Reader letter: When it comes to 'criminals' we need to show mercy
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In a recent Windsor Star news story, reporter Trevor Wilhelm, covering the opening of a coroner’s inquest into the death of Chad Romanick, quoted the widow speaking of the “gentle, patient, thoughtful” man who developed a drug addiction and was depressed and suicidal. Romanick was accused of attempted murder and killed himself when police showed […]

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