Glamour Magazine – “She Killed Her Father

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StaceyLannert is servinglife in prisonfor killing
the mansheinsistssexuallyabusedher: her
father,In early 2002,aftermorethan 11years
behindbars,shemay gofree.What'sajust
sentencefor Lannert andother childrenwho kill
Stacey
Lannert
in prison
today(far
left)and
asa child
with her
younger
sister,
Christy
abusiveparents?KRISTENKEMPinvestigates.
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ry
HE FACTS SEEM
ble: Stacey Lannert is a cold,
ng murderer. Around 4 A.M. on
4, 1990, Stacey, then 18, and
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ounger 5igfipr,Chrisly, 15,crept
h a balent
window and into
Missouri.Stacey
ber rifle offthe floor,
s to the living room,
father, Thomas, 43, was
sleeping on the couch, and shot him first
in the shoulder', then in the forehead.
Hours later; Stacey ran crying to neighbors and said that there had been
a break-in. The neighbors called the
police, who, after questioning the sisters
and their friends, quickly suspected that
Stacey and Christy weren't telling the
whole truth. Detectives soon had a
signed confession from Stacey.
According to the police, the motive
was money. During the days before the
killing, Stacey had been writing her
father's checks and using his credit
cards: also. she knew that she stood to
inherit a $100,000certiflcate ofdeposit
once her father died. To make matters
worse, Stacey had recently said to
friends, "I wish my dad were dead." She
had even learned to fire a gun.
Based on the facts before the St.
Louis County prosecutor, both Stacey
and Christy were charged with murder
in the first degree and armed criminal
action. Christy was detained in ajuvenile facility until the court, certified her
as an aduIt, at which point she was
transferred to the St. Louis Counlyjail.
Christy pled guilty to conspiracy to
commit murder in 1991 and was sen-
1
o/-
tencedto five yearsin prison,but shewas
releasedsooneron parole.
Stacey had it much worse: After
spendingabouttwo yearsin the samejail
as Christy, she was convictedof firstdegree murder and armed criminal
actionin October1992andwassentenced
to life in prisonwithout the possibilityof
probationor parole.
Yet in October2001,when Glamou,r
meetsStaceyat the maximum-security
Women'sEastern Receptionand DiagnosticCorrectionalCenter in Vandalia,
Missouri,where she is serving her life
sentence.it's clearthat the factsfrom that
commutingher sentenceso that she is
eligible for parole or possiblyeven set
free."Peopledon't really know what happenedto me, mostly becauseI couldn't
bring myseifto talk aboutit-not evento
defend myseif in court 10 years ago,"
Stacey,now 29, tells Glamour."But now
Irealize that I have to." Pointing to a
whitish scaron her lefbhand,shesays,as
if in explanation,"That's a burn from the
first time my father rapedme."
Stacey,who is only 5'1" and weighs
about 100pounds,claimsshewas physicaily and sexuallyabusedby her father
from the time shewaseiEhtuntil shewas
look forward to watching TV in the basement with their dad. "He was my hero
when I was a kid," Stacey says. "He was
better than Superman."
But as Tom and Deb's man'iage began
to deteriorate in the late 1970s,a sinister
side of Tom emerged, say the three
women. "He was increasingly violent,
throwing things at me and the girls. He
drank more and more often," Deb recalls.
Once when Tom was pulling into the
driveway with his wife and daughters, he
spotted Buttercup, the family cat, sitting
in the driveway in the path of the
vehicle-and according to the three
Chtisty(left)
workstwo
jobsto
provide
Stacey(right)
withall d the
comforts
prisonallows.
"Shetook
carcof me
once,"
Christysays.
"NowI considerit my
dutyto take
careof her."
deadly night might not tell the whole
story. And while Stacey's actions may
seem extreme to most people, the murder
ofa parent by a son or daughter is not that
rare. In the United States,408 such murders occurred in 2000 alone, according to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sentences for children who kill their
parents vary widely, and Stacey's sentence was comparatively harsh. "On the
continuum of severity of punishment,
Stacey was clearly given a stiff sentence," says Kathleen Heide, professor of
criminology at the University of South
Florida and author of Wh,yKi.ds KiIl Pct"renls (Sage Publications). "Even Charles
Manson gets parole hearings," points out
Michaei Anderson, one of Stacey's
lawyers, who has been working pro bono
on Stacey's behaifsince he first learned of
her casewhile in law school in 1998.
