[OnyxCougar]

Originally posted by Lady Sidhe

And what's the problem with revenge? I feel it's a necessary part of the recovery of the victim's friends and family, to know that the guilty party paid for the victim's life with his own. Justice and revenge aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.

I've found that many death-penalty opponents change their tune when someone close to them is murdered.

I had a friend whose aunt was killed while in a phone booth, by a Crip. Why? He wanted her car. Guess what? The car had a coded lock, so he couldn't use it anyway. She died for nothing (as if dying because someone wants your car is a good reason) People like the one I just mentioned need to die. They might target YOU next. Or your parents. Or your child. Or your partner.

I just don't feel sorry for them at all. If you kill someone, intentionally, in cold blood, and it's not in self-defense, or defense of other people or your property, then IMO, they can't execute you fast enough for me. I don't see the point in us having to pay for you for the rest of your life. We have our own bills to worry about, without having to pay yours, too.
Sidhe

Amen.

They arrested Travis, Shawna and Ron, and Travis confessed to the whole thing, as long as Shawna got off (she was there, and under Oregon law, if you're there and don't report it, you get indicated just like you did it. Which is a good thing.). So, since Travis copped a plea, they decided not to fry him.

He is comfortable in his new home. He got life without possibility of parole. So the good people of Oregon have to pay to make sure he has cable, and has a great set of weights and activities to keep him occupied. This is a convicted, confessed murderer. He never has to work another day in his life, and he gets 3 squares, a cot, cable, exercise equipment, a sexual partner (voluntary), free medical and letters from stupid people who believe his bullshit and "feel sorry" for him.

I say fry his ass, and if they need someone to pull the switch, and they are willing to pay my airfare, I'll be happy to oblige. In addition, even if he DID get the chair, it would not be close to matching up to the suffering and torture he put Steven through. I say we put hundreds of little cuts all over HIS body, and rub salt water and lemon juice into them, and then cut HIS leg off at the knee and let him bleed to death, taunting and humiliating him until he blacked out from blood loss.

THAT is justice. Do unto that fucker as he did to the victim.