As John Couey hobbled out of Courtroom 4-1, characteristically bent over, the room filled with embraces.
"Closure," several supporters murmured to Mark Lunsford as they hugged each other, eyes red. Lunsford then approached Prosecutor Ric Ridgway and gripped his hand.
"Thank you."
Ridgway responded, humbly: "I told you this was what we were going to do."
-- Elena Lesley
Follow the latest developments in the murder trial of John Couey as compiled and reported by the staff of the St. Petersburg Times and tampabay.com.
Four years ago a friend of mine was stabbed to death in England by an unknown assailant. I don't care if they ever catch the guy or if he gets the death penalty. It does nothing to change what happened. And that's exactly how I feel about this case. I do not understand the 24-7 fixation with whether this nutjob dies. All this media attention just grossly exaggerates the frequency of these horrible cases and makes parents and legislators overreact with irrational kneejerk actions (what do scarlet letter license plates really accomplish????) There were just as many Coueys 40 years ago as today, they just were not splashed all over cable and the Internet.
Posted by: Mark Hobratschk | March 14, 2007 at 08:26 PM