“Cut and dried cases like this should be carried out in 18 months or so.”...........
You are FAR too generous. Why feed and house that scumbag any longer than necessary when there is NO DOUBT he killed those two kids? I would give him NOT MORE than a few days to get himself straight with the LORD, then its “lights out”. He wasn’t generous with his “time” when he killed those kids and tormented his ex. Nope, NO MERCY for him.
I give it that long, because a trial takes months. Sentencing takes place. Then there needs to be an appeal process.
My thoughts on this are geared to all capital cases. I want the process to be short and over with, so sentencing can be carried out.
It isn’t really about mercy. It’s about support for the concept of a man being charged, pleading his case, and appealing a verdict.
While I do want the process tightened up, I don’t see an 18 month period to be long enough to be termed justice delayed. Even a case such as this could have a plausible denial aspect based on mental instability, hallucination, a hypnotic state, a person being coerced, or even blackmailed into the acts.
Shortening this from a 30 year process to an 18 month process isn’t exactly what I’d call being a bleeding heart for the perp. It’s actually a harsh new reality for the perps of these crimes.
I called for this new reality.
Due process is an important tenet in our nation.