“I met Marcus in juvenile detention three months ago. I wanted to look at the person who killed my child. And what I saw was not cruelty. What I saw was devastation. A boy who could not sleep or eat because of what he had done. A boy who told me he wished he had died instead.”
“So I began visiting him weekly. I told him about Linda—about her childhood, her dreams, the kind of person she was. And Marcus told me about who he wanted to be. He wants to counsel young people. He wants to talk about impaired driving, about drugged drinks, about how a single moment can change everything.”
I held up several documents. “Linda’s best friend wrote a letter supporting leniency. Linda’s EMT instructor offered Marcus a community outreach position. My wife wrote a letter asking that Marcus be placed in our custody while he finishes school and completes community service.”
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