I'm finding it VERY hard to keep up with all the replies and to respond to everyone who's picking apart every single thing I say, so I apologize for not making a reply to EVERY single person.
What makes me think he was human? What kind of question is that? He was as human as you, me, and everyone else here. He was just a human who did awful things.
People do very bad things. It's been that way since the beginning of time and it's not going to change. If a person wants to commit a crime badly enough, they will do it, even if the death penalty is a possibility. It may guarantee that the dead prisoner won't commit another crime (I still say LWOP would accomplish the same thing), but what about the scores of other murderers, rapists, pedophiles, etc., that are going to take his place that a.) won't get caught, or b.) will get caught but will not be sentenced to death? The death penalty is not an effective deterrent. It's costly, ineffective, and wrong. As a civilized country, people should have the good sense to want it abolished here. Killing to get the point across that killing is wrong just boggles my mind. IF the DP was such an effective deterrent, moreso than LWOP, then every death row in the country would be empty.
The way people rejoice when a man is executed is sickening, IMO. There's nothing to be joyful about when ANYONE dies. He was someone's family, too. The way people are so bloodthirsty and sit around ticking off the minutes until he execution begins just amazes me. It makes them no better than the very ones strapped to the gurney.
