This is precisely what troubles me. Kelly Gissendaner gets executed for a crime of passion, the actual killer gets a lesser sentence. And yes, I am very troubled that brutal monsters such as Charles Manson, Nidal Hassan, the Colorado movie shooter get prison sentences.
I strongly support the death penalty. And I would pull the switch myself on the three monsters mentioned above. I think we need a death penalty precisely for such evil monsters and serial killers. I would not have pulled the switch on Kelly Gissendaner.
She conspired to murder him so she could collect insurance money. How is that a "crime of passion"?
Charles Manson was sentenced to death in 1971. The California Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972, thus reducing his sentence to life in prison, with 10(?) year parole hearings.
Just to set the record straight.