Letters to the Editor: Nov 23-29, 2007
November 29, 2007
Setting the Record Straight
I notice this account of the Renato Hughes case omits the fact the homeowner’s son was beaten with a baseball bat during the robbery, causing brain damage (“Uncommon Injustice,” Rodel Rodis, Nov. 9). The son lives in a rehabilitation center and can no longer feed himself. Break into someone’s home at 4 a.m. and beat their child with a baseball bat? Expect to get shot, and consider yourself lucky if you only get life in prison.
Kerry Maxwell
Via Web site
Significant Other?
Gordon and I were married between his prison time in Arizona and MacNeil Island, and our twins were born a few weeks after his release (“Gordon Hirabayashi’s Story Sees the Light of Dawn,” Reel Stories, Nov. 2). I wish I could see this play, and I wonder what, if any, my role was in it!
Esther Hirabayashi
Via Web site
Hoop, There It Is
These girls came out of one of the best Amateur Athletic Union programs in the country, and there are other younger Asians who have skills that are up and coming (“Filipina Female Basketball Players With Fast Feet,” Nov. 16). They will make some noise!
Peter Lo
Via Web site
Correction:
In the Nov. 11 Yin-Yang column, the Japanese baseball pioneer referred to by American Pastime associate producer Kerry Yo Nakagawa was Wally Yonamine.
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