Originally Posted by
Flatline
I just feel that at this point, we have him in custody and have the ability to put him in jail for the rest of his life. At this point killing him is just revenge. The Lord should decide his eternal fate in heaven, I do not know a single person on this planet capable of determining what God wants of him.
To me our penal system (both in society and as a human race) has two purposes, either to rehabilitate or to separate those who cannot be rehabilitated from society. This man cannot be rehabilitated, so our place it to keep him from offending again, to which life in prison should suffice.
If my kids were the victims I would not want the death penalty. Killing him fixes nothing. That being said if somehow he was not convicted and roamed our streets, your damn right I'd kill him.
People's religious and moral views are what direct our way through life. I cannot imagine anybody who is not disturbed and angry by this mans horrendous actions, and every body is entitled to their own emotional reactions and options.
I once took care of a 7 year old kid who had planned to commit suicide and had made an unsuccessful gesture. He grew up in a single mother house hold, and his 11 year old sister had made suicidal threats and thus had attention given to her as a result. He has no idea of permanence, he did not understand that death was forever and was willing to kill himself for his mother's attention. Surely killing a child is worth the death penalty if molestation is. Should we kill his sister? She had been the direct example he had followed. Should we kill his mother? She did not give him enough attention, or provide for counselling in regards to his sister's behaviour and how it was inappropriate. Maybe we should kill his father, he was the reason the sister had problems after all.
Our job in a situation like this is to resolve the problem. With the seven year old putting someone in prison would solve nothing, let alone the death penalty. The whole family was in need of support and counselling.
That sick pervert will never be fixed, and killing him does nothing to sooth the pain for the families or the victims. He needs to be separated for society. The moment he touches the fence I hope the guard in the tower shoots him dead, but if he as a threat is managed by the prison then he should rot there.
I understand that I am new here and I hope that I'm not stepping on anybody's toes, these are just my opinions. So far I cannot blame anyone's opinion in here, they are just not mine. I will only become concerned when someone says that he can be rehabilitated or should be free.
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