In early 2002, Missouri governor Bob
Holden is expected to consider whether
to grant Stacey clemency,by reducing or
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18.In 1990,shesays,shestartedto suspectthat her father had alsobegunsexually abusingChristy-and sheendedhis
life to stop him. "I would do anythingfor
my sister,"Staceysays."Anything." No
physical evidence exists to confirm
Stacey'stales of abuse,yet many believe
her. Soon,Stacey may learn whether
GovernorHoldendoes,too.
"Hewasmyhero"
Staceyand Christy Lannert grew up in
several suburbs of St. Louis. Thomas
Lannert, who worked as an actuary calculatingfinancialrisk for variouscompanies, made a comfortable salary; the
girls' mother, Deb, was a secretary.A
familiar faceat localbars,Tomwas often
controllingand bossywhen he drank,his
daughtersand their mom agree."But he
was loving and protective,too," Deb
explains. Stacey and Chrisly, best
friends and constantplaymates,would
bu,
women,he purposelyran over the pet.
While his daughtersscreamed,Tom got
out ofthe car,pickedup the cat andthrew
it into the front yard. Later that day,Deb
and the girls gave Buttercup a proper
burial in the backyard.
The more Tom and Deb fought, the
cioserStaceyand her father became.In
1980,when Staceywas eight,Tomused
their bond to manipulateher into granting him sexualfavors, Staceyclaims.In
the basementone afternoon,she says,
Tom coveredhis privates in marshmallow creamand askedher to lick it off. "It
wasn't scary,"shesays."He told me that
all daughtersloved their dadsthat way,
so I believedhim."
Slacey claims that her father first
rapedher when shewas nine,pushingher
down onto the floor next to the woodburning stove. The sting of her hand
againstthe hot stove,Staceysays,was
nothing comparedto the pain her father
was inflicting upon her. "I felt like I was
"The pain
beingtorn in half," sherecalls.
started when he enteredme, and it went
all the way up to my brain. That'sthe first
time I knew that what he was doing
wasn'l right." StaceyremembersTom
calling her a whore beforeshepassedout.
Minutes later, when shewoke up in a
pooi ofher own blood,she recallsTom
laughing at her. She screamedfor her
mother,but he told her, "Your mother
doesn'tcare.Shedoesn'tlove you. Ifyou
teli her, she'll only hate you more."
Staceybelievedhim andsaysshewent to
sleepthat night with a cold washcioth
tucked betweenher legs.For the next
I
"l iust
\ianted
Christy spent more and more time with
their dad,who couldbetter affordto take
care ofthem. Tom often spokebadly of
Deb, making Staceyand Christy resentful of their mother. "He said she only
cared about chasingmen," Staceysays,
adding that her mother had a few
boyfriends, all of whom she says she
instinctively hated. "She never paid
attention to us when she had a guY
around,"Staceysays,"so when Dad told
us shedidn't reaily want us,it waseasyto
believehim."
Although it's now difficult for his
daughters to admit, Tom becamethe
good guy in the parental equation.
"When Dad was sober,he was very supportive," Staceyadmits. "I remember
when I was 15 and having problems,he
huggedme and told me everything was
going to be OK, that he wasn't going to
let anyonehurt me."
our
kotecting a.sisterfiaherto anoa s@ret
leveus
donefor
goodi'
nine years,Staceyclaims,her father continued to rape her two to three times a
week. "It's hard to explain, but I still
ioved him," she says.In her mind, there
were two Toms:Onewas her caring,protective father; the other was a mean,
sadisticdrunk shedidn't understand.
Christy was alsosuffering.While their
father wasn't sexually abusingher at
that time, Christy ciaimsthat he hit her
ofben."You just nevevknew what would
happenwhen you walked in the door,"
sheexplains.At the table, Christy says,
Tomwouldoften smackher in the backof
the headfor no reason,and he madeit
clear that he liked StaceybeLter.As a
result, Christy claims she has suffered
from migraine headachesand uicers
sincethe age of eight.
In 1985,tired of Tom's abuse,Deb
moved out, taking her two daughters
with her. The Lannerts divorcedlater
that year, agreeing to share custody of
the kids.But astime went on,Staceyand
When Staceywas in high school,her life
Iookedno different than that ofthe averageyoungwoman.Shetells Glamou'rshe
was on the tennisteam andthe yearbook
staff,got B's in schoolandwent on dates.
