I have never killed someone and if I had, I'm pretty certain it would F me up for a long time.

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93. I cry like a baby when I hit an animal on the road.

But a family member was on trail and got the death penalty. I did not step up in his defense. About 12 years ago, he took a little girl, the daughter of an old acquaintance, and attempted to rape her and killed her by hitting her in the head with a rock. I met this person when they were two, they had been to my house many times, spent the night on several occasions, spent time and is genetically related to my own children (he is my nephew by marriage).
The family of the girl wanted the death penalty. To me, he died the moment he killed that child. He has a child of his own.
I did not step up. When he dies, the only one I will cry for is his mother.

This has caused much heartache and conflict in my life. But not so much as this little girls family.

That is as close as I could come to killing anyone. It makes me feel bad, I am against the death penalty. But I can't fight for this person.

I feel awful knowing that I know someone who killed someone, so I do NOT get the "glee" these cops would have for shooting someone. Was this person in the act of killing others?