To explain his reasoning, he weighed the good against the bad. That was not pandering "mumbo jumbo," as the article asserts. It was an effort to help the public understand why he thought the new sentence was fair.
I don't know what I would have done if it were my decision to make, because I wasn't there for the entire trial and I don't have all the evidence presented by both sides. But whether it was the right outcome or not, Buckwalter deserves our respect for calling it as he saw it. That couldn't have been easy given the blistering criticism that followed the previous sentencing. He must have known he would be excoriated again for adding only six more months of jail time. Yet he did it anyway, because he believed that was the just result. Under the circumstances, that was remarkably courageous, not "gutless" as Bissinger claimed.
Rudolph Garcia
Chancellor,
Philadelphia Bar Association
NBA dispute
is simple
I can't believe the Daily News continues to print Marc Lamont Hill's racist articles.
I usually don't bother reading them because of this; however, I started reading his latest article not knowing it was his. Is this guy for real or what? He refers to the NBA owners as the "masters" and the players as the "slaves," saying that the owners have the "slave/master" routine down pat.
Mr. Hill, get over yourself and get a clue. This NBA issue is nothing more than a dispute between the owners (who just happen to be the bosses) and players (who are the employees). Plain and simple.
Diane McDowell
Philadelphia
Hypocrisy is
the issue
