Proof of what’s wrong with our justice system
A Feb. 15 AJC article described the alleged attempted kidnapping of a 7-year-old by Andrew Thomas Woods (“More charges added,” Metro).
Woods was on probation after being released from state prison last year.
He admitted he killed his uncle in 2004, according to court records.
On the same page, “Three get life in prison for $210 robbery” (Feb. 15, Metro) tells of sending three Douglas County men to jail for life.
They were convicted of robbing a prostitute at gunpoint for $210, a cellphone and a pack of cigarettes.
I see little reason to spend thousands of dollars each month for 30 years to punish three relatively petty criminals while letting a confessed killer out on parole after serving less than nine years in prison.
Somehow, our system of justice lacks intelligence.
As a person with common sense, I am appalled.
As a taxpayer, I am mad.
Mary Jo Winer, Atlanta
Avalanche of coverage stunning, troubling
While I agree that Whitney Houston was endowed with a God-given voice and talent, it’s amazing that her death received more media coverage than any other celebrity in recent memory.
News flashes were seen on radio and television, and scheduled programs were interrupted.
At the same time, a 19-year-old from Hall County lost both his legs because of a bomb in Afghanistan.
This makes me wonder what things in life are the most important.
Denton Harris, Atlanta
Israel, U.S. should point a finger at themselves
When the prime minister of Israel called for a halt to Iran’s aggression, he sounded just like so many politicians in the United States who love to point to every other country — while ignoring their own aggression (“Israel: Thai bombs similar to those in India blast,” ajc.com, Feb. 15).
We who dropped nuclear bombs on civilian populations at the end of World War II, killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people, have now become the moral voice in the world, telling some that they can have nuclear weapons (and others that they cannot).
We who attacked Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and numerous countries in the Middle East now tell Syria to stop doing what it is doing.
The United States should have used some time after Sept. 11 to examine its own conscience before deciding to start a war against a country that had nothing to do with the attack against us.
It seems that the United States just loves to go to war — at least, that is what history shows.
William E. Lynch, Adairsville
