Marking a p.d.'s fall

Christian County, Kentucky public defender Thomas R. Snider died this past June in a car accident while on his way back from visiting a client in the Caldwell County jail. He was 26, graduated from law school in 2003.

He's been honored by the proclamation of "Thomas R. Snider" day by the local court, and by the planting of a tree in his memory in the courthouse lawn.

I like that. In the event of my untimely demise, scatter half my ashes next to the Salmon River, and use the rest to mulch the tree you plant for me at the courthouse. That way I can keep an eye on the prosecutors in perpetuity.