Girl deserves harsh consequences for call
To the editor:
Did anyone else cry after they read the story of the 14-year-old girl's call to 911, which resulted in the death of police officer James Manor ("Girl concocted story of domestic violence," Saturday Review-Journal)? I hope and pray this girl faces severe consequences for her actions.
Cheryl Panik
LAUGHLIN
Legal means
To the editor:
I am outraged at the reaction of Karen, the mother of the 14-year-old girl whose phone calls caused the death of a young Metro officer. Why shield her from the reality that her actions caused this tragedy? Sit down with her and go over the facts of what happened because she lied that night. Make her face the consequences of what she did.
Karen's "remorse" seems disingenuous when weighed against the facts. When will Karen quit using excuses such as, "She has rage issues" and make her daughter take responsibility for her actions?
I'm sure the family and friends of officer James Manor, including a young daughter of his own, have no way of escaping those realities. After she had to be told of her father's untimely death, did she blithely bound up the stairs saying, "I'm hungry. Did you eat my doughnut?" I doubt it.
I hope that the justice system follows through and holds Karen's daughter responsible for making the phone calls that resulted in Mr. Manor's death. Pursue her under whatever legal means are available.
C.H. Robinson
LAS VEGAS
Judicial selection
To the editor:
I strongly agree with the premise behind UNLV law professor Tuan Samahon's views on the president's approach to the Supreme Court vacancy, although I would have phrased them somewhat differently (Sunday Review-Journal). There is a very good reason why the idealized figure of justice is portrayed as blindfolded. It is precisely because of the need for judicial impartiality, not influenced by empathy toward any particular litigant because of class, color, sexual preference, gender or any other cultural attribute.
Yet according to President Obama, empathy toward persons with exactly these types of cultural attributes is somehow a requisite for a Supreme Court justice. Rest assured that if judges are selected because of empathies of this kind, you do not want to be an opposing party.
Edward C. Walterscheid
LAS VEGAS
