Mooresville Tribune Letter to the Editor: Sabrina Barnes

It is a disgrace that an award was offered and received on Sept. 14 to two Mooresville police investigators who were responsible in part for the conviction of Misty Witherspoon - an innocent young mother sentenced to life in prison without parole, whose children pray and cry for their mother every night, whose children are forced to take a 2 2/1 hour ride every other Saturday to see their momma and don't understand why she can't come home.

Misty's not in prison because she's guilty of first-degree murder in teh death of her husband, Quinn. She's there because of her statesment change and the fact taht Quinn was a police officer. Misty was not tried for killing her husband, she was tried for killing a police officer.

I can't believe the system would reward such a detrimental outcome. Is this an attempt by the system to convince themselves and others that justice was served?

My brother would be ashamed of the judicial system he loved so and chose to protect with his very life. And if you believe that Quinn is at peace, then you didn't know Quinn at all!

Quinn was a man of principles, even if it meant standing alone, but Quinn doesn't have to stand alone. He is the driving force behind me! He wants justice and we're here and fighting for him, the truth and Misty!

Sabrina Witherspoon Barnes
Mooresville

Oxygen tapes in Iredell for show on Witherspoons

Mooresville has attained varying degrees of notoriety for a number of things.

It is the headquarters of Lowe’s Home Improvement, the home base of NASCAR legends, favorites and up-and-comers and a destination because of its proximity to Lake Norman.

But national TV audiences will soon get to know Race City USA as the place where one its residents snapped.

A television crew has been in Iredell County for the past week examining the murder of former Concord police officer Quinn Witherspoon, who was killed while taking an afternoon nap in his Mooresville home two years ago.

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