June 2007 - Post of the Month

Percy writes:The jailhouse tapes* reveal that Jo Hovind had long experienced pangs of grave doubt about the choices her husband made. If tone of voice is any indication, she often anguished over his demands and actions. She no more deserves prison than my wife, also 51 and also a grandmother, deserves prison. Depending upon your age, imagine a wife or mother or daughter going to prison. It's a terrible thing to contemplate, and a terrible ordeal to impose upon a sincere believing church-goer. At one time her days were probably filled with church bake sales, visiting the sick, raising money for the poor, and gathering donations for the local soup kitchen. Sure she went to the bank and withdrew $9500 every time her husband asked, but so what? For that she deserves prison? Listen to the jailhouse tapes. She's a victim, not a perpetrator.