10-22-2013, 09:09 AM
(10-21-2013, 06:51 PM)crash Wrote: What the fuck is wrong with people? gah!
Don't think I'll ever fully comprehend how some adults can inflict such pain and cruelty on children (or other adults, really).
If Cheatham is guilty (I think he is), can't imagine any thing in this world that could rehabilitate him. Drugs don't explain what he did. Mental illness doesn't explain it. Anger and lust can't explain it. There's nothing in this world that could have made 5 year-old Mariha appear to be a threat to him or a deserving target for rape, torture and death. Nothing but evil, I guess.
I have reservations about the death penalty in some types of cases. Not this type. I understand Mariha's grandmother's sentiment:
"He may be locked up but he's still breathing. See, that's the problem - he's still breathing. He should suffer just like my granddaughter suffered," Diane Henry tells Fox 2's Taryn Asher.
Michigan doesn't have the death penalty though, so LWOP is the maximum punishment Mrs. Henry can hope to see.
Cheatham's preliminary hearing will be held on Nov. 1st.