In February of 1998, Darlie Routier wrote a piece for Cosmopolitan Magazine from the discomfort of her new home, a cell on death row in a womens’ prison facility. Routier urged the readers to put faith in her claims of innocence. In the article, Darlie uses pathos to make the reader feel fear, pity, and disgust. The author also uses diction to give the reader a more vivid image of what happened that night according to her. One the night of June 6th, 1996, Darlie Routier awoke to every mother’s worst nightmare: her two boys were fighting for their lives after being stabbed several times by an intruder. Less than two weeks after the death of her children, the local police placed Darlie under arrest for the murder of her two boys with no basis
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A private memorial service was [held] first, with only adults present. After that, Darlie’s mom told the hysterical Darlie that she might frighten the children who were arriving for the party if she didn't stop crying (Davis, “Please Listen”). The author appeals to reasoning when she described her unusual disposition while at her sons’ funerals. According to Darlie, “The prosecution made it appear that I was coldly celebrating the death of my kids. I was celebrating their lives… Besides, I was in shock, drugged out on painkillers from my wounds” (Routier, “I Didn’t Do It”). The writer arguably commits the post-hoc fallacy when defending herself by explaining, “When our boys were killed, the police department in our town needed to make an arrest. After an incredibly sloppy investigation, with which Darin and I cooperated fully, they turned around and arrested me” (Routier, “I Didn’t Do It”). This statement may be considered the author committing the post-hoc fallacy by implying that since the fact that the police needed an arrest before her arrest; it is the primary reason she was taken into
A private memorial service was [held] first, with only adults present. After that, Darlie’s mom told the hysterical Darlie that she might frighten the children who were arriving for the party if she didn't stop crying (Davis, “Please Listen”). The author appeals to reasoning when she described her unusual disposition while at her sons’ funerals. According to Darlie, “The prosecution made it appear that I was coldly celebrating the death of my kids. I was celebrating their lives… Besides, I was in shock, drugged out on painkillers from my wounds” (Routier, “I Didn’t Do It”). The writer arguably commits the post-hoc fallacy when defending herself by explaining, “When our boys were killed, the police department in our town needed to make an arrest. After an incredibly sloppy investigation, with which Darin and I cooperated fully, they turned around and arrested me” (Routier, “I Didn’t Do It”). This statement may be considered the author committing the post-hoc fallacy by implying that since the fact that the police needed an arrest before her arrest; it is the primary reason she was taken into