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inda Holman called 911 in a panic. She was driving to work and her estranged husband, Allen Holman, was chasing her, ramming her car. She told the dispatcher that he was trying to kill her. When she spotted a police cruiser in a grocery store parking lot, she screeched in beside it. Her attacker made a quick turn and sped away. The police officer saw the terror on Linda's face and told her to stay put - more officers were coming. He took off to find Allen, but Allen circled back to the parking lot, where Linda sat trembling in her car. He shot her twice in the back with a shotgun. She was dead by the time help arrived. At McDaniel. Christina gained the confidence to share her story and discovered an academic framework through which she could seek to understand it. Far away in Maryland, Linda's daughter, Debbie Hartless, and to-year-old granddaughter, Christina Marlow, were enjoying day at a local amusement a park when they got a phone call with the terrible news. Christina remembers the somber car ride south to view the quiet body her once-gregarious 49-year-old of grandmother with the spiky red hair nose ring. and "She was the cool grandmother," she says. "We would with the windows wide drive down the road together open, listening and singing to Hanson." That was in 1997. Eleven years later, Allen Holman on death row in North Carolina awaiting execution sits by lethal injection. Christina and her mother have been waiting too, for what sometimes seems like a lifetime. The murder of her grandmother by man who was a her biological grandfather but whom she knew as not PopPop, and the subsequent years spent following the case through the courts, overshadowed Christina's childhood, tainting it with grief and the sense that "I was different," she says. "I had to grow up kind of fast." after she arrived at McDaniel that she It was only gained the confidence to share the story of her family's trauma and discovered all academic framework through which she could seek to understand it. This new understanding has put her on a career path that may seem surprising. She plans to become a criminal defense attorney and argue against the death penalty. At 5 feet 10 inches tall with long brunette hair and a maturity beyond her years, Christina is a commanding presence. "I can't believe she's my kid. She's always there for me. The roles have kind of reversed," says Hartless, 40, a phlebotomist who rents a home few a minutes' drive from campus in Finksburg. "There's not a day that goes by that we don't talk at least twice." On july 28, Linda Holman's "death day," Christina always makes sure she's with her mom. "I dread the day because Mom gets so upset." But the women share good times together, too, and think of each other as "best friends," they both say. This summer, Christina and her boyfriend treated both of their mothers to a Hooue & the Blowfish concert. And Christina has proposed the idea that her mom relocate with her when it's time to go to law school. "I have a lotof respect for my morn. She's very loving and caring and she raised me on her own," says Christina, indulging in a rare show of pride. "She did good." Hartless was just 19 when she gave birth to Christina, She raised her daughter alone, working hard to earn enough money to provide for both of their needs without the benefit of even a high school diploma. "I made a pact with myself that if Iever had a child, there wouldn't be any unnecessary craziness like the kind [ grew up with," says Hartless. "My family was very dysfunctional. My mother married multiple times and brought many people into our lives. I respected my mother and r loved her, but she made some poor choices." Hartless eventually earnecl her diploma and made sure Christina knew about the importance of an education, butshe adds, "Christina has always been a hard worker. I didn't have to teach her that." Now a senior, Christina is pursuing dual majors in both psychology and sociology with a concentration in criminal justice (she also has a minor in Spanish). Her CPA is just under 4.0 and in the spring she was awarded department's top honor, the Vox Magna the SOCiology Clara Award, given annually to the major who notably For the discipline and the demonstrates enthusiasm potential for tackling social problems through leadership and community involvement. Christina works 18 The Hill
part time at the law firm of Kathi Hill '80 and is pre· paring to take the LSAT exam with hopes of attending ~ top law school. She also supports herself by bartendmg at the Greene Turtle several nights a week. "We call her the girl with 37 jobs," says Hill with obvious admiration. Hill, who teaches at McDaniel part time, first met Christina in her Legal Forensics class. She brought her into the firm as an intern and then offered her a job when the internship ended. Christina is just the second student with whom she's been impressed enough to hire in 12 years practicing criminal and family law at Hill and Barnes in Westminster. Given her background, Hill adds, Christina's interest in criminal defense law "just goes to show the depth of Christina. She's able to get beyond her personal experience and see the broader picture." In April, Kirk Bloodsworth, an innocent man who spent nearly a decade on death row until DNA evidence set him free, lectured on campus. The women were inspired by his story. "Christina understands that the death penalty is the ultimate decision," Hill says. When It cernes to capital punishment, Christina and her mom - as dose as they are - sec things differently. Both share the opinion that murderer Allen Holman is despicable. "He's very anti-social; he's not remorseful at all," says Christina. Her mother says: "He didn't let my own mother grow old with me. Of her six grandchildren, my mother only got to meet Christina. 1 probably never know why he did this." will Holma.n's ~xecution, Hartless says, "won't bring her back, but It will be closure for me and I think for Christina as well." Whc'liJcomesrocapiJul punishmenl.ChriS/illl! ~l1dhermomseeJhings differenlly. Autumn 2008 19
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