Reply #106: I definitely

[davidthegnome]

do not support the death penalty, under any circumstances. This man may or may not be mentally insane, but the fact remains that we cannot teach others to value life by ENDING lives ourselves. I can sympathize with those who DO believe he should be killed. I can only imagine how I would feel if I was the child's Father, or Brother. Hell, I'd probably be foaming at the mouth myself, begging for the chance to kill him. However, emotional trauma and righteous wrath aside - whether he deserves to die or not isn't the issue. The issue is how killing him would reflect on society, the message that would give our young.

I absolutely believe he should be locked up for life, without parole. A man like that should not be given a second chance to cause harm, but nor should he be executed. Hopefully he will live a long, long life in prison, which will give him plenty of time to think about what he's done. However, I get the feeling that his fellow in-mates will kill him themselves.

Either way.. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is not a concept that works. Justice... well, it could be argued that justice for this man, would be killing him and raping his dead body. But uh, I don't think any sane people would line up for that task. I think the only alternative that makes any sense at all, is to put him behind bars for the rest of his miserable life.

It all comes down to a very old, very true saying... "Two wrongs don't make a right."