Failing to require ultimate accountability from even the sleaziest of murderers disrespects the lives of innocent people everywhere.
The death penalty in this country is a crap shoot. Just today, in local news (Kansas), a murderer was sent back to prison on a parole violation.
IOW, a few years ago, this guy was actually paroled! His crime was in 1980, he entered the home of a woman he knew, stole one dollar from her, tied her up with a cord, raped her, drowned her daughter in the tub, beat and stabbed her small boy in the chest, and left him for dead.
That guy gets parole. This woman gets the death penalty. Doesn’t make sense. Especially since her sentence is harsher than the ‘hands on’ killer’s was.