Ok, so I took a break from writing for a quick minute as suddenly the law didn’t seem quite that entertaining at all. However, I have found that each day I read the news, there are more stories that fascinate me. Mainly in the criminal arena. Today I read about Sandra Lawrence. Now, Sandra was having an affair with a man and when that man decided he wasn’t going to leave his wife, she shot his wife and then also stabbed her with a potato peeler.

She was in jail for 24 years and is awaiting to find out whether she has to go back to jail or not. She has taken all kinds of classes, gotten all types of degrees, has a job etc but I am confused on why it would be ok for her to get out of jail. Aren’t there consequences anymore to people’s actions? I am sure that she has changed. That is definitely a fact. Being in jail for 24 years would most likely change anyone I would think.

But, an affair, a gun and a potato peeler? Easy to forget what happened 24 years ago because of all of these “changes” but what about the message we send? I just wonder how many criminals out there commit crimes because they know even if they go to jail, someday they can behave really well in jail, go to school, not get in trouble with the other inmates or try to make weapons out of their toothbrushes and one day they will get out.

I feel for Ms. Lawrence as I am sure she is very sorry for what she did and believes that she did change. She should have never committed the crime in the first place. Or had an affair. Or used a potato peeler.