In the evening,she fiiled her mother's
former role-cooking dinner, doing
housework,lookingafter Christy,pa)4ng
bills and shopping with Tom's credit
cards and checkbook.But at night,
Staceyinsists her life was anything but
tlpical. Around three times a week, she
says,shewasforcedto havesexwith her
father or facea beating.
"I usually consentedto avoid a conflict," saysStacey,who doesnot consider
what she did with her father sex. In
her mind, shewas 13 when shehad her
first kiss, 15when she lost her virginity
to her boyfriend. "What my father
did to me felt completeiy different,"
Staceysays."I'd disappearinto myself
and pretend I wasn't there. I'd think
about anything else-school, my sister,
really anything."
While Tom hadn't yet abusedChristy
sexually, Stacey wasn't taking any
chances.OnceChristy turned 14,Stacey
taught her how to drive and encouraged
her to take the keys and spendthe night
at friends'houses.StaceysaysTomdidn't
care and that sometimeshe even drank
anduseddrugs with his daughters.While
Stacey never toid Christy what her
onpage153)
father was doing to (continued
Lannerfs
lifesentene
tooharsh?
Compareher caseto thoseof
the o^therwomenbelow.
DonnaMarieWisener
NAME:
TCXAS
STATE:
claimsthatherfather,
WiS€ner
HER
GASE:
and
hadphysically
GlennWisener,
abused
hersinceshewastwe
sexually
sending
herinappropriately,
touching
evenhandcuffing
herlewdvalentines,
In May1991,the
herto furniture.
l6-yearoldshd andkilledherfather
rerclver.
witha .3S7caliber
1992,a iury
In FehuarY
HER
SENTENCE:
acquittedWsenetof mulder.
Mindy BercnYi
NAME,
Ohio
STATE:
Berenyiallegesthat herfathet
HERGASE:
hadsexuallyabusedhersinceshewasabout
violentwith her
eightand becamephysically
1995'
whenshewasa teen.ln September
Berenyi,16 and pregnant,contemplated
shot'
committingsuicidewith his 12-gauge
gun.Whenherfathercamehome,Bercnyi
claims,shewastenifiedandshotandkilled
him in selfdefense.
Convictedof aggfavated
HERsENTENCE:
murderin fttober 1999, Bercnyiis now
seryinga life senbnce.Shewill be eligible
for pamlein 20 years,
BillieJoePowell
NAME,
Oklahoma
STATE:
and
Sinceshewasfive,Powell
HER
CASE:
and
Tncey,hadbeenbeaten
heroldersister,
to the
bytheirfather,according
molested
then15,
ln August1992,Powell'
sisters.
shdandkilledtheirfatherwhileheslept'
guiltyto fint'
Afterpleading
HER
sENrENcE,
1993,
in February
manslaugfiter
degree
to fiveyearuprcbdion
wassentenced
Pcruell
counseling'
of psychological
andfouryears
Linda Sue Glazier
NAME,
Maryland
STATE:
saysihatsinceage12,
Glazier
CASE:
HER
abusedbyheradoptive
shewassexually
was
,ln 1974,whenGlazier
William
father,
James
ottieGrsenwell,
18,herboyfriend,
witha sho[unwhile
23,killedherparents
room.
shewasin another
wasfound
ln 1974,Glazier
HER
sENTENCE:
guiltyof thefint de$eemuderof her
parenkandwassentenced
to twolifeterms'
hersencommuted
In 1994,thegwemor
tenceandshewassetfree'
'/
"I
sureshemovedin with their aunt. was
extremelyprotectiveof Christy," Stacey
says."I washer bestfoiendaswell asher
her, Christy says she had a vague idea
basedon the soundsshe heard coming surrogate mom."
While in Guam,Staceyimmediately
from Stacey'sroom at night. "But at the
"I
beganto get her life together,passingher
time, it seemedunreal," Christy says.
high schoolequivalencyexam and makdidn't know what to do or what to say to
Stacey,so I did nothing." The family's ing new friends. But in April 1990,four
months after she'd settled in, she
stressful,erratic lifestyleeventualiytook
receiveda disturbing phonecall. It was
its toll on Christy: By age 15,shewas an
Christy, drunk and hysterical, saying
dropout.
alcoholicand a high school
that Tom had made her move back in
Only one person, Stacey's former
"Dad's hurting me, Stacey,"
baby-sitterWendyAnglan,told others with him.
