Showing posts with label punishment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label punishment. Show all posts
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Update: Rape/Murder Case
The jurors of the John Couey case voted 10-2 last week for the execution of John Couey for first degree murder and rape of an eight year old girl. Couey will be executed by the electric chair or lethal injection by the Florida Department of Corrections.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
The Day I Decided It is Necessary
Wednesday March 7, 2007
This is the day that I decided that some people need to be killed for things they have done. For several years I have been idealistic and opposed the death penalty. My mindset was influenced by pacifism and not realistic. I have known for a long time that sin has consequences. I have known that some sins have harder consequences than others. I never attributed the death penalty as a consequence to sin. I do now. You may be asking what in the world has caused such a change. If not, I am going to tell you anyway. A 48 year-old pervert kidnapped, sexually abused, and buried alive a nine year old girl. As I was waiting in the doctor's office I saw the verdict being read to the low-life. He showed no remorse, no emotion at all as the charges were being read. I was finding out about the case as the court proceeding was going on. I felt angry, then sick at my stomach, then angry, and so on. Oh, I may have failed to mention that this guy was on "probation" for prior sexual offenses. The probation system in Florida is another story. I am not sure why this case has moved me like it has; the thought of the poor girl being buried alive really gets to me. For more on the story click here.
Interestingly, I read a book only three months ago that told the true story of a man who was on death row wrongly accused of a murder. He eventually was released. Justice prevailed. I hope justice prevails in this case. John Couey deserves to die.
If you disagree with me, if you are not in favor of the death penalty, imagine your child, husband, wife, mother being sexually abused and buried alive. Gruesome thought isn't it? Does that person deserve death?
This is the day that I decided that some people need to be killed for things they have done. For several years I have been idealistic and opposed the death penalty. My mindset was influenced by pacifism and not realistic. I have known for a long time that sin has consequences. I have known that some sins have harder consequences than others. I never attributed the death penalty as a consequence to sin. I do now. You may be asking what in the world has caused such a change. If not, I am going to tell you anyway. A 48 year-old pervert kidnapped, sexually abused, and buried alive a nine year old girl. As I was waiting in the doctor's office I saw the verdict being read to the low-life. He showed no remorse, no emotion at all as the charges were being read. I was finding out about the case as the court proceeding was going on. I felt angry, then sick at my stomach, then angry, and so on. Oh, I may have failed to mention that this guy was on "probation" for prior sexual offenses. The probation system in Florida is another story. I am not sure why this case has moved me like it has; the thought of the poor girl being buried alive really gets to me. For more on the story click here.
Interestingly, I read a book only three months ago that told the true story of a man who was on death row wrongly accused of a murder. He eventually was released. Justice prevailed. I hope justice prevails in this case. John Couey deserves to die.
If you disagree with me, if you are not in favor of the death penalty, imagine your child, husband, wife, mother being sexually abused and buried alive. Gruesome thought isn't it? Does that person deserve death?
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