Despite the announcement that Patricia Dunn will surrender to authorities now that California Attorney General Bill Lockyer indicted her with the felony of fraudulently obtaining phone records, she may never see trial. The former chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard is starting chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, after beating cancer twice before.

Stage four ovarian cancer is incurable, and chemotherapy is obviously a taxing treatment. If Lockyer decides to drag Dunn into court, he'll have a hard time convicting someone who's lost her hair due to cancer treatments.

Ex-Leader Among 5 Charged in Hewlett Case [NY Times]
Dunn faces recurrent cancer threat [Houston Chronicle]

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