[agere_contra]

The A.C.L.U. could use your help.....there is DNA now....bummer huh.

Uh huh. The only evidence presented in the article was ownership of a car. And just that was enough to bring on the usual FR orgy of personal death-threats and speculative torture.

Still, on a reconciliatory note, if there really is DNA evidence against him then the case is all but finished, and FReepers have some right to a vicarious lynching.

[thepond]

If Hall did commit this kidnapping, murder, and anything else determined by forensics or by his confession, then the completion of his sentence should take place as expeditiously as the events to date. If he did it, this was solved by merely watching videos and tracking her telephone. Hall was practically identified before he even laid a hand on the girl. If convicted, or he confesses, his sentence should be administered immediately. I believe the murder took place in Missouri, probably where her body was found. If the death penalty was applied the deterrence factor would tremendously increase if proven he killed her on Saturday evening, and then was fairly convicted and put to death by the following Saturday himself. This is a rare example, if he did it, and does have possible benefits that might deter another.