He admitted to his crime. Enough trying to blame a bad childhood, there comes a time when one must stand up and take responibility for ones actions. If the true story was as Amnesty International postulates then someone would have stepped in and at least stayed the execution. But no. We have to concern ourselves more with the criminals rights than we do for the victims.
Capitol punishment is a deterrent to crime, it will deter that criminal from ever committing an act of criminal violence on another person again, something that even life behind bars cannot guarantee.
Face it folks, in a perfect society there would be no need for people to die whatever the reason. However, the society we live in is far from perfect.
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