[X-Servative]

Question? Would it not have been better for all sides to accomplish a plea deal, even with the body? Get an admission of guilt. Life in prison. Save the parents from re-living the details. Save tax payer millions. Avoid a media circus. etc...etc...etc...

If this story is true, then the plea, after the body was found, was even more appealing to all sides. Even with the death penalty, Westerfield will probably die before he even reaches the chamber.

[Illbay]

Not if you believe the punishment should fit the crime.

[rintense]

I'm of the mind that any time the media gets involved in a high profile case such as this, they make it the circus. Think of how many other cases like this aren't publicized.

The plea makes me sick only because they used a child's body as a bargaining chip. Nevermind there were grieving parents and hundreds of police man hours involved. Yeah, they were just doing their job. But that doesn't mean I have to like it. ;)