[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=CA renter]
BTW, I wonder if people would be less sympathetic if it were a man who did all of these things.[/quote]

I think the reaction would be worse if she were a Black women on welfare, with 5 kids, living in Skyline. She would have been put away for a long time already.

edit: actually that was a stupid comment because a person on welfare would not be bidding on a house in Carmel Valley.[/quote]

You may be right, although it’s hard to tease out the effect of quality of counsel when dealing with comparisons between people of different economic circumstances.

This was such a crazy (and extended) response. I can see being very disappointed in the short term – and although I wouldn’t agree with it, it wouldn’t surprise me for someone like Kathy Rowe to act spitefully for a few days after losing the house. The thing is, she was able to keep up a pretty significant level of anger (somewhat obsessively) for what appears to be weeks after the victim closed on the home. For this reason, I would say this is something of a one-off, and as such it’s hard to compare how others (men, black women) would have been treated.