Knight of Rook

Five days from the time of this writing the DC Sniper will breathe his last. According to this article from the AP, victims and family members are to witness the execution. Ten people were killed and three others critically injured from the snipers random shootings in 2002.

My personal thoughts on the matter are that the Justice System did something right for once! The question I have is why is he being executed seven years later? For all of that time he was in a prison living off of taxpayer dollars. Justice will be served on Nov. 10th, and it’s about time.

It is a curious development in America’s justice system, where we are all terrified of giving capital punishment. Most of the time, the maximum sentance is life in prison. Rarely are death sentances issued. Does this work? I don’t think so. Flip on your local news and I’ll bet you there is at least one report of someone getting shot, stabbed, raped or occasionally hung. The justice system has obviously dropped the ball. If death sentences were issued to every convicted murderer and rapist, crime rates would drop. Fear maintains peace and public order. I realize some innocent people will be executed, but those few innocents will be much fewer than those killed by criminals. Also with current technology, (DNA, fingerprinting etc.) it’s becoming easier to catch the criminal and establish with reasonable certainty his guilt.

A justice system that doens’t sentance people to death isn’t a justice system. I’m glad to see that it still happens, even if it is a rare occurance.