October 16, 2008
And Justice For All?
Wednesday evening James Woods, the prosecutor in the state of Tennessee's case
against Cody Matthew Headrick who was charged in the death of our daughter, Hadrienne, called us in order to deliver news about this case that has left our family grief stricken once again. Judge Rebecca Stern, the presiding judge in this case, reversed her 2 time decision to deny pre-trial diversion to the defendant. In the state of Tennessee a defendant is allowed to apply for pre-trial diversion if the crime they have committed is their first offense. If they are granted diversion, and their record remains clean for a period of time afterwards, then all of the charges he was facing will be expunged from his record. In-other-words, it will be as if what he did never happened.
I believe the Prosecutor has the right to appeal the Judges decision, but even if the appeal is successful it will not undo the devastation that Gloria, Asher and I are presently feeling the full weight of.
I have included links to a local online news source with more details as well as a link to a number of letters that have been written by individuals who have expressed their outrage.
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A Father and Mother Too Sad For Words,
andy and gloria mendonsa
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