Lee Boyd Malvo's mother kinda sucks
Dec. 2nd, 2003 10:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neebsfrom The Washington Post:
Una James had been granted permission by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to return to the United States to testify at the murder trial of her son, Lee Boyd Malvo.
James had one final opportunity to help her son and testify on his behalf that John Allen Muhammad manipulated the teenager into participating in last fall's sniper shootings. But when James arrived at the Kingston, Jamaica, airport on Nov. 2, she said she decided her distrust of the U.S. government outweighed the importance of the trip. James scrapped her plans when U.S. officials there to assist her could not accommodate her demand for written guarantees about her stay in the United States.
"I don't regret not getting on that plane. . . . One thing I feared against was knowing that I am not loved by many people right now," she said Sunday in a telephone interview from Jamaica, acknowledging that she has been perceived as a neglectful mother.
"It would have been a great risk for me coming. Where would I stay? Would I have freedom, or would I be thrown in jail? The other question was would I be able to see Lee. . . . When push came to shove, I couldn't get any guarantees. Should I just be a martyr for the slaughter, which I would have been if I had entered the country without anything in writing . . .
"I am very much heartbroken, and I love my son and I want to be there. But I still have a life. I could not just take the government's word for it."
By Serge F. Kovaleski
WHO DOES THAT?? hello, your child is on trial for murder and might be facing the death penalty. isn't part of being a parent being willing to sacrifice your life and certain aspects of it for your child? this is why there needs to be a screening process before you can have a baby.
on a side note, i hate my job.
Una James had been granted permission by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to return to the United States to testify at the murder trial of her son, Lee Boyd Malvo.
James had one final opportunity to help her son and testify on his behalf that John Allen Muhammad manipulated the teenager into participating in last fall's sniper shootings. But when James arrived at the Kingston, Jamaica, airport on Nov. 2, she said she decided her distrust of the U.S. government outweighed the importance of the trip. James scrapped her plans when U.S. officials there to assist her could not accommodate her demand for written guarantees about her stay in the United States.
"I don't regret not getting on that plane. . . . One thing I feared against was knowing that I am not loved by many people right now," she said Sunday in a telephone interview from Jamaica, acknowledging that she has been perceived as a neglectful mother.
"It would have been a great risk for me coming. Where would I stay? Would I have freedom, or would I be thrown in jail? The other question was would I be able to see Lee. . . . When push came to shove, I couldn't get any guarantees. Should I just be a martyr for the slaughter, which I would have been if I had entered the country without anything in writing . . .
"I am very much heartbroken, and I love my son and I want to be there. But I still have a life. I could not just take the government's word for it."
By Serge F. Kovaleski
WHO DOES THAT?? hello, your child is on trial for murder and might be facing the death penalty. isn't part of being a parent being willing to sacrifice your life and certain aspects of it for your child? this is why there needs to be a screening process before you can have a baby.
on a side note, i hate my job.
