10 year old drugged, raped, killed

[Ghost in the Machine]

68. Maybe... if they started carrying out the sentences swiftly & surely, and possibly even

publicly, instead of dragging it out for 20 - 30 years. I support the Death Penalty, but I also support a moritorium on older cases, especially where the accused/convicted has maintained their innocence the whole time, and there were no witnesses, actual evidence or DNA. Project Innocence has helped a lot of people wrongly convicted over the years, but many have slipped through the cracks, too. ONE wrongly convicted and executed person is one too many! However......

With the advanced technology that we possess today though, and there is a clear cut, slam-dunk case, especially if there is a confession and DNA, or video evidence, there's no need to grant an automatic appeal, question their mental status or anything else. In a case this horrendous, and involving a child, they have already proven themselves unfit for ANY society. Period. Just like the young guy a couple of years ago who raped & murdered an 80 year old woman because, as he confessed to the investigating Officers, he "was bored, and didn't have anything better to do at the time"....

Judge: "You have been found guilty through DNA, along with your own confession & testimony. You are hereby sentenced to death, which will be carried out at Noon tomorrow. You will be escorted to a holding cell, where you will remain until your sentence is carried out. That is all"....

I know that this is an unpopular stance among Liberals, but I stand by it anyways.... We are ALL entitled to our own opinions and beliefs, and everyone is entitled to NOT share our opinions and beliefs based on their own morality or sense of right & wrong.

Peace,

Ghost