http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=5828810
Woman seeks leniency after car crash kills son
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. A woman is asking for leniency for the driver in
an alleged drunk-driving crash in Santa Barbara that killed her son.
Susan Arcady Barich wrote a letter to court officials asking for a
sentence of probation for 22-year-old Jessica Binkerd, rather than the
maximum seven years in prison that prosecutors are pursuing.
She asked the court to allow her family "to express compassion,
forgiveness, understanding and love toward her and her family."
Binkerd was driving home with Barich's 25-year-old son Alex Baer after
a party in August when her Ford Focus crashed head-on into a Lexus.
Baer was killed and Binkerd was charged with vehicular manslaughter and
drunken driving.
Her lawyer is trying to settle the case without going to trial.
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How can you explain this except that the family of the DUI paid the
mother to write the letter.??
Did you check the location? The Left Coast, where crime is as readily
accepted as inside the Dc-area I-495 Beltway. Not that bribery was out
of the question.
You are just a stupid fuck.
On Dec 18, 10:33 pm, "Laura Bush murdered her boy friend"
Nope - this gal was either bought off or is a serial criminal coddler
like you.
On Dec 19, 10:21 am, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS"
<beta...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> necromancer wrote:
> > Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Laura Bush
> > murdered her boy friend t
>
> > > How can you explain this except that the family of the DUI paid the
> > > mother to write the letter.??
>
> > "Compassion, forgiveness, understanding," something that a fascist piece
> > of shit like you wouldn't understand.Nope - this gal was either bought off or is a serial criminal coddler
> like you.
I really feel bad for you.
BUt then I get over it and laugh at how fucking stupid you are, bitch.
Why didn't you answer the question regarding the gas, liar?
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"Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?" ~ Senator Ted Kennedy, 1973
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El Pollo Loco (Laura Bush Murdered Her Boyfriend) demonstrates it's complete gullibility, stupidity, and state of delusion when it falls for an April Fool's joke, hook, line, and sinker:
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.democrats.d/msg/008d032d86999983?hl=en&
Ragnar wrote:
> Gods, you're dumb. Its a rather obvious April Fool's joke. And you're
> the Fool.
This is no joke.
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Dumb*ss. Susan Barich can't express "compassion, forgiveness,
understanding, and love" if the b*tch is in the protective custody of
prison. I think as a society we should bring back the whipping post
and stocks so we can express more "compassion, forgiveness,
understanding, and love" to DUIers.
Of course...tough love. That's not obsolete, is it?
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My name is Susan Barich. I live in Santa Cruz. I am 56 years old, and I
run a technology business incubator for the city of Marina near
Monterey
where we assist start-up businesses. I am the mother of Alex Baer who
was
killed in August in Santa Barbara as the passenger of a vehicle driven
by
Jessica Binkerd. Jessica is now before the court on felony charges. She
will
soon be sentenced.
Since Alex's death I wear his watch to work every day. I wear his
sweatshirt in the evenings. I can still smell him on his sweatshirt. I
keep his desk chair in my office. It has his DNA on it. Some days, in
honor
of his wacky and improvisational sense of humor, I wear the silly,
sparkly
party shirt I gave him for Christmas. I wear his jeans horse-back
riding.
They're long enough to fit over my boots. The waist fits me perfectly.
I
On Dec 18, 10:33 pm, "Laura Bush murdered her boy friend"
wear his cap out in the sun. Pictures of Alex loop continuously on both
of my computer screens. Alex with his sister at my parents' 60th
wedding
anniversary party; Alex conversing with the wooden statues of old men
on
the front porch of the Ulapalakua store; Alex and his dog, Sadie. The
boys
tell me his bike is a junker, but I can't quite part with it. There has
always been a special place in my heart for my boys' bicycles. A boy's
bike
represents his going out into the world. How he makes his way. How he
gets to where he has decided he wants to go.
Some days I stand in my closet and scream. I fear the police will
come.
The songs I love reduce me to sobbing in my car or blubbering in the
bath
tub. Alex will never live that love song now. Tears streamed down my
cheeks
all through the Shamu Show at Sea World. In the night I imagine his
last
moment of consciousness, panic and a sudden impact as his breath is
blown from
him by the crush of a Lexus.
As pitiful and incredibly saddened as I am by Alex's death, the only
time I feel angry and helpless is when I think of further suffering
imposed by
this horrible accident. I feel angry and helpless when I think that
Jessica
Binkerd, who must shoulder for the rest of her life the responsibility
for Alex's death, may suffer further at the hands of our justice
system. As
a parent and as a human being, my heart breaks for Jessica. She has
been
given the nearly unbearable to bear.
