I still don't get the logic of people supporting killing people for killing people...

[dem in texas]

34. People who prey on other people don't deserve to live

I will only comment on what I know. We had a case here in Lancaster, Texas where a woman killed her elderly neighbor. She got the old lady to open the door by asking to borrow a cup of sugar. Once inside, she killed the lady and even cut off her finger to get her ring. Then she stole her car and that is how they caught her. She was sentenced to death. It said in the paper that she had done the same thing to a least two other elderly ladies, but because she was already sentenced to death, the other cases would not be prosecuted. The killer was a woman in her forties who had plenty of time to learn the difference between right and wrong. She was clearly preying on weak, fraile people. If I had been on her jury, I too would have sentenced her to death.

If a person repeatedly kills people to enrich himself, he or she is like a killer tiger and needs to be found and eliminated so that society is safe.

That said, I was once eliminated from a jury pool because I was hesitant to send a young man to prison for life for driving the get away car in a robbery-murder. He had no criminal record and was 16 years old. I feel he should have been punished, but not prison for life.