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Justice Is About Determining Innocence Or Guilt

To The Reader’s Forum: Without the acceptance of truth and justice, we will have a dictatorship not a democracy. We are facing a lot of vitriol condemning the fair and just decision of 12 jurors in Trump’s hush money trial. These jurors took a solemn oath to listen to the facts, disregard their feelings, weigh the merits of the case, then determine former President Trump’s innocence or guilt. If we can’t accept this, we are saying that we no longer want jurors to determine the innocence or guilt of any case that comes before a court. Instead, Trump’s supporters apparently ...

‘Saddened’ Over Verdict Opinion

To the Readers’ Forum: As someone who has twice had the privilege of serving on a jury, I was saddened to read U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy’s recent press release on the verdict in the Trump trial (https://langworthy.house.gov/media/press-releases/langworthy-statement-verdict-trump-trial ). Langworthy alleges that “a corrupt prosecutor, a corrupt judge, and a corrupt jury conspired to undermine our democracy in a manner more fitting of a banana republic than the United States of America.” Both times I served as a juror, I took my responsibilities very seriously and was ...

Girl Scouts Helps Shape Future Leaders

To The Reader’s Forum: On Thursday April 25, 2024, I attended the Girl Scouts of Western New York Awards Ceremony and Luncheon to honor the Women of Distinction. This annual event honors women in WNY who are chosen because they serve their community through volunteer work and their chosen profession, as well as provide leadership that shines a light on the accomplishments of women. This year, Rhonda Johnson, President and CEO of Weber Knapp, was honored along with four other women from Western New York. Rhonda Johnson is not only a respected woman in the manufacturing business, ...

New York Gun Laws Are Indeed Effective

To The Reader’s Forum: I don’t expect much from the editors of The Post-Journal but their opinion piece of April 20, 2024, suggesting that New York’s strict gun laws are not keeping firearms out of the wrong hands was a testament to their lack of basic journalism skills. Anyone in a position of responsibility who deems to state a public opinion on a subject serious gun crime has the obligation to do, at the very least, some basic research. Their loaded question, “New York’s doing a good job of keeping guns out of the wrong hands, isn’t it?”, is a case in point. ...

Remembering A Dark Past

To the Readers Forum: 9-11 has been over 20 years ago, but most of us remember how evil it was. Two planes crashed into the twin towers, one into the Pentagon, and one into a field in Pennsylvania. Many people were killed. The killers were Muslims who were pretending to be men interested in learning to fly places. The Muslims smiled and laughed, but they were evil men. And a little over a month ago evil Muslims attacked in Israel, but this time the evil of the Muslims was easier for people to see and feel. People were shot, heads cut off, women raped, and people taken captive. And ...

International Airport Designation Could Help Airport

To the Readers’ Forum: I have recently read the excellent commentary by the editor about a possible international designation at the airport in Jamestown. Bravo for putting the issue in the spotlight. Every time I have traveled from New York City (where I am a resident) to Jamestown (my hometown), I have lamented the fact that I could not fly into Jamestown. The airport in this community is lovely. It is well built, beautiful inside and outside, and convenient. It needs to function at the highest level. The editor is absolutely correct about the need for an active airport here. ...