If you live or visited the East coast around the time of the trial/murder. You know that this should have been a fast and easy verdict for death. This was an appalling acted. God, still makes me sad to think about the senseless lost.

And it had to take almost 5 years to exact justice???.........Why?

I can't believe the headline referred to a "home invasion" in announcing this man's fate. He was sentenced to death for senseless MURDER, not "home invasion" !

"The defense asked jurors to spare Komisarjevsky's life. Lawyers argued his ultra-religious family never got him proper help after he was sexually abused as a child by his foster brother."

Beat and terrorized a family. Raped the poor mother and aexually abused a child. All before tying them up so they couldn't escape a fire. BUT it's not my fault, I was abused. What exactly does ulta-religious have to do way anything. Other than to try and sway opinion?

BS..........He is an rabid animal that needs to be destroyed. Bring his ass down here...........game over!!!!

BTW....IS his foster brother in jail?????????? Abuse and now the apparent (according to the defense attorneys) cause of multiple homocide!!!!!

This A$$WIPE will be on deathrow for 30 years and then they probably won't do away with this slime, just turn his butt loose in the general population and then he will get whats coming to his sorry A$$ right along with the scumbag child molesters that also need to be sent to the general population.

They both should have been dead in 2008. Screw the justice system.

They just didn't rape the mother and "abuse" the daughter, they raped the daughter, tied her up, put her on a bed, then set the bed on fire.

Tomorrowsnews is right- here we go with years of appeals. The ACLU is gonna jump in here too- they are concerned with anybodys "rights" but the victims, no matter how bad it gets.

Death by lethal injection? Too easy.

It would only be true justice if both these monsters were incinerated alive.

Unfortunately, Connecticut's electric chair hasn't been operational since 1960.

IMO, lethal injection is too good for these bastards. BUILD A GALLOWS AND STING THEM UP!

So as long as the available evidence says you're guilty, it means you really are guilty? Wow -- I guess that means every "rapist" and "murderer" who has even been found NOT GUILTY because of DNA EVIDENCE must have actually been guilty.....

Since that DNA evidence was not available when those "rapists" and "murderers" were first found "guilty".

Too bad they can't be doused in gasoline and lit up.

Unfortunately, these two animals will probably live another 15 years or more while all their appeals work their way through the system. Justice is supposed to be swift, but in death penalty cases it takes decades. There is no excuse for what these two animals did and they have forfeited the right to get any older. It is time to put a stop to the endless appeals for these death row inmates and let justice be done in a timely manner. The pain and suffering that the survivor and the rest of the family have to go through while these two are afforded appeal after appeal is inhuman. They deserve to see this resolved and the sentence carried out so that they can begin the healing process. That process can not start until all the legal wrangling is over and the case is settled once and for all. There is no doubt here about the guilt of these two animals, just take them out and shoot them and be done with it. Then send their "loving" parents who created these monsters the bill for the bullets.

I am not a supporter of the death penalty. I live in CT and saw what happened and how these 3 women were killed. In this case, they deserve to die, that's how horrible this was.

The only survivor, Dr. William Petit, was beaten with a baseball bat and tied up but managed to escape. He appeared calm as the verdict was pronounced, his eyes blinking rapidly and his hand clenched in a fist on the seat in front of him.

Give Pops a few hours alone with these guys. I'll bet he was thinking the same thing in that moment.

I don't think I ever heard a story as horrific as this while growing up in CT. Good on my home state for not abolishing the death penalty in the midst of all this! Goes to show you that disgustingly evil criminals exist even in the wealthier states...

So much injustice in this system . Too many innocent found guilty and guilty set free . And people still want to put trust in it ? Some do not realize how bad it is , till it gets them . Psalm 146:3,4 3 Do not put YOUR trust in nobles,
Nor in the son of earthling man, to whom no salvation belongs.
 4 His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground;
Who Is Trustworthy?
◆ A pair of American psychologists recently conducted a study of the public's attitude toward certain major occupations. Politicians were regarded as among the least trustworthy. The researchers feel that it is ominous when the public shows such poor regard for government officials. They stated: "If you want someone to trust you, you have to tell them the truth."

If we're supposed to be this 'Christian' nation why not the old 'eye for an eye' punishment? Let the criminal decide how he gets to die. Hack somebody to death...guess what YOU get! Drown someone....better practice holding your breath!

Don you tell us! Stand on the hood of your car and tell them far and wide your feeling on the matter, and see how far that gets you. You really don't seem to understand the society of man. It's eat or be eat'in dude!! You can clearly read that 97% of the comments are for the death penalty, that speaks volumes in my book. Wake up or they may find you killed by some crazed meth freak, and your family will go it's ok, the poor killer was high on drugs and didn't know what he was doing. Don's in a better place!! Naaa!! That's not justice served, hang'em!!

Am glad this monster was tried, convicted and is going to death row. And you know what? Screw appeals, you had your fair trial so lets get it over with! It's Death Row! Not, Hang Out For Sooo Long You'll Probably Die Here Before We Execute You Row. IMO, if you're found guilty of a heinous crime and sentenced to death, the longest you should be on death row is, at most, a year. None of this sitting on death row for years and years wasting tax payer money on appeals and retrials that will just land you back at square one crap. "Innocent until proven guilty" is NOT always the case. Some people are just guilty. PERIOD. Not sure how large the group is but, I am with the group that feels the "right to a fair trial" does NOT apply to everyone. If you decide to commit a crime then get caught, tried and convicted, then guess what? F-you. Enjoy your prison term and/or death sentence.

