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Jewish World Review May 5, 2008 / 30 Nissan 5768 Should justice be blind for fugitive turned suburban mom? By Mitch Albom http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | She was arrested at 19, when she tried to sell drugs to an undercover cop. She pleaded guilty, hoping for probation. Instead she was given the maximum — 10 to 20 years. One year later, she said, she jumped a fence in prison, and met her waiting grandfather in a car. And for the next 32 years, she led a secret life. She changed her name. She got in no trouble. She married a man, raised three children, and lived a comfortable if quiet existence in southern California. Two weeks ago, at age 53, she heard a knock on her door. It was the police. Today, Susan LeFevre sits in a California jail, awaiting extradition to Michigan for the prison sentence she walked away from more than three decades ago. She had served one year of her stiff sentence for drug trafficking. She told an interviewer her behavior back then was "inexcusable" but it was the behavior of a foolish kid, despondent over the death of a Vietnam War boyfriend. Since then, she told the Associated Press, "I've tried to be exceptionally good." And the question is, what is justice? To throw her back in jail to teach her a lesson, or to say it is obvious she has already learned it? First, a few facts. Her crime was selling heroin. She took $600 from the cop. She said, in her interview, that she pled guilty because her family was ashamed and didn't want a trial. Michigan authorities, however, have claimed she was a serious drug dealer earning large profits. After a year in the Detroit House of Corrections, she said, she felt she couldn't take it anymore, and arranged an escape with the help of her grandfather and another relative. After eluding authorities for several weeks, she fled to California and began a new life. She said she never told her husband of 23 years. She never told her children. She was, by most accounts, a good member of the community, did some charitable things, trained as a hospice nurse. She was also, all that time, a fugitive. So what to do? What is justice? Her attorney plans to petition the governor to commute the rest of her sentence. Corrections officials say the rules demand she serve at least 5 1/2 more years behind bars. Supporters say, "It was a nonviolent crime. She's not a threat to the community. She learned her lesson — and isn't that the point of prison?" Critics say, "If we let her off, we might as well let everyone escape from prison. It's not OK to flee just because you don't do any more bad stuff." Some add that a middle-aged, suburban white woman is receiving far more sympathy than, say, a 30-year-old black male. Others say that has nothing to do with it. I say justice should be blind, although I know it isn't. The same crime does not always draw the same sentence — not from one state to another, sometimes not even from one day to another. Sentences are meant to be served out, but we hear constantly of people freed due to overcrowding or technicalities. We hear about 15 year-old murderers tried as juveniles who are let free at age 21 whether they've learned a lesson or not. We hear about drunk drivers back behind the wheel despite 30 or 40 arrests. Which is worse? Someone who escapes but does no more wrong? Or someone who is released under the rules then goes right back and does wrong again? LeFevre is not likely to commit her crime again. I would think the exposure of this crime is already a certain punishment (especially in the world she now lives in.) If some probation, limited travel and community service were also imposed, perhaps that would be enough. Besides, putting her behind bars at this point costs taxpayers perhaps a good deal of money. Then again, if I were behind bars, I might look at it differently. You can change your name, but you will always see things from your own perspective. Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. MITCH'S LATEST "For One More Day"   "For One More Day" is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? Sales help fund JWR. Comment on Mitch's column by clicking here. Mitch's Archives © 2008, THE DETROIT FREE PRESS DISTRIBUTED BY TMS, INC.

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