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People aren't inherently sympathetic.

I was brought up to be sympathetic toward others.

I haven't been part of the criminal world.

During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.

My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.

I know I didn't want to get caught up in the cycle of drugs and violence that was around me. Deep down inside, I felt there was something better outside the situation I was in.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

I realized crime isn't the only way you can judge people. People can do good things, and people can do bad things. It's probably better to understand people for the good things they do.

The murder of my husband by the railways has altered the way I think about everything. I had always thought that the majority of people were decent and honourable. In the wake of the crash, what made me angry more than anything else was the realisation that this was not true. I still find it very hard to come to terms with.

I'm not supposed to say it, but I was not guilty of any crime. I became a target because I was a strong and a rich woman who had been very successful.