The brazen bandit stole several diamond watches, a pearl necklace, earrings, and gold and silver necklaces in the heist last Friday, cops said.

I was shocked. I felt violated. But I soon got to know the man who did it, and I came to understand his life, his dreams, his fears. Is prison really the place for a man like this? Are my little trinkets worth his freedom? I'm anguishing over it.