I know some people who are pro-life (anti-abortion) and feel that all life is sacred. Personally, I think an innocent child is way different than a person who planned a brutal murder. Anyone capable of raping a child and killing most of the family has no place among the living. They chose to act this way and they should pay the ultimate price. IMHO. My heart grieves for the father and I wonder if he will ever have anywhere near a normal life again.
He won’t.....he is a doctor unable to work because of the damage done by the perps with a baseball bat to his head.
That’s how I feel, there is a big difference in the murder of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty. I firmly believe that those who violate another’s most basic human right, the right to live, and certainly those that do so with heinous circumstances (such as this), have surrendered their right to live. The real travesty in justice is not executing the sentences in a timely manner, allowing seemingly endless appeals (OK, so only to the SCOTUS, but it seems like forever) and delaying the date with procedural efforts. Dr. Petit, the father and husband, spoke after the trial of being fortunate that he had the financial means to go through this whole process without having to depend upon the limited financial support offered by Victims Aid. His point was the defense and the defendants have seemingly unlimited support for the trial and for their subsequent appeals.
I think his face says it all. That man’s face shows a sorrow nobody should know. Meanwhile, the Commandment was about taking an innocent life. People who are against the death penalty should also be against ALL killing in war as well and they should also be against self-defense because technically, who is to say their life is worth more than the other guy. I just think it gets really weird when you start going that route.