Shooting shows it's time for review of death penalty laws

2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Shooting shows it's time for review of death penalty laws nwitimes.com
January 01, 2013 12:00 am

So much debate is going on because of the recent shootings. One thing that needs discussed is better enforcing of our laws. This latest shooting of the firefighters sickens me. The man who killed them should have been dead long ago by being sent to the death chamber for the killing of his own grandmother.

One of the biggest problems in our society is that our citizens think — and rightfully so at times — that there are no consequences for wrongdoing.

Or, if there are, they know it won't be that bad. They can just stick it out, and they will be out of jail and back to what they did before. It's time to review our death penalty laws.

- Becky Damron, Chesterton

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