I served as a juror on a 1st degree murder trial that lasted three weeks. It was not a capital case, but most of us found it to be somewhat stressful and emotional. The perp shot his ex girlfriend in the head while their little boy was sitting in her lap. We convicted him on three of four charges including murder 1. The judge gave him 55 years to life.
The defense attorney in the Ruiz case was trying to seat jurors who were anti-death penalty. I told the court that I would prefer to execute the guys who had paid Ruiz: the Rodriguez brothers, dumb and dumber. They cut a deal for life sentences.
When the judge told me I was “dismissed for cause,” he also said, “but it’s been fun having you in my courtroom.”
>> The judge gave him 55 years to life.<<
You’ve just described a perfect example of what people have come to expect in an uncivilized society. Because in any truly civilized society the savage who perpetrated that crime would have been tried, convicted, sentenced to death, and publicly hanged within 10 days of his apprehension.