Mary Winkler shouldn’t be treated like a monster

To the editor:

At first glance at Sunday’s Standard, I noticed the one-inch bold headline above the fold and thought, ‘My God, someone has killed the president.’

At second glance the headline really made me sick to my stomach. It was about some coffee shop gossip concerning whether or not ‘Winkler ‘ will she kill again’? It used piercing words like ‘convicted killer’ and ‘violent behavior.’ It was a hatchet job on Ms. Winkler.

I read the whole column from start to finish because I was confident that this heartless, unforgiving, cold newspaper would suggest stoning this poor lady or even hanging her from the Southern Standard sign post.

I have suspected for a long time this columnist gets his front page-breaking news from the walking eagles at the coffee shop. Now the source is verified.

I am not a member of this or any other walking eagles group, but I do get out in the community and this question is not a burning concern that I hear. I hear people expressing forgiveness, love and the desire for Mary to get her children back and to let her get started living the rest of her life.

The psychiatrists gave the community good advice about this question. They advised there was no reason for the community to be concerned about this question. I expect this type of sleaze from ‘The Today Show,’ but I did not expect this milking of headlines from my newspaper.

Sam Allen
Hickory Blvd.
McMinnville