Today I read about the 10 year old girl being prepared to be eaten by the human predator who kidnapped, murdered, and then raped her. The suspect lived in the same building as the victim and her father.
I have a daughter and a granddaughter. I can't imagine what it would feel like as a parent of such a victim. Surely it would completely ruin your life, as if a 12 inch cannonball punched through your soul. Few things could be so terrible.
At least the suspect was apprehended, but too late for the poor girl's life.
Intellectually I have problems with the concept of a death penalty, mainly because of the corruption that tenaciously grips the entire US penal system. I would not want the wrong guy to get it, nor get it just because some particular judge is getting re-elected -- that sort of thing.
Yet, when I try to imagine the feelings of the parents of this hapless girl, I see why death penalties could have some merit. Certainly, after having committed such a sick act as this, there is no further use in society for that person. It then comes down to either permanent total confinement or death. I'm not sure which is really worse. It doesn't seem that death is punishment enough for this guy.
I wish I could trust that God would pay these in kind in the end. But in today's world, I'm not able to believe that. It seems that there is an underlying injustice in existence and "you have to live the life you have, not the life you wish you had," to borrow a phraseology.
I have a daughter and a granddaughter. I can't imagine what it would feel like as a parent of such a victim. Surely it would completely ruin your life, as if a 12 inch cannonball punched through your soul. Few things could be so terrible.
At least the suspect was apprehended, but too late for the poor girl's life.
Intellectually I have problems with the concept of a death penalty, mainly because of the corruption that tenaciously grips the entire US penal system. I would not want the wrong guy to get it, nor get it just because some particular judge is getting re-elected -- that sort of thing.
Yet, when I try to imagine the feelings of the parents of this hapless girl, I see why death penalties could have some merit. Certainly, after having committed such a sick act as this, there is no further use in society for that person. It then comes down to either permanent total confinement or death. I'm not sure which is really worse. It doesn't seem that death is punishment enough for this guy.
I wish I could trust that God would pay these in kind in the end. But in today's world, I'm not able to believe that. It seems that there is an underlying injustice in existence and "you have to live the life you have, not the life you wish you had," to borrow a phraseology.
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