[4CJ]

In GA, the Ned Alday family was killed in 1973. Mr. Alday, 3 sons, a brother and daughter-in-law (also raped) were murdered one by one. Their killer, a Maryland escapee - Carl Isaacs has had a trial, a retrial (with the same result), and over 51 hearings thru 2001.

Our Amendment V states, "No person shall be ... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." Obviously the founders sanctioned the death penalty. US Supreme Court Justice James Wilson had this to say in 1791,

"There are, in punishments, three qualities, which render them the fit preventives of crimes. The first is their moderation. The second is their speediness. The third is their certainty."

29 years on Death row is too long.