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Linda Smith: Why would they do it if they knew about her? She is a person. She wasn't just some name on a piece of paper.

On the recordFebruary 1, 2012
Why would they do it if they knew about her? She is a person. She wasn't just some name on a piece of paper.
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Linda Smith
Washington

Editor's note · Context

Linda Smith expresses her frustration over the lack of awareness regarding her daughter's tragic death in the context of a pardon granted to Harry Bostick.

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He saw the e-mail and he pardoned this man anyway. Did he not commit a crime himself? Is that not a crime? I would ask him if that would have been his daughter that this man had hit, would he still have pardoned him?

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He saw the e-mail. And he pardoned this man anyway. Did he not commit a crime himself? Is that not a crime? I would ask him if that would have been his daughter that this man had hit, would he still have pardoned him?

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