SHARON HILL - As authorities urged the owner of a black Mercedes-Benz believed involved in the fatal hit-and-run of a 16-year-old township girl in Sharon Hill Sunday night, her mother Thursday expressed forgiveness to the person being sought in her death.

I understand the Christian concept of forgiveness. I have a strong personal belief, however, that forgiveness is something that needs to be asked for, at least with a heartfelt apology, and not just given out unilaterally.
The spineless driver who killed this girl does not yet deserve forgiveness, since he or she could not even have bothered to stop and offer help, or come forward on their own accord to the police.