Death row couple
An incredible story of two people wrongly convicted and sentenced to death, how they were exonerated after over a decade in prison and met in a pub in Ireland. Long but worth the read:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/22/former-death-row-couple
Peter Pringle and Sunny Jacobs have a lot of things in common, as most couples do. They both love yoga, meditation and swimming, vegetarian food and living in the countryside.
But the couple, who were married in New York just over a year ago, have something else in common that connects them in a profound way. Before they met, Sunny and Peter faced the death penalty for separate yet eerily similar crimes. In 1976, Sunny was placed on death row in Florida for the murder of two police officers. Four years later, in Dublin, Peter was sentenced to death for the murder of two officers of the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force.
MM ,, I just wiped away my tears not again :'(
The saddest thing about the whole story is that her boyfriend was executed in a horrific manner, and after he was dead they found out he didn't do it. :(
Sulie :) I am not sure you have natural emotions as you were talking about spider in another pro-emotions thread.
Such a sad story...:(
God ,,,finally i figured that i have emotions!
Very touching....:(
I know Fatimah. This story made me a little teary (not that that's a hard thing to do at the moment LOL).
Truly their lost life can never be returned to them, but at least they didn't die as supposed criminals. The fact that they still have what it takes to not only continue living, but to even make their lives more happier by getting married and trying to make up for all the time lost, not to mention wishing to be forgiving towards the system that wronged them, all show amazing survival instincts. TFS, MM!