That's fine, Spaw, as long as they STAY in prison! I just read about a fellow who was convicted of murder a few years ago, got let out, and is now going on trial for several recent murders.

I also do not support capital punishment; would just like to be sure that parol and/or commuted sentences do not extend to murderers.

Peter, she sounds like an epitome of cold evil. Are they seriously considering letting her out?

After yesterday's news and this morning's about Hawaii and Seattle, I emotionally felt an immediate need to scream out loud to the whole USA, "How many more will it take!?" For the first time in my Western-born life, I actually feel we would be justified in destroying all guns. Heard on the radio this a.m. that around 1,000 workers die of violent means AT WORK, in the US every year! For the life of me, I cannot figure out why people are not up in arms, demanding, in a collective voice, the end of this kind of opportunity for the sick bastards who do such things.

Some imbecile wrote a letter to the paper today, saying Mat Shephard was at fault for living a lide of perversionand he wouldn't be dead if he hadn't been in a bar and looking for a companion; this so-called moral person said nothing about the immorality of murder.

The defense lawyers tried to say the perp wouldn't have murdered Mat, if he hadn't been on drugs, drunk and not been supposedly grabbed by Shephard. By those standards, I figure half the men in the US could be justifiably murdered the next time they lay an unwanted hand on any woman, esp. if she's been drinking or taking drugs!

Sorry, Peter, I've just been fuming about this and your posting brought it all to mind. Can't wait to move out of this gawdforsaken, s**thole of extremists!

kat