From time to time, I’ve written in this space about my late friend David W. Miller, who was killed by a drunk driver a little more than three years ago — I’ve provided updates on the scholarship named after him, etc. Last fall, I described how the man who killed David and two other people was up for parole, and urged readers to sign an online petition asking that parole be denied. Nearly 1,700 people signed their name to the document. I don’t know how many of them learned about the petition from reading The Corner, but I do know that many of you attached your names and for that I’m grateful. Thank you very much. And by the way, you helped make a difference: Yesterday, Michael Reck was denied parole.

David’s widow and his mother sent an email to friends:

We cannot thank you all enough for the support you’ve provided us – always, but especially during the sentencing in December 2002 and the parole hearing. We were absolutely stunned by the number of people who signed the petition. … There’s a lot of loneliness in grief, but the outpouring of affection for David and for us helps more than you can know. You can do one last thing for us. If you circulated our original request for help to friends and family who signed the petition and/or wrote a letter, please let them know of this outcome. We have no way of contacting the 1,700 people who signed the petition because we do not know most of them.

So I’ll say it again: Thank you, thank you, thank you!