Prosecutors agreed Tuesday to dismiss criminal charges against a retired Northern Kentucky University professor accused of dismantling an anti-abortion display if the dispute can be resolved through mediation.
Two weeks ago prosecutors had declined to drop the charges against Sally Jacobsen in exchange for community service, an offer that was extended to, and accepted by, six of her students also accused in the incident.
Campbell District Judge Karen Thomas said officials from the university, student government and Northern Kentucky Right to Life would attend the mediation. If the sides cannot come to a mutual agreement by June 27, the criminal case against Jacobsen will proceed.
Jacobsen was photographed with her students, destroying 400 crosses that wre part of a pro-life display. She originally told the press:
"Any violence perpetrated against that silly display was minor compared to how I felt when I saw it. Some of my students felt the same way, just outraged."
Although she later said she regretted her actions, she sent out an email advising her students to avoid talking to the police and attacking pro-life groups (I guess she is still the victim).
It would certainly be refreshing if, through mediation, Jacobsen actually apologized to Northern Right to Life, a group of students who worked quite hard to set up the display in memory of the unborn who would have attended their school had abortion not claimed their lives.
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