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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 02 > When texting kills, does the punishment fit the crime?

When texting kills, does the punishment fit the crime?

British case ignites debate over sentencing

By Elisabeth Rosenthal / The Bulletin
November 2, 2009

OXFORD, England — Inside the imposing British Crown Court here, Phillipa Curtis, 22, and her parents cried when she was remanded for 21 months to a high-security women’s prison, for killing someone much like herself. The victim was Victoria McBryde, 24, an up-and-coming university-trained....

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