[Zeke]

11 out of 100,000 women do suicide while imprisoned; it's 28 per in local jails.

I've been thinking about this. In a year or 2 hardly anyone will remember this. Those that are close,, and some such as MADD members, and many others will use this as an example. But how many people will that actually leave an impression on? (I'm speaking of 'impresion' clinically.) Not the majority in the least.

Squirreling Mrs. Grossman away to be forgotten and any money received by the family is not going to leave much of a dent. The guy that shot the 6 YO on the 605 freeway, and just got sent away for 40 years is not on enough people's minds. And that was deliberate no matter how anyone feels about Grossman.

In medieval times they put people in stockades for minor crimes. I just did a survey of how many countries approach murder sentences and it seems the U.S. is amongst the toughest with some countries handing out only 3 to 5 years for a crime similar to this one. Well, that's not going to work.

The question is why do we have as many prisoner rights as we do? And what would benefit society better than tossing the key and letting this be forgotten? In many Muslim countries hand or finger amputation is a punishment for stealing. Punishment for adultery can be rather extreme, even in the US. (life sentence in MI). Mainming is a life sentence.

My personal feelings are that Mrs. Grossman's case not be forgotten. How do we do this? And please don't take this to PARF, there need not be any political discussion. Simply providing a press release periodically so that MSM has something to chew on would be better than this situation dropping off the radar.

Charlie Mason did a pretty good job of this on his own. I think that helped the heinous nature of his crimes stay in people's minds. It really bothers me that Lindsey Lohan's time in jail was chronicled just about 24/7 as that was a waste of time and stunk like TMZ. Yet, OTOH, we got to see that you fcuk up over and over, you go to the slammer.

If Rebecca Grossman has a tough day and sobs herself into dehydration, let's hear about it. Her misery needs to be documented, not ignored. Getting sent away and forgotten is not enough.

What do you suggest? Putting her back into society in a way that she is always identified with her crime and anyone can see this is a life sentence. Never to drive again, of course. The impact would be infinitely better. What could be done to ensure this?