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European Union). The public response was so large that reporters of two Germany TV channels (RTL and ZDF) visited Courtney in prison and made an interview with her. As ZDF Channel transmits from Washington and New York, Courtney about herself: from Courtney’s Facebook notes Courtney in TV broadcasting The published articles attracted large attention among readers not only in Germany speaking countries, but also among other readers that are able to read Germany (and there is a lot of such readers because Germany is one of the official languages of the maybe also TV watchers in USA could see Courtney Schulhoff on their screens. Germany television RTL included the interview with Courtney in the evening news on May 7, 2009m and the redactor appreciated the interview as so much interesting that a short trailer to the interview was included immediately at the beginning of the news. The following text are selected passages from Courtney’s Facebook notes that – in my opinion – characterize her personality: Also, when I was 17 and still in the county jail, I wrote a story kind of like a life story at that particular time, and sent it to the authors of Chicken Soup For the Soul. They decided that they liked it and would use it for one of their books. Well, that book will be in stores July 1st of this year. It's called, "Serving Productive Time." I'm so excited! I love the title of the book! That's exactly how I'm aiming to serve my time. I've always wanted to publish a book since I was a little girl. To be published in a book along with others like me is awesome. I love to read, but the prison's library isn't that great to me, so it's become a dream to just get some stellar books. I like to read a lot, though. Right now, I'm studying different theories out of a Psychology Today magazine that another inmate threw on the ground outside. There are some interesting and cool things in there! I figure studying psychology will help me to understand the very different people that I've met and will meet while I'm in here. I've achieved a lot since I've been in prison. I got my GED at 17, certification in architectural drafting at 19, and certification as
a law clerk at 21. The goals that I've made to better myself as an individual, I've achieved, thus far. What's even better is that I still have more goals and I plan to achieve those, as well. I miss being normal. Just being a girl, I guess. In here, it's very hard to feel girly because we just sort of exist. I want to feel 21, you know? Have a job, go to school, and be human - not inmate #154495. I'm still a girl, not a number or statistic. I work in the prison's law library. I just became a certified law clerk trainee. I had training for 10 months. I applied for the job by attaching a resume that I made in my architectural drafting class to the application. "Nobody's ever done that," is what the supervisor said. After a year in drafting, I graduated and got accepted into the Law Library as a trainee. What we do (as a clerk) is assist inmates with filing and drafting motions to go into the courts, ranging from civil to Federal Courts. I enjoy studying law a lot. Law is very confusing, though. I only have a basic training in the law as of now, but I learn more and more every day. I enjoy my job very much. Another German television station wants to do an interview with me. I did one other German T.V. interview about 2-3 weeks ago that went well. This new channel is called ZDF German Public Broadcasting and they're broadcast out of Washington D.C. The other channel's out of New York. I want to understand why it is that Europe has more faith in me than the country that I live in!!! I'm grateful for the support - so very grateful. Do you think Europe can get the U.S. to open their eyes? Let me conclude: Courtney is a very sensitive and talented girl with aesthetic sense and sense of responsibility, she realizes what she wants to achieve and she has will to do everything for her aim; but it seems she is also rather complicated personality. If you have read the above Facebook passages – do you indeed mean that Courtney is “a baby-faced butcher” (as said one woman in Florida) or “a coldly calculating mastermind of the murder”? Do you indeed mean that “she deserves death penalty
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