Comments about ‘U.S. missionary convicted in Haiti, but free to go’

Better lives for Haiti means a change in their governmental system. It is anti business. NO foreign company can come in and make a profit. The bureaucracy will not allow an economy. Unless this changes sending money to Haiti is like putting money in a black hole.

Thank God. It is about time!!

At last shes outa there! You just cant help some people enough, and they (ruling haitians) remain defiant to change even as their own people die in the streets! Abominable! Primitive! Ignorant! Worse than abominable! Yeeeech!

As an adoptive parent I am outraged she got off with a few months served.

She has been convicted and goodness knows Haiti has more on it's plate than housing her for a long time but this woman was convicted of trying to remove children from a country without permission after having been told it's not okay to do, as if that isn't obvious, in order to eventually send them to yet another country. The US for instance. That is trafficking. She's been convicted and it can be said without the word alleged.

Her stunt made it difficult to get legitimately adopted kids out and home and also people needing medical care.

No deterrent for the future. If a parent can't feed their child after an earthquake you give them food. A real missionary would minister to the family. If she really wanted to help they would have sent their airfare to Haiti relief efforts, besides the carpenter who had skills? And really what could the carpenter do? The government has to approve, secure housing locations and codes? Were they going to change after the quake. Medical, rescue people every else stay home.