hahahahah ya beat me to it. but whattaya spect from a guy who resides in a state where they still have a firing squad?
i know it all too well. i got stuck with about 100,000 unsold 'utah capital criminals are well-hung' bumperstickers.
I understand the need for vengence. I understand the need to feel like justice has been served.
But will killing him bring Lacey and Connor back? No. Will it make what he did any less heinous? No.
I'm caught, I really am. On the one hand, I'm aware of how miserable life on death row can be.....and on the other, I can understand the reasoning behind "well, Laci won't live to see the sunrise again, so why should he" mentality.
The impact statements broke my heart. laci's mother on the stand, describing her funeral...how she knew that laci and connor were in the same casket, but that she also knew that laci didn't have any arms to hold her son with......even now it brings tears to my eyes.
but it still doesn't give me the feeling that executing him would be just punishment.
I can see why, given your occupation.
But how can a humane death be retribution for what he did?