Wednesday, January 26, 2011

THE INTERSECTION | MADNESS & REALITY: Jailed Akron Mom, Kelley Williams-Bolar Released By Judge Patricia Cosgrove

Finally, some good news on a news story that has not been in mainstream news.

Kelley Williams-Bolar was released from the Summit County Jail Wednesday morning after serving all but one day of a 10-day jail sentence for improperly enrolling her children in Copley-Fairlawn schools.

A jail official confirmed Williams-Bolar was released at about 10 a.m.

Common Pleas Judge Patricia Cosgrove gave Williams-Bolar credit for one day of time served when she was arrested and jailed on multiple felony charges in November 2009, court records show.

On Jan. 18, Williams-Bolar was sentenced to 10 days in jail after a jury convicted her of two felony counts of tampering with records.

The offenses involved several instances of signed or sworn school registration forms, applications for reduced or free school lunches and other official documents authorized by Williams-Bolar when she enrolled her two girls in Copley-Fairlawn schools in August 2006.

In other developments in the case, Akron City Council President Marco Sommerville said he planned to meet with Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh at 2 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the issue of why the case could not have been resolved without the filing of felony charges.

Williams-Bolar, a single mother who was going to college and working as a teaching assistant at Buchtel High School, had no previous record.

Within hours of the sentencing hearing, Cosgrove spoke out after becoming the target of public outcry over the case, which threatens the mother's job and her hopes to become a school teacher.

Cosgrove said the prosecutor's office refused to consider reducing the charges to misdemeanors during numerous closed-door talks to resolve the case outside of court. (source)



THE INTERSECTION | MADNESS & REALITY: Jailed Akron Mom, Kelley Williams-Bolar Released By Judge Patricia Cosgrove
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12 comments:

  1. Either breaking the 9th commandment is wrong or not, right?

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  2. Who was giving false testimony against their neighbor? Exodus 20:16. Categorically breaking any one of the 10 commandments is wrong. Every one of us have have broken them and stands condemn in the eyes of God. Ryan, what are you going to do about your sins?

    I think the scripture that should come up regarding this story is:

    30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
    31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
    though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
    - Proverbs 6:30,31

    It is way more applicable than the 9th commandment. I thought that you said you knew the Bible.

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  3. So you think she should pay sevenfold and lose her house? That's not what I got from the original post you Moral Relativist you!

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  4. That's because I never wrote that she should. It's illustrating a principle and you still have not explained what is moral relativistic about anything I wrote. I've stated time and again that only what God says is right and wrong is what matters and according to that standard we are all guilty and deserve death. What are you going to do about your sin?

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  5. That's because I never wrote that she should. It's illustrating a principle and you still have not explained what is moral relativistic about anything I wrote. I've stated time and again that only what God says is right and wrong is what matters and according to that standard we are all guilty and deserve death. What are you going to do about your sin?

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  6. we are all guilty and deserve death.

    Well, certainly we're all going to die. "Deserve" is a fuzzy word though.

    Marcus, the funny part is you and I probably agree about this case 100%. However, what I believe about it is consistent with the fact that moral absolutes don't exist.

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  7. Marcus, the funny part is you and I probably agree about this case 100%. However, what I believe about it is consistent with the fact that moral absolutes don't exist.

    I think Kelley Williams-Bolar is being victimized on the basis that there are moral absolutes.Under no circumstances should people be put in the situation she's in and punished as they were trying to punish her. It's wrong no matter the time or location. Almost like they wanted to make an example of her. "You poor single black mothers stay in your place or this is what we will do to you." was the message. I don't see how moral relativism consistently allows you to argue that her treatment was wrong and restitution to her and her children needing to be made. Sounds like you cognitive biases rearing their ugly heads.

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  8. Why would I expect you to make sense.

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  9. Why would I expect you to make sense.


    Given that you don't make sense I'm not surprised that you don't think I make sense. It's a symptom of your cognitive biases. You should get that checked. Only Jesus can help you with those.

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  10. Wow, you're really loving the whole "cognitive bias" thing all of a sudden. Did you attend a seminar or something?

    The reason you didn't make sense is because you are now supposing a system of moral "absolutism" where every situation has it's own unique moral fact and surely you must realize a system like that is indistinguishable from moral relativism.

    In a system of moral absolutes, forging documents is either right or wrong, stealing bread is either right or wrong...

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  11. The reason you didn't make sense is because you are now supposing a system of moral "absolutism" where every situation has it's own unique moral fact and surely you must realize a system like that is indistinguishable from moral relativism.

    That's not true. Explains why you are confused.

    In a system of moral absolutes, forging documents is either right or wrong, stealing bread is either right or wrong...

    When did I ever say that forging documents was right? OR stealing bread? What I decry is a society that drives a woman to forge documents or for hungry people to have to steal bread. I think that these things are worse than the sins of forging the documents and stealing bread. If society wasn't so racist and corrupt, I doubt that we would have people who think they need to steal bread or lie about where their children live so that they get a better education.

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