e, and forgiveness, not revenge, retribution, and death.I feel strongly toward using the death penalty as punishment for unspeakable crimes. I feel that is a deterrent for criminal activity because of its severity and it will never allow the murder to murder again and tear apart another family. I do, however, feel that restrictions should be put on its uses. Not all crimes deserve the death penalty. Let the punishment fit the crime. If a criminal performs a premeditated heinous murder he should be put to death. It is that simple. If the convicted offender shows no remorse for his actions, then the decision should be even easier. I feel that it is important to send a message to all future “thrill-killers” that taking the life of an other human is wrong and if they decide to try it, they must case the consequences: Death. A real world example of a case that involved killers who showed no remorse for killing and performed a heinous felony murder was the homicide that occurred in Mandville Louisiana in 1979. Robert L. Willie and Joseph Vaccaro kidnapped Faith Hathaway, beat here, raped her and slit here throat. They continued to rape her long after she was dead. This type of murder disturbed the entire town and devastated the victim’s family. When the detective of the case, Mike Varnado, was asked about the death penalty he said, “What they did to this girl (Faith), they tortured her, beat her, raped her, they did not want her money, they just wanted to degrade her, and just dehumanize her and just see how if feels to do this to someone. It was a senseless crime that in my opinion deserved the death penalty.”Repeat offenders and people who enjoy killing do not deserve to walk our street. Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and no one has the right to take that away from another person. As I said above, I feel very strongly toward the use of the death penalty. ...
