SUE NORTON

JOURNEY OF HOPE...
from violence to healing

JOURNEY PARTICIPANT

 INDIANA, GEORGIA AND VIRGINIA

“Our society needs to remember the Golden Rule and “do unto others as we would want to be done unto,” not “do unto others as they do unto us.”  Our children are being shown double standards and we have no one to blame but ourselves when they go out and commit homicides.  We cannot expect to blatantly kill others and live in hate without the repercussions of those sins upon our nation.  Why can’t we act like the humane society we aspire to be and let offenders live in controlled settings instead of killing them?  Then we could spend the vast funds we would save on our children, who are suffering in their minds and souls and need our help.”

  Sue Norton                    

 Arkansas City, Kansas

 Profile:

Sue Norton’s elderly parents were killed for $10.00 and an old truck during a robbery on their Oklahoma farm.  In the courtroom after the offender received the death sentence, Sue told him that she had never hated anyone in her life, and that she was not going to start with him.  After learning about the offender’s life of abuse and rejection, she began visiting with him.  His life has been changed thorough her friendship, courage, and faith.  Sue has found that real human beings live in prisons, not the animals we are told to expect.  “When they are treated with the love of God,” she says, “we see that love reflected.”

Reprinted with permission from Not In Our Name: Murder Victims Families Speak Out Against the Death Penalty, a publication of Murder Victims Families For Reconciliation, Barbara Hood & Rachel King, Editors; MVFR

 

THE JOURNEY'S FAVORITE SUE NORTON SITES: 

WOMAN FORGIVES, BEFRIENDS MAN WHO KILLED HER FATHER

REAL STORIES OF FORGIVENESS

MOTHERS WHO THINK: THE FORGIVEN

DEATH PENALTY NEWS: WORLDWIDE

I DON'T HAVE TO HATE

THE PERSONAL PAGE OF SUE NORTON -- EMAIL ME

SUE NORTON BELIEVES IN FORGIVENESS FOR EVERYONE  McALESTER NEWS-CAPITAL & DEMOCRAT BY DOUG RUSSELL  WRITERRUSSELL@YAHOO.COM

 

 

 

 

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