Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger... "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." ...At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there... "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
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Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me?
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On the surface, Ken Moore seems like a normal guy. Nothing special. A single parent with sole custody of a seven-year-old daughter and two-year-old son, Moore was just trying to make a living for his kids as best he could.

On Dec. 16, 2004, Moore was southbound on Bryant Avenue in north Edmond, heading home from work with his daughter in the family's Dodge Durango. That's about all Moore remembers of that day.

What he can't remember is how his life was changed by George Crafton, who hasn't gone to trial yet and is innocent until proven guilty. Crafton was northbound on Bryant that evening in his Chevy Suburban, munching on a taco and sipping a vodka and Coke he fixed for the road at his girlfriend's house. Drawn later at the hospital, the alcohol level in Crafton's blood was 0.23 percent, nearly three times Oklahoma's legal limit.

The collision left Moore with compound fractures in both arms and legs, a ruptured aorta, liver damage and a punctured lung. His daughter also was hurt in the accident, though not as badly. During Moore's hospital stay, his heart stopped beating seven different times, so he now has a pacemaker to go along with the titanium rods and pins that hold the bones in his arms and legs together.

Moore is looking forward to Sept. 1. He's hopeful, without getting his hopes up. That's the day Moore is tentatively scheduled to go home from the hospital for the first time. Eight and a half months after the accident. Only two things have to happen in the next week for a Sept. 1 discharge. First, the abscess on his liver has to heal so the tube in his chest can be removed. After that happens, he'll need another surgery on his right leg to replace the original rod and pins that were inserted there.

Perhaps going home would be more exciting for Moore if he had a home to go to. Because he hasn't been able to work for eight months, the house was lost long ago. He probably won't be able to go back to work when he's released from the hospital, either. Moore had no health insurance, Crafton only minimal insurance, and the medical bills already exceed $1 million. The kids are in Kansas with a relative. Moore hasn't seen them in forever, but he calls them every night from the hospital.

Ken Moore doesn't know what he's going to do on Sept. 1, other than trust in God to provide. Sometime in the future, Moore will meet Crafton at Crafton's trial, which, if the state has its way, will result in a lengthy prison sentence.

But Moore doesn't want Crafton to go to prison. He'd much prefer a deferred sentence, with counseling, rehabilitation and a chance for Crafton to get his life back together again. That, he says, is what God has put on his heart.

"Everything happens for a purpose. That's what I believe," Moore says.

On the surface, Ken Moore seems like a normal guy.