Christy said."Pleasecomehomeand do
what she suspectedwas really going on
12,
something."llozohe washurting herisn't
about
in the family.When Sbaceywas
Anglan askedher ifher father was sexu- clear.In a letter askingthe Missourigovally abusingher, and Stacey said yes. ernor to grant Staceyclemency,Christy
"[Stacey]loved and adoredher dad,and
claimsshe'dbeenraped by her father.
But shehasnever discussedit-and still
yet shesaidhe hurt her," shestateddurcan't."This is somethingI don't want to
Anglan
While
in
1992.
trial
ing Stacey's
think aboutor talk about,"shesays.
told Staceythat shecaredandurged her
But Staceysuspectedthat CMsty had
to be strong,shedid not alert authorities.
becomeher father's next sexual target
But she saysthat shedid mentionit to
andtook the very next flight to St. Louis.
Deb
denies.
a
claim
Stacey'smother,
"Wendytold me that Staceywas havWhen she got on the plane, she had a
visionthat her life wasover."I didn't care
ing problems,but that's it," saysDeb,
who in 1988had remarried and changed what happenedto me anymote," she
"I
her surnameto Underwood;she moved says. knew what I wasgoinghometo."
to a military basein Guamin 1989.Still,
Deb saysshehad alwayssuspectedthat
"But
Staceywas being sexuallyabused.
I didn't have any solidclues,"she says.
"Whenever I'd ask Tom or Stacey if
Stacey,Christy and Tom immediately
resumedliving together.Staceysaysher
somethingwas going on, they would
both deny it vehemently."Staceyadmits dad continuedto rape her and that his
behavior becameincreasinglyviolent
she was evasive with her mother
"Our
toward both girls. On July 3, 1990,Tom
relationthroughouther childhood.
ship was nonexistentbackthen," Stacey had a particularly intensefight with his
daughters,during which,Staceysays,he
recalls."There were so many bimesthat
tore the phonesout ofthe walls so that
I went to her and didn't tell her why I
mY
the girls couldn't call anyone. When
neededher. I wanted her to read
Staceythreatenedto leave again,Tom
mind, and deepdown I hated her for not
said, "I don't care. Go. I have Your
being ableto do it."
At 17,Staceymusteredup the cour- replacement."He grabbedChristy, who
clung to the window blinds, the onlY
age to admit to her Ritenour High
"an
thing within reach.In seconds,Tomloosthat
Rife,
Nancy
Schoolcounselor,
uncle" was abusingher. Rife says she enedChristy's grip, picked her up and
"probably" alerted Ned Richardson,the
carried her down the hall to his bedroom.
Staceyfollowedthem but was unableto
school'sprincipal at the time, and that
stop Tom. Sheheard the door lock click,
police
statement
gave
a
witness
the
she
then the soundof Christy'sscreams.
in 1990.However,Rife was not calledon
Somethingin Staceysnapped.Shesays
to testify, and it's unclear whether her
shepoundedon the door until her whole
warning to the principal spurred any
action(Richardsonpassedawayin 199?). body shook. After what seemedlike
"I
This apparentinactiononly furbher con- hows, Christy emerged. sawthis blank
"It
vinced Staceythat nothing would come look on her face,"Staceyrecalls. was
"MY
finished
he'd
the one I alwayshad when
dad
of broadcasting her abuse.
alwaystold me that no onewouldbelieve raping me." (To this day,the sisters say
that they have never talked to one
me," shesays."This confirmedit."
In January 1990,Staceydecidedshe anotherabout what happenedthat night.)
Staceytook Christy to her car and drove
wanted out, and Tom grudgingly agreed
to let her go live with Deb in Guam. to a nearbymotel.After they checkedin'
they went out drinking with friends, tryChristy wanted to stay in the St. Louis
area to be near foiends,so Staceymade ing to forget what had happened.
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Back at the motel later that night,
Staceysayssherememberedthat she'd
Ieft her new puppy,a birthday gift from a
friend,in the basement.Her father hated
the dog,just as he'dhated all of the girls'
pets."I panickedandthought he'dkill it'''
Stacey says. She knew she'd have to
return to her father's houseonelast time.
Stacey says she and Christy waited
until 4 A.M., when they knew for cerbain
theii father would be sleeping.Parking in
front of the house,the sisters crawled
through a basementwindow so that they
could grab the dog without waking Tom.
