Picture stunned me.
It was my friend's son, sentenced to
Twenty years for a despicable crime,
His sins laid bare for all the world to see.
My heart hurt in compassion for
His parents, and in anguish for the
Man who had ruined not only his life, but
Those of others.
I prayed for them all, and I was sobered.
May I view every criminal pictured in the
Paper as someone's son.