09-30-2015, 12:57 AM
(09-29-2015, 08:10 PM)ramseycat Wrote: The husbands family wants her executed.
She was denied clemency and is set to be executed tonight. The appeals were still being considered at 7pm when the execution was scheduled to take place. I would imagine they are getting ready to go now.
She's dead.
Douglas Gissendaner's family said in a statement that HE is the victim and Kelly Gissendaner received an appropriate sentence.
"As the murderer, she's been given more rights and opportunity over the last 18 years than she ever afforded to Doug who, again, is the victim here," the statement says. "She had no mercy, gave him no rights, no choices, nor the opportunity to live his life."
I understand user's point. But, in many cases, there are a number of victims and, even within one family, they don't all feel the same about whether death is an appropriate penalty.
I think the wishes of the victims' families should be heard. But, if we're gonna keep the death penalty in certain U.S. states (which I personally wouldn't mind abolishing nationally, at this point), it should be dealt out consistently, according to objective protocol. Otherwise, we're just adding more delays, costs, and pain into an already cumbersome process.
Among the victims of Kelly Gissendaner, James Holmes, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Dylann Roof, etc........there are conflicting opinions as to whether death is appropriate punishment. There's simply no way the justice system can honor them all.