Reply #12: A note about the father's speech at the trial

[LynneSin]

First, that's suppose to be exactly what Matthew Shepard's father said at the sentencing for one of the 2 men who was convicted of First Degree Murder (the other one plead guilty so he didn't have to face the death penalty).

I was always on the fence about the death penalty because I knew it was wrong but what some of these murderers have done deserved something severe.

But when Matthew Shepard's father said that at the sentencing of the convicted killer of his son, a killer who just didn't kill his son but brutally murdered him....well it floored me.

From that moment on - I've never again supported the death penalty.