ON THE STREET

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think about the20judge's decision to reduce au pair Louise Woodward's sentence from life in prison to manslaughter?"

Amy Hyde, Cape Girardeau:

"I agree with the reduction of the sentence because there was evidence of a prior injury."

Toni Cartwright, Scott City:

"It's so hard because coming from a parent's standpoint nothing can recover the loss of your child. So, if you think at all she ended the child's life, I say throw the book at her. Then again, the parents didn't show a whole lot of remorse. I feel that if she in any way ended that child's life, even if there was a pre-existing physical injury, she should have life in prison."

Jackie Bushong, Benton:

"I didn't approve of it. Something went wrong with that baby, and there is more to it than meets the eye."

Juanita Miller, Cape Girardeau:

"I really have mixed feelings about it. I can understand if I were the parents how I'd feel, and then if I were the parents of the nanny, how I'd feel about it. I've just been puzzled by it."

Mark Caldwell, Cape Girardeau:

"I just think he must of had a good reason to do so. She was so young, and maybe he wasn't sure that it was intentional."