“There have not been a lot of executions in the state. Joseph “Mad Dog” Taborsky and Arthur “Meatball” Culombe went on a killing spree in the 50s, robbing package stores and gas stations; then there was Michael Ross. Justice prevailed. This will drag on for years and years.”
Agreed!
The fact that the statement I heard the other day, “...we might seek the death penalty...” says it all.
These guys were caught leaving the house in the family’s vehicle, tried to run the police barricade, and were caught.
This SHOULD be a very short trial.
The sentence? These two should be shackled and gagged, taken to a remote location where the men of this family (including extended family) are there to greet them. These men should each be supplied with the following: A baseball bat, a 2’ length of 1/2” iron pipe, an electrical generator, a set of jumper cables, and a dull, rusty kitchen knife.
I'd suggest adding an electric drill and a blow torch.
Lori Coppinger
July 31, 2007
My 5-year-old son is afraid of the dark and of monsters in his bedroom. I tell him there are no such things as monsters. I know I am shielding him from the truth.
I have been a police officer for 25 years, and I've seen plenty of monsters while working on homicide, sexual assault and pedophile cases. It's probably what led me to go back to school for a master's in theology. I needed the spiritual world because my daily contact with crime had weakened my trust in human beings.
Dr. Scott Peck, the renowned psychiatrist who wrote "People of the Lie," came to the conclusion after years of working with people in therapy that some human beings are born evil and stay that way. Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes are two such people.
As a police officer, I see people like them. I see juries make incredibly poor choices in deciding their fates. I see the same criminals arrested over and over again, only to be let back out on the street. I see rap sheets like theirs, that are 3 and 4 feet long, with many of the charges nolle'd and dismissed. I see charges plea-bargained down because prosecutors are overworked and there are not enough courts and judges to handle cases. And those who are convicted and imprisoned are soon let out because prisons are overcrowded
I too asked where was God when those two monsters beat Dr. William Petit unconscious, strangled his wife, poured gasoline around a terrified 11-year-old little girl and her 17-year-old sister and then lit a match.
I tell my son that monsters don't exist. When he gets older, he will find out that they do indeed walk this earth.
Lori Coppinger is a detective captain in the West Hartford Police Department.
Forgot the wet sponges.