<p>I just wanted to wish shoebox, powderpuff, and all of the UVA kids who post on here good luck and best wishes on your exams. I know it has been an extremely hard time for all of you to focus on your academics because of the tragic events from this past week. I hope you can find some peace and get through your finals with flying colors. Hang tough.</p>
<p>KankKsmom, thank you so much for your kind words of support and best wishes. Everything you wrote is so true about this past week. Yes, hang tough, will do.</p>
<p>Horribly sad and this young woman and her family have been on my mind all week. I know that this incident could have happened anywhere and that the majority of UVA students are upstanding, smart, and caring folks, and I hope their final exam week goes smoothly and they can soon be at home or at their summer program and attempt to regroup.</p>
<p>What this tells me is that we need to be a bit more willing to intervene when we see something wrong.</p>
<p>It’s Mother’s Day. I am sure a lot of your mothers are thinking about the suffering of Yeardley Love’s mom and George Huguely’s mom. Don’t forget to pick up the phone and wish your moms a happy Mother’s Day and tell them how much you love them.</p>
<p>Good luck to UVA students with your finals!</p>
<p>[Defense</a> Attorneys in UVA Lacrosse Murder Case Point to Prescription Drug - FoxNews.com](<a href=“Defense Attorneys in UVA Lacrosse Murder Case Point to Prescription Drug | Fox News”>Defense Attorneys in UVA Lacrosse Murder Case Point to Prescription Drug | Fox News)</p>
<p>How sad. Thanks for the article, nice to know Yeardley hasn’t been forgotten. I hope this doesn’t fly, and I doubt it will, there’s no way to prove his beating isn’t what caused the heart rhythm, if that’s even true.</p>
<p>What’s worse is kids do Adderall all the time and do just fine. Even the ones that snort it don’t have these types of problems. How convenient for Mr.George’s extremely expensive attorneys…</p>
<p>I hope this guy’s high priced Dream Team doesn’t get him off. If everyone in college that took ADD meds keeled over campuses would be littered with bodies. Being bashed into the wall would cause my heart to reach abnormal levels, but the head injury was the COD.</p>
<p>While I can see their strategy I also can see they have no regard for the victim or the public. I hope this backfires into a murder 1 conviction and life in jail. Scumbags.</p>
<p>[C-Ville:</a> This Just In](<a href=“http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=post&pid=12032212103743098]C-Ville:”>http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=post&pid=12032212103743098)</p>
<p>Phew. Exposing Yeardley anymore would have been terrible for her and even more painful for her family, simply because that stuff should be private. The defense was just wildly fishing with that one and I’m glad the judge saw through it. Sounds like she had such a trace amount too which means it was nearly entirely out of her system.</p>
<p>Been at the trial. Defense attorneys are ridiculous. Think I would rather send my child to a different school.</p>
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<p>Defense attorneys have nothing to do with the university.</p>
<p>Justice served, swift and fair. Probably 20+ years without parole. Fair enough.</p>
<p>One reporter says she has watched hundreds of major trials. She said she has seen many defense attorneys cry, often as a scripted piece of acting. However, this was the first case in which she saw a prosecutor cry during arguments.</p>
<p>For the first time ever I am going to agree with barrons. Almost. I think the system was fair here, but I think Huguely’s parents should be thrown in jail with him.</p>
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<p>Am I missing something? When a person becomes an adult, aren’t they responsible for their own actions? The 3rd grade boy in WA who brought a gun to school that accidentally went off and critically wounded a classmate – his parents should be held responsible for allowing an 8 year old access to a weapon; a 22 year old intoxicated male who in a jealous rage takes the life of his ex-girlfriend is solely responsible for his actions. We don’t know really what kind of parents the Hugleys were, so I refuse to pass judgement. I know, they, like the Loves, are grieving. My heart goes out to both families. This was a senseless tragedy.</p>
<p>This is a vicious crime, not a “tragedy,” but if you insist on calling it a tragedy then the parents are to blame for it. This “22 year old intoxicated male who in a jealous rage [took] the life of his ex-girlfriend” wasn’t created out of thin air. The warning signs were all there, but rather than do the hard work all indications are that his parents abdicated their responsibilities. </p>
<p>I’m fine with the boy being privileged and living the good life – my kids haven’t wanted for very much either – but with privilege comes responsibility. I’ve read a lot about Huguely, and a lot came out at the trial, but I’ve never read anything suggesting that Huguely ever did anything of real significance for the benefit of any other human being besides himself. And if that’s the case then it’s only because his parents never did anything to instill that value – or, at a minimum, to require it of him. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t volunteering in too many soup kitchens or contemplating service in the Peace Corps after college. No, no. He was too busy being a completely self-centered “boy athlete,” and his parents were letting it happen. So, sorry, but yes I do lay the blame at the parents.</p>
<p>If you’re not willing to do the hard work involved in raising kids then, please, spare the rest of us and don’t have them.</p>
<p>“if you’re not willing to do the hard work involved in raising kids then, please, spare the rest of us and don’t have them.”</p>
<p>Sure, some people enable bad behaviors in their children, but how about the people that do the hard work and their kids still turn out rotten. It does happen and you have no idea how this kid was raised. And even if his parents were horrible parents, to say they are culpable for Yardley’s murder is ludicrous.</p>
<p>There are some parents who have multiple children, and one, for whatever reason, goes astray while his/her siblings turn out to be perfect, upstanding citizens. Behavior can’t always be attributed to poor parenting. At some point, people are responsible for their own behavior and must be held accountable and suffer the consequences. John Wayne Gacey, for example, was 36 when he was caught for murdering over 33 people. Should his older parents be imprisoned too? By your logic, every single person who is convicted of a crime should have their parents in there with them as well. Again, I might be inclined to agree with you for minors but not adults; Huguely is now 24 – responsible for his own actions.</p>
<p>I agree with jc40 and TV4caster 100%. We do not know how Huguely was raised. We cannot judge/blame the parents. </p>
<p>I am touched by the following statements made by the Love family, Teresa Sullivan (President of UVa), and Marta Murphy (mother of Huguely):</p>
<p>[After</a> George Huguely convicted, Yeardley Love’s family: ’Heaven has an angel like no other’ - Crime Scene - The Washington Post](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/after-george-huguely-convicted-yeardley-loves-family-speaks-heaven-has-an-angel-like-no-other/2012/02/23/gIQAyziiVR_blog.html?tid=pm_local_pop]After”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/after-george-huguely-convicted-yeardley-loves-family-speaks-heaven-has-an-angel-like-no-other/2012/02/23/gIQAyziiVR_blog.html?tid=pm_local_pop)</p>
<p>As Teresa Sullivan said, “…It remains now to each of us to commit to caring for one another and, when we see someone in trouble, to having the courage to intercede and offer assistance. Our sympathy and compassion go to the Love family, as well as to the Huguely family, as they face the future and their personal grief.”</p>
<p>First- I think Teresa Sullivan’s comment was horrible. To couple the Love family in with the Huguely family’s sorrow…please. Is their son dead? beaten up? Second- How about UVA rehiring and giving a raise to Starsia( men’s lacrosse coach) in the middle of the trial. Heartless and insulting to the Love family. UVA is washing their hands of responsibility like they always do. Does anyone believe that the coach didn’t know what a loose cannon Huguely was? How about how he had to miss practice for community service because of his last crime or beating up his teammate while asleep. Does anyone think the coach didn’t know any of this! I think not. UVA needs to show some compassion and responsibility for the welfare of their students. Who wants their child to live in a “lacrosse getto” quote from Fran Lawrence, Huguely’s attorney.</p>