Man Throws 3 Month Old Baby From Moving Car

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I understand all the venting in here, as I said the DP should apply in this case. However, having a civilized society, and rule of law, is done so that mob brutality, or individual vendettas are not carried out. It's one thing for the state to properly convict, sentence, and execute a murderer, especially truly horrific or brutal ones. It's another to call for someone to "take this into their own hands". Where does that line get drawn.

No I don't hope someone takes this into their own hands, I hope this man is convicted in a court of law, given the harshest sentence possible, and if possible placed on death row to be executed. There is a difference between life in prison, and life on death row. Life in prison means that you will in fact have a life, you will eventually work your way up in a hierarchy of hard criminals, and at some point the brutalities you have shown, become badges of honor. Life on death row, is the solitude that JoeRedskin talked of. you have no hope, except pardon, or legal maneuverings. you get no interaction except guards and minimal exercise required by individual states. You think day in/out of what caused you to be in there. and in the end this 20 something man's life, for as long as he has left, would be a shell where he would only think of what led him to that point.

There is nothing civil about what he did...and keep in mind, and this seems to often be forgotten, think about the memories and sleepless nights those family members will have. This is more than just a brutal murder of a baby, this is about the phychologic rape of the family members that they will NEVER forget. So let's say that there are 10 close family members this truly affects (could be more could be less, but let's round off) if each of them has approx 40 more years left on this earth, that's 400 years of torture to them. How in the world is this guy going to make ammends for 400 years of torture? This is why I do not think there should be any such thing as "cruel and unusual punishment". Make the punishment fit the crime, and there is none for this guy by our current standards.