Out ofthe cornerof her eye,Staceysays
she saw one of Tom'sguns lying near the
stairway.She'dlearnedhow to shootitjust
a few monthsbefore-- for her own protection, shesays."Hewas alwaysthreatening
"I
to kill us," shenow explains. wanted to
Sheinsists
he
tried."
be preparedwhen
she'dnever seriouslyconsideredshooting
her father until that moment.
"My first thought when I saw that gun
was, I can't take this anymore," she
recalls.Grabbingthe gun, she climbed
the stairs to the living room where her
father was asleepon the couch.He was
passedout drunk; his autopsYwould
show that he had a blood alcohollevel
"I
that would be lethal for most people.
didn't aim at him. I set the gun on the
room divider ledge,closedmy eyesand
pulled the trigger," says Stacey,who
"I
claimsshewas soberat the time. figured,whateverhappened,happened."
The first bullet hit her father in the
shoulder.He awoke, managedto sit up
and saw Staceyand Christy slanding 10
feet away in the dark. Christy started
screaming,and Tom began to swear.
Badly woundedand drunk, he tried to
standup but couldn't.Betweencurses,he
"I
beggedStaceyto call 911. really was
goingto call an ambulance,"Staceysays,
"but he'dtorn the phonesout ofthe walls
earlier that day. Christy and I kept
searchingfor a phone and couldn't flnd
one.I consideredtaking him to the hospital, droppinghim offand leaving."
But Staceydidn't take him lo the hospital. Instead, 10 minutes later in a panicked state shefired a secondshot. This
time the bullet hit Tom in the forehead.
She allegesthat she doesn't remember
pulling the trigger a second time,
"I
although she does remember this:
wanted him to leaveus alone-for good."
Thereasonkidskill
Teenagers who kill their mothers or
fathers have typically been abused or
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repeated phone calls for comment.)
Stacey'sreluctanceto elaborateon her
ing to author Heide. "Let's just say that
claims of sexual assault-as well as the
healthy happy kids don't go killing their
lack of physical proof-worked against
parents," she explains. In somecases, her. "There is absolutelyno evidence
children can significantly reduce their
that there was any physical or sexual
sentencesby demonstrating a history of
abuse,"says St. Louis County proseabuse.But under Missouri law at that
eutor Robert McCulloch,a member of
time, Staceydid not qualifii for a reducthe team that prosecutedStacey.Stacey
tion. And shecouldn'tpleadself-defense, vehemently deniesMcCulloch'sclaims
becausethe threat from her father was
that she wanted her father's money,as
not judged to be immediate-so she does Christy, who choseto have the
received the harshestpossiblepunish- $100,000she inherited from her father's
ment short ofthe death penalty. "It's
estate donated to three child-abuse
outrageous,"saysDonaldDutton,Ph.D., charities in St. Louis. While Anglan, the
professorofpsychology at the Univerbaby-sitter, testified that Stacey had
sity of British Columbiain Vancouver beenabused,McCullochdoesn'tbeiieve
and author of Th,eAbusiue Persona.li.ty that that was so.
(Guilford)."If it's true that shewas sexuBut someexperts point out that hard
ally abusedby her father, it creates a
evidenceis dfficult to comeby in child
totally new psychologieallandscapethat
abusecases."Abusedchildrennormaliy
needsto be addressedin court.Ifthere's
don't tell anyone what's happening to
a possibility of sexualabuse,it's wrong
them, nor do they admit it when asked,"
that she'sstill in jail."
saysMarilp Hutchinson,Ph.D.,a KanAbused or not, the girls were in
sas City, Missouri-basedsexual abuse
trouble-and as soonas Deb heard that
psychologist.In 1992,after a four-hour
both her daughters were facing testing period, Hutchinsonconcluded
charges, she and her new husband for the courts that Staceyexhibited all
movedbackto Missouripermanently.,,I
the signsof a child who'd beenbrutally
always knew I'd made mistakes," Deb
sexually abused, including unusual
said,"but now I knew that I had to start
bathing rituals (shewould take three
fresh." Deb visited her daughtersin jail
showersa day-a'hot" one,a "cold"one
oncea week, doggedlytrying to make
and a "regular" one).At least oneother
up for lost time. Gradually, Stacey psychiatricevaluationconcludedthat she
started warming up to her mother, and
was likely the victim of abuse.
