a REAL example of a crazy cat lady...

in paging through my course materials for my capital punishment class, i saw that the reading for next week includes a article entitled "The Deadliest D.A." from the July 16, 1995 NYT Magazine.

the piece's introduction, which is really too funny not to share, is as follows:

It's local prosecutors, not judges or governors, who most often decide which criminlas live or die for their crimes. Of these, no one is more zealous in seeking the death penalty than Philadelphia's Lynne Abraham. Along with Impressionist art and cats, it's her passion -- and a source of her overwhelming political success.

um, meow.