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NEW YORK -- Andrew Kelly was driving drunk the night his Jeep
hit Vionique Valnord-Kassime in Brooklyn about a year ago. She
was trying to hail a cab. He was speeding by.  She died. He
lived.  The details are horrifyingly similar to the sad tales
repeated every day in other places. In this case, a 30-something
off-duty New York City police officer struck and killed a
30-something woman. She was black. He is white.  A week or so
ago, Kelly met the woman's family in court. He got the surprise
of his life. And so did the rest of us.  Kelly had struck a deal
with the D.A., pleading guilty to second-degree vehicular
manslaughter and leaving the police department. He got off with
90 days in jail. But that's not the real story.  Leaving court,
Kelly approached the victim's family and apologized. Then,
Varius Valnord, a Church of God pastor whose daughter died that
awful night, looked him i