I'll be well behaved all the time now but I certainly am aware of my actions and am going to keep reminding myself that these are real people involved here and not actors and actresses. I have no problem with anybody else; It's only my actions I'm concerned with and disappointed with.
FYI....The only reason I came here to begin with was because of the outcome of the Ray Cook trial and my disappointment with it. My boys very frequently drive through the intersection where Cook crashed into the young lady killing her. I can't imagine the heartbreak if it had been my child.
Anyway, I was so let down with the final result and subsequent sentenceing in his trial that I decided to start paying more attention to our justice system and what goes on, who does what, so that maybe instead of complaining about certain actions I could cast a vote in the future and try to support someone that may help certain changes to be made.
Of course, after being here now, I have become intrigued with this trial and still am.
I hope that concrete evidence that no one can question is presented one way or the other so it will be easy for jurors to know what to do in the end.
Okay, so moving on, I'm going to try and be less condemning of people involved in the future.
Pam