a year later, in 1991,she told her, "Dad
Even St. Louis County Circuit Court
hurt me." At that moment,everything judge Steven H. Goldman acknowlclickedin Deb's mind. "That's when I
edgedin his trial summary that there
realized that Staceyhad been through
was "evidenceofsexual abuseby the
hell sinceshe was eight years old," she victim's father." He addedthat Stacey's
reealls."Basically,she'sbeenin a prison
sentencewas "severefor a 20-year-old."
of one form or another for over two
And someof the jurors weren't happy
thirds of her life."
with their limited optionsin Stacey's
While Staceyhad just begun to con- case:They either had to find her menfide in her mother about her past, she tally ill and acquit her or find her of
found it more difficult to open up to the
soundmind-and guilty of murder in
authorities. The afternoon following
the first degree. Onejury member,Ann
Tom'smurder, two detectivesfrom the
Albers, stated that the jury did believe
St. John police station interrogated
Stacey'sallegations of abuseand that
Stacey."I didn't interview the girls perthey didn't want to sentenceher to iife
sonally,"says Dan Chapman,chief of
without parole. "But we weren't prothe Dellwood, Missouri, police departvided with any alternative," she exment, who was commanderof the major
plainsin an October1998affidavit. "It is
casesquadin the St. Louis area at the
my personalbeliefthat the sentenceMs.
time. "But I don't believethey saidanyLannert is presently serving is too
thing about being sexually assaulted." harsh for the crime.... I believe [she]
As a result, a rape test was not perdeservescommutationfrom the senformed on Christy.
tenceof life without parole."
And at her trial, Stacey didn't go into
Stacey'sfate now lies in the hands
detail about her abuse.Instead, due to
of GoveraorHolden.Her new lawyers,
restrictions in Missouri law, her lawyer,
MichaelAndersonand Ellen Flottman,
Christopher McGraugh,choseto defend remain hopeful that Holden will grant
her by claiming that she was mentally
her clemency,either by reducing her
ill. (McGraughdid not return Glnmoufs
sentenceor, even better, setting her
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free. "From a strictly legal standpoint,
she committedfirst-degreemurder,so
shewon't win her caseon appeal,"says
Flottman."But in Stacey'scase,no one
is happy with the outcome-not the
trial judge,not the jury. That'swhy the
pardon remedy is the perfect solution
for a situationlike this. This is why parclonsexist."
Experts say it's difficult to estimate
Stacey'schancesof goingfree or get"It's very hard
ting a reducedsentence.
to predict what any individual governor might decideto do in a clemency
case,"saysDan Kobil, professorof law
at Capital University Law Schoolin
Columbus, Ohio, who is currentlY
"While
working on a bookon clemency.
past Missouri governorshave offered
parcions,Governor Hoiden is fairly
new in officeand doesn'thavemuch of
a track recorcl."But Kobil saysthere is
someprecedentfor a governorusing
"In the
ciemencyin a situationiike this.
eariy nineties,former Ohiogovernor
Richard Celeste started a trend of
granting clemencyto battered women
who were serving time for murdering
or assaullingtheir husbands,"Kobil
says."When a governortakes suchan
action,it's of'tena signalto the legislature that there's a problem with
the iaw that needsto be changed."One
such change,says Kobil, might be
to passlaws that advisecourts to look
at mitigating factors-such as sexual
abuse-when decidingwhich sentence
to impose.
Stacey,who now spendsher daYs
pouring cementat the prison,believes
"I
she has paid her debt to society.
regret what I did, but at the time I felt
"My
it was my only way out," shesays.
life wili never be normal, but if I'm
releasedI want to be judged basedon
everythingI've donein my life, not just
on what happenedonenight."
Tlrrough the years, Stacey and
"I
Christy haveremainedbest friends.
feel very gu.ilty every day of my life for
what Staceydid for me," saysChristy,
now27."It hurts sobadlywhen I leave
her at the prison. I want to put her in
my pocket ancl take her home."
Instead, she channelsher energy into
sendingStaceymoney,working as a
legai assistantby day and a cocktail
waitress at night. Over time, her hard
work hasboughtStaceyall ofthe luxuries prison aiiows: Nike sneakers,a
color TV tuition for collegecourses.
"She took care of me once,"Christy
says."Now I considerit my dutY to
take care of her."
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