From Baltimore-A Baltimore judge denied this afternoon a reduction in Heather E. Cook’s prison sentence that would have meant almost immediate release for the former Episcopal bishop who killed a bicyclist while driving drunk in 2014.
Cook’s lawyers argued for mercy, saying the 62-year-old had been rehabilitated.
But Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory refused. He cited the words of a mentor on the bench whose dictum was “concurrent time is no time at all.”
“Can I justify no time at all for leaving the scene [of a fatal accident]? I’m sorry to say, I cannot,” Doory said.
Cook had been asking that two of her four sentences be changed from consecutive to concurrent, a change which Doory said would essentially mean she was never punished for leaving the accident scene.
More here-
https://baltimorebrew.com/2018/11/05/ex-episcopal-bishop-heather-cook-to-remain-in-prison/
also here-
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-cook-sentence-hearing-20181031-story.html
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