Law Practice
Dec. 16, 2010
Doing Justice, Making Amends
Should a sentence for manslaughter only reflect the crime, or should it consider the defendant's compassionate character?
Last Thursday morning, I received an e-mail from Dan Levine, who reminded me that we had worked an engagement a few years ago. He had remained on my e-mail list since that time, sharing my hospice and other coaching writings with his wife, Leigh, an intellectual property litigator. Dan and Leigh live in North Carolina. Dan wrote me about the circumstance of Lyndsay Murray-Mazany, Leigh's adopted younger sibling.
On July 18, 2010, Lyndsay had been involved in a fatal accident outsid...
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