<quote> so what do you suggest this man gets as punishment if he's convicted? </quote>
And what would be the purpose of punishing such a person in a cruel manner, what would it accomplish? Teach him a lesson so he won't do it again? Locking him up for the rest of his life also prevents him from doing it again, probably much more effectively then any other choice except death. Use him as an object lesson to others considering such a crime? But people who do this kind of thing don't sit down and think about the consequences before hand. Make one feel good that he got as bad or worse as his victims? What does that say about one? I say, yes the act was horrible, simply remove this man for society and be done with it. No need to behave horrifically just because he is a horror. I prefer the lock him up for the rest of his life approach over the kill him approach. While guilt is reasonably clear cut in cases such as this, there are many more where the evidence is not as clear and there is just way too many mistakes made that get the wrong person punished for me to be completely comfortable with a punishment that is permanent and irreversible. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157131 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
