The Death Penalty, Kids being charged as Adults

[ggiese]

"What do you think about the death penalty for Marcus Chenault, your wife's murderer?"

"Oh, please, don't let them kill him. Please, don't let them do that. That won't bring her back. God's been too good to me for me to hate. He's just a boy. God loves him. God can forgive him. I forgive him. I can't hate."
-Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Rev. King's wife was gunned down in his own church, before his very eyes.

A weaker man would have asked for the death penalty, believing they need to take vengeance on this evil kid.

The Kings are the strongest family I have ever seen.

The King family may be the strongest family you've ever seen - but I say to you again...

You don't have a clue until YOU look into the eyes of someone who is a sociopath - the individual so messed up that he could care less if he kills you or drinks a cup of coffee. Both are equally enjoyable to him...

I have looked into the eyes of a person like that - I have to tell you, it was the most incredibly sobering thing I've ever seen. That was over 20 years ago, and I still get chills...

This guy, in cold blood, put 6 bullets in a cops chest just because the officer asked him for his identification. In prison, this guy beat an inmate to death because he was annoyed. The State's Attorney described it best - "...he has ice water for blood". I don't even feel comfortable knowing he'll be in prison for the rest of his life - he has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The thought there was any possibility he could be on the street frankly scares the daylights out of me. If allowed to be walking free on the streets, no doubt he would kill someone - ANYONE (especially the weak - kids, elders, women... They're easy prey). I would be worried if I was in prison with him. He is a stone cold predator. He is all of the evil you can imagine wrapped up in a human body. They make movies about guys like him....

I had a good friend (detective) who worked on the John Wayne Gacy case. He was there for the interviews of Gacy after Gacy was arrested. When I described my guy to him, this guy lit up and said "Gacy was exactly the same way!!!".

There is a time and a place. While I do not think we should execute everyone who murders - there are those individuals that should not be allowed to ever walk in society (including prison) - EVER...

[cigarsarge]

I have had the same experence as George. I dealt with a guy that killed his next door neighbor and daughter. He beat both to death with a claw hammer. He raped the daughter repeatedly with her dead father in the room before killed her.

He told me he enjoyed every minute of it.

He is on death row waiting to exaust appeals. When he is gone the world will be a better place.