All homicides dismay. Last year's shooting of Powhatan's Tahliek Taliaferro seemed particularly disturbing. Subsequent developments cast darker shadows. Truly, the crime wounded the community.
Reports from the trial of Ethan and Joey Parrish -- charged in Taliaferro's death -- depicted a world of pathos and squalor. Readers probably wanted to take a shower after finishing Jamie Ruff's compelling stories.
The convictions of involuntary manslaughter provoked an outburst in the courtroom and prompted bewilderment outside it. Most people in the Taliaferro family's position would have had similar reactions to the verdict.
In Psalm 99 we read:
"O mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob."
Human justice is less perfect.
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