Okay.
We felt at a loss. We felt discouraged. We felt that his immediate needs were being put over the situation that our family has been put in.
She's a huge loss, not only to our community, as Branden mentioned, but also to our family. She was a pillar in our family, and it didn't matter. No one asked us the question, and no one considered his previous behaviours either. When you talk about the fact that previous drug use should be mentioned in bail.... There was no mention of his previous history. His defence lawyer made us think that he had previously been one of Santa's helpers.
It's important that the accused has a chance to speak and that the judge has a chance to make some better assumptions based on history.