TRIAL EXCERPTS

“I never set out to harm Candace [Tift], nor did I knowingly or willfully act irresponsibly. ... The pain of losing a partner is unforgiving. God knows that if I could give my life to bring Candace back I would humbly go there.”

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“Her loss has clearly created a void that nothing, no judgment could ever fit.”

Judge Daniel McNerney

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“I ask myself daily who is this person I see in the mirror? The woman who’s screaming inside ‘My dead daughter, I want her back. I want her back.’”

“A walk on the sidewalk has become a walk of anxiety as I too worry if I’ll get hit.”

Mary Logan

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“This is a horrible, terrible tragedy on both sides. ... But I want you to know whatever emotion you saw on my mother’s face during the trial, it was just a way to get by.”

Janene Johns’ son

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“It’s a living hell. I want you to know that since the accident when I took Candace, my life has not merely gone on.

The hole I’ve created in both families’ hearts will never be filled.”