Faith in humanity - misplaced?
Her Face Crushed by Tossed Turkey - She Offers Second Chance to Teen
A teen who severely injured a woman by tossing a 20-pound turkey through her car windshield was sentenced to six months in jail after his victim requested a light sentence.
Ryan Cushing, 19, also received five years of probation Monday and was ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment and do community service.
I hope she's right - I seriously doubt it.
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Driver Whose Face Was Crushed by Tossed Turkey Offers Second Chance to Teen
NEW YORK (AP) - A teen who severely injured a woman by tossing a 20-pound turkey through her car windshield was sentenced to six months in jail after his victim requested a light sentence.
Ryan Cushing, 19, also received five years of probation Monday and was ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment and do community service.
Victoria Ruvolo underwent a 10-hour operation to repair her crushed face and spent a month in the hospital following the incident last November. She said she requested a light sentence for Cushing because she wanted to give him a second chance.
"What would vengeance do?" Ruvolo said on NBC's "Today" show. "God gave me a second chance and I'm just passing it on."
The teen pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree assault in August. If convicted of first-degree assault at trial, Cushing could have been sentenced to up to 25 years.
Cushing was riding in a car with other teens when the turkey was tossed. Five other teenagers had previously pleaded guilty to various charges, including credit card theft for a spending spree that included the turkey.
When Cushing pleaded guilty in August, Ruvolo, 44, had hugged him in a tearful embrace in the courtroom. But at the sentencing, Ruvolo said she hadn't forgiven the teen, "in the sense that I have not absolved you."
"I truly hope that by demonstrating compassion and leniency, I have encouraged you to seek an honorable life," Ruvolo said in court.
Cushing read a statement saying her kindness "has already made a positive change in my life."
Well, at least she didn't spout off a bunch of religious hoo-ha about how God told her to do it. Who knows - she may have done this kid the best favor he'll ever get in his life. The only way that will work is if he realizes it.
What I want to know is why, if you steal a credit card, you go buy a turkey?
Posted by: Phoenix | 10/18/2005 at 03:32 PM
Steel,
Why don't you set up a Random Comment section at the top of your blog for talking about anything that's on one's mind? I want to talk about that dam in Massachusetts that kept appearing every three minutes as a FOX NEWS ALERT today. I don't know if it burst or not....going to find out; but I was thinking of how utterly ghoulish it was for FOX to be watching this thing minute by minute. They even had a double screen going on while they were interviewing people - not about the dam. I hope the dam held. ha ha... What a disappointment for FOX.
Posted by: Phoenix | 10/18/2005 at 03:56 PM
That will have to wait till the switch over.
Bill Quick has that option.
Posted by: Steel | 10/19/2005 at 01:37 AM
Are we switching, Steel?..What we switching to?
Posted by: imp | 10/19/2005 at 03:32 PM
I'm curious to the other "various charges" as well.
Posted by: imp | 10/19/2005 at 03:35 PM
Random comment might work better than the chat room, Steel, considering i spend a bunch of time there, and see very few.
Posted by: imp | 10/19/2005 at 03:38 PM
I'm close to moving this blog to my own domain.
The Steel Deal DOT COM.
Things will improve vastly then.
Posted by: Steel | 10/20/2005 at 06:24 AM
~Huge Smile~
Posted by: imp | 10/20/2005 at 01:54 PM