This is Alex and Jessica's tragedy. It is they who have truly
suffered.
The two of them worked together at Deveraux caring for autistic
children.
Although I do not know Jessica, her work with these children tells me
that, like Alex, she is an unusually talented and giving person. Should
we
throw that away? Should we impose a penalty that ensures she will never
use
those talents to make our community a better place? Jessica completed a
4-year
program at the University of California by the age of 22. That tells me
she's not a drunk.
It is my belief, and the belief of Alex's family and friends, that the
car crash that took Alex's life was an accident, regardless of the
circumstances. Had Jessica not been drinking, it may have been avoided,
but it may not have been. The cars may still have stopped too quickly
in
front of her for her to stop. We have all come extremely close to the
rear end
of another car in the case of a quick stop.
Be that as it may, it does not matter any more. What matters now is
how
we, as the elders of our culture and our community, handle the future
of a
young woman who made a mistake. We hold her in our hands. Do we keep
her down
or lift her up? Will it be destructive to our community and society to
send
a message of compassion? I think not. Have we, as a generation, crammed
our kids into an intolerable society of laws, as my sister put it? What
is
OUR responsibility for this tragic epidemic of drinking among our
children?
Let us, with forgiveness, love and compassion, guide our culture down a
new
road that shows our children that we value them, so they don't feel
they have
to drink to have fun.
I have spoken with several of Alex's close friends, with his brothers
and his sister, with his aunts, uncles, cousins, his grandparents, and
his
father and step-father. We concur. Without in any way excusing drunk
driving, we ask for leniency for Jessica. We ask for a judicial finding
that is appropriate to the contribution that Jessica Binkerd could make
to
our society if we give her the opportunity. We ask that the Court allow
us
to express compassion, forgiveness, understanding and love toward her
and
her family. We ask that she be able to tell us that she is sorry, and
that
we can have the grace to offer her forgiveness. We ask that she be
allowed
to create something as powerful and beautiful with her life as this
tragedy
has been bleak and horrific. We ask that this accident not be allowed
to
cause more loss. Our society, our culture, our community need Jessica
Binkerd
to build her life's work around helping and preserving other young
people,
around saving lives. Her life's work which is now defined by a mistake
in a moment that killed a friend and colleague.
We believe that the fact that Jessica will have to bear the burden of
California's strike laws and felony convictions for the rest of her
life, that these will inform and define the rest of her life, and her
knowledge that she is responsible for Alex's death, comprise sufficient
punishment
without adding prison. We recommend probation and community service.
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As for "Laura Bush", she is a sick, disgusting human being.
> "Master_Shake" <jimg...@gmail.com> said in misc.transport.road:
> >My name is Susan Barich. I live in Santa Cruz. I am 56 years old, and I
> >run a technology business incubator for the city of Marina near
....
> > Since Alex's death I wear his watch to work every day. I wear his
> >sweatshirt in the evenings. I can still smell him on his sweatshirt.
A stink perv. Whew.
I say we write to the DA and urge him to give her the needle.
--Tim May
"Scott en Aztlán" wrote:
> OK, I know Santa Cruz is a wacked-out place, but nobody is THIS wacky.
> A mother cherishing her dead son's desk chair because it has his
> spooge on it? Now THAT is sick and disgusting.
What's 'spooge' ? Did he cum on it or something equally gross ?
Graham
You're a sick fuck for even thinking that.
Well, if you read the post, it said it has his "DNA" on it. Now,
clearly, this is someone who doesn't understand DNA, but for someone who
does understand DNA the most likely is either that or he bled on it or
something.
What got me was the quote:
>I actually received an email from the mother in this story. She saw
>this thread, and wanted me to post this...
Why, if she understands technology and saw the thread, didn't she post
it herself?
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Good for you Susan for remembering your son and seeing the best in the
world - I am sorry for the others that they are so small and closed
minded.
Michelle
On Dec 24 2006, 10:09 am, "Ted Kennedy - President of DDDAMM (Drunk
Driving Divers Against Mad Mothers)" <s...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Someone wrote:
>
> >OK, I know Santa Cruz is a wacked-out place, but nobody is THIS wacky.
> >A mother cherishing her dead son's desk chair because it has his
> >spooge on it? Now THAT is sick and disgusting.What got me was the quote:
>
> >I actually received an email from the mother in this story. She saw
> >this thread, and wanted me to post this...Why, if she understands technology and saw the thread, didn't she post