A sigh of relief heard across Virginia

seakdivers · 01-14-2006, 12:34 AM

I have a hard time explaining my feelings on the death penalty.
My 17 year old sister was raped & murdered just about 10 years ago. We've never found her killers. If and when we find them - they will be lucky to get the death penalty.

On the other hand, my husband works for both the prosecution & the defense on the very same kind of cases, and I can't tell you how many times it's come out that the person in custody (usually prison by the time he gets involved) is actually innocent.

I would fully support the death penalty if we had a better justice system.

01-14-2006, 12:34 AM	#6
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	I have a hard time explaining my feelings on the death penalty. My 17 year old sister was raped & murdered just about 10 years ago. We've never found her killers. If and when we find them - they will be lucky to get the death penalty. On the other hand, my husband works for both the prosecution & the defense on the very same kind of cases, and I can't tell you how many times it's come out that the person in custody (usually prison by the time he gets involved) is actually innocent. I would fully support the death penalty if we had a better justice system.

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