[cherry]

If you believe in God at all, then you must acknowledge that there is redemption ..and thru grace , all things are possible...

why have schools, churches, treatment centers, drug rehabs or AAA if you don't think people can change.....

Of all the miserable multiple rapist and murderers in this world, they just had to go after maybe one of the few that was salvagable...

Robert Yates killed probably 18 people, and even he is simply in for life....

I believe in the death penalty, but sometimes the way we apply it is insane....

[little jeremiah]

People can change, and even murderers can repent and surrender to God. That said, a sincere repentent murderer would not strive to avoid just punishment, but would feel so sorry about his or her crime that he/she would want to receive the punishment. I have read about one murderer who felt just that way.

Whether Tucker was sincerely repentent or not, she deserved execution, as all murderers do. That ones that receive only a prison sentence are under-sentenced. The under-use of the death penalty for murderers (and rapists, and child molesters) is one of the true crimes of our time.

Execution does save lives, prevents criminals from further criminal acts, and if employed properly, would cause wannbes to think twice.

[Prime Choice]

Of all the miserable multiple rapist and murderers in this world, they just had to go after maybe one of the few that was salvagable...

It would seem the Texas Parole Board did not concur with your sunny assessment of this murderer and thus did not recommend clemency to then-Governor George W. Bush.

Moreover, if George W. Bush had granted a pardon from the death penalty, this would would have been eligible for parole in 2003. Maybe you're okay with freeing someone who experienced orgasm in the act of murder. I for one am loathe to take that chance.

[Smokin' Joe]

I believe in the death penalty, but sometimes the way we apply it is insane....

I believe in the same rules for all. The way we do not apply the death penalty is often more insane than the way we apply it. I am glad this woman has found Jesus. That does not change the crime, nor the punishment in this life. It does, however, make a difference in her prospects in the hereafter.

People can change, but that does not mitigate the wreckage they have allready made of their (and other) lives. People can also be recidivistic after an apparent change, reverting to their former behaviours. You want to hire her as a gardener?

[garylmoore]

If you believe in God at all, then you must acknowledge that there is redemption ..and thru grace , all things are possible...

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You still must reap what you sow.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Whether she is right with God has nothing to do with her punishment from man.

[Rodney King]

If you believe in God at all, then you must acknowledge that there is redemption ..and thru grace , all things are possible...

Well sure, and hopefully she is in Heaven instead of Hell. She still deserved the death penalty.