ID: look for the good and praise it

Calvin Campbell was my colleague back in Idaho. He is a good man:

Attempted murder charge dropped against Hagerman woman

Charges have been dropped against a Hagerman woman arrested in the attempted murder of an elderly man in her care. "She's a free woman," said Gina Mulder, spokeswoman for the Gooding County prosecutor's office about Kathleen Marie Allen, 49...

"It was a perfect storm," said Gooding County Prosecuting Attorney Calvin H. Campbell. "Her stress level was huge, she hadn't been getting any sleep ... She was so out of touch with reality that the intent to ask somebody to kill somebody wasn't there."

Campbell said that after examining the defendant, his mental health expert determined she was too mentally ill at the time of the alleged crime to be held liable for it... Campbell said that in the interest of justice, the charges against Allen would be dismissed. "I have an obligation," he said, "if I don't believe I have enough evidence for the charge."

Now that the case is closed and she has been released with no further charges pending, Campbell said he doubts she is a risk to the public. "It was a combination of unique circumstances," he said. "I don't think it will happen again."

South-central Idaho is blessed with more than its share of honorable prosecutors. Calvin is one of them.