Why the Green Mile is a pleasant alternative

TERRY PRONE — like poor aul Dicey Riley — must have taken to the sup, if her latest gem of a column is anything to go by (Irish Examiner, Jan 19).

Why the Green Mile is a pleasant alternative
Wed, 21 Jan, 2004 - 00:00

Have the Magdalen laundries not taught us enough about guilt, shame and retribution without trying to give them all the kiss of life within the walls of modern prison life?

Personally, I’d happily walk the Green Mile (without one of her smiles) rather than spend time under any correctional regimen designed by her ladyship.

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