At 91, She Was Taken Into Custody for Stealing Medication — but the Judge’s Words Brought Everyone to Tears
Helen Carter never imagined she would spend her ninety-first birthday standing under the harsh fluorescent lights of St.
Matthew’s Hospital, wrapped in a flimsy hospital gown, wrists encircled by cold metal cuffs. She had spent her entire life avoiding trouble. She had never been inside a police car.
She had never broken a single law. She had never even received a parking ticket — not once in nine decades of…
Helen Carter never imagined she would spend her ninety-first birthday standing under the harsh fluorescent lights of St.
Matthew’s Hospital, wrapped in a flimsy hospital gown, wrists encircled by cold metal cuffs. She had spent her entire life avoiding trouble. She had never been inside a police car.
She had never broken a single law. She had never even received a parking ticket — not once in nine decades of…
