[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

During a hearing last month, Smith tearfully apologized for his crimes, telling Owens that he took large amount of heroin and cocaine trying to kill himself before he abducted Carlie on Feb. 1, 2004.

If my drug program was in place this fellow might have croaked when he took the drugs!!

[TNCMAXQ]

If you are under the influence of drugs when you kill than that is all the MORE reason you should get a strict sentence, preferably death.