I can't believe the headline referred to a "home invasion" in announcing this man's fate. He was sentenced to death for senseless MURDER, not "home invasion" !

JK, thank you for saying that. Of course people are going to click on the link with a headline like that. Probably with the thought in their minds, "For a home invasion? That seems a bit extreme!" Way to lessen the crime of these 2 monsters MSN -_-

Do us all a favor and put him down for good. If his past really was as troubled as his defense claims, then he wouldn't object to being executed.

Thank goodness the jury had the guts to give him what he so willingly dished out DEATH!

sweaver

Your brilliant argument has failed to convert me to your kind of vengeful, illogical, uncivilized person. People like you and the criminal you want killed have one very important similarity ..... you both believe you should decide who should die.

Simply put, state-sanctioned killing is simply wrong.

A bad person does something horrible. That's wrong. A bunch of good people (the State, the jury, us) get together and decide to kill someone. That's wrong.

DNA evidence? What are you liberal loons talking about in this case? While I agree in some cases death my NOT be appropriate. I do believe in this case the monsters did this with CLEAR evidence and no need for DNA:

According to Hayes' confession, the two men planned to rob the house and flee the scene with the family bound and unharmed. Hayes attributed the outcome of the spree to a change in their plan. Upon their early morning arrival, they found William Petit sleeping on a couch on the porch.^[8] With a bat Komisarjevsky had found in the yard, he bludgeoned William and then restrained him in the basement at gun point. The children and their mother were each bound and locked in their respective rooms. Hayes says he and Komisarjevsky were not satisfied with their haul, and that a bankbook was found which had an available balance. Hayes convinced Jennifer to withdraw $15,000 from her line of credit.^[1][9] A gas station's video surveillance shows Hayes purchasing $10 worth of gasoline in two cans he had taken from the Petit home. After returning to the house, and unloading the gas, he took her to the bank. The prosecution later entered this as evidence of premeditation.^[10]

The bank surveillance cameras captured the transaction which shows Hawke-Petit in the morning of July 23 as she informed the teller of her situation. The teller then called 911 and reported the details to police. Hawke-Petit left the bank, was picked up by Hayes, who had escorted her there, and drove away. These actions were reported to the 911 dispatcher and recorded in real time. The teller stated that Hawke-Petit had indicated the assailants were "being nice", and she believed they only wanted money. The niceness Hawke-Petit had perceived was an apparent façade.

The Cheshire police response to the bank tellers' "urgent bid" began with assessing the situation and setting up a vehicle perimeter.^[11] These preliminary measures employed by the police exhausted more than half an hour and provided the time used by the assailants to conclude their modified plan.^[12]

During this time, Hayes and Komisarjevsky escalated the aggravated nature of their crimes. Komisarjevsky sexually assaulted the 11-year-old daughter, Michaela. Komisarjevsky, who had photographed the sexual assault of the youth on his cell phone,^[13] then provoked Hayes to rape Hawke-Petit. While Hayes was raping Hawke-Petit on the floor of her living room, Komisarjevsky entered the room announcing that William Petit had escaped. Hayes then strangled Hawke-Petit, doused her lifeless body and parts of the house including the daughters' rooms with gasoline. The daughters, while tied to their beds, had both been doused with gasoline; each had her head covered with a pillowcase.^[14] A fire was then ignited, and Hayes and Komisarjevsky fled the scene. 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela both died from smoke inhalation.^[5]

SORRY - how is DNA going to free them and how do you think they are wrongfully accused?????

So tired of listening to whining/whimpy loons who think every life is valuable. In this case thes POS's deserve to be put to death just as this family was, leaving no part of the punishment out. I don't care if it does or does not DETER CRIME, some acts of crime are so vicious they deserve DEATH. PERIOD!!!!!

Don't even think about putting citizens who support the death penalty in the same category with these vicious rapists, torturers and murders. That poor family, how they suffered. At least he won't be killing any others. I only wish we could forego the appeals. Get it done.

Wrong or not, I hope he suffers.

Oh, but it does deter crime. These won't kill anyone else. Two deterred.

I remember this case aiding and abetting.. To bad the states justice system isn't like Texas, Texas kicks ass ..God bless Texas, I live in MN. At least the WILD are hot..!

DRC, you don't know what you're talking about. Not all liberals are against the death penalty nor are all conservatives for it. The vast majority of U.S. citizens are liberal on some things, conservative on others, and don't have an opinion about the rest of the other things. Some of us don't support the death penalty at times because it's obvious that a lot of innocent people get found guilty. However, WHEN there is no doubt, especially in cases as heinous as this one, we do support the death penalty.

Arguing via comment boards automatically makes you a loser.

Don97524,

You should just shut up. I am certain that your idiotic stance would be the diametric opposite if this was your family or loved ones.

think...use him for batting practice...swing....

Geno65 the eye for an eye directive is traditionally jewish justise. The turn the other cheek directive is the christian one. Just thought you'd like to know.

We are not, nor have we ever been, a "Christian" nation. We are a nation founded on freedom of religion. What part of this concept do so many of you understand? FREEDOM OF RELIGION!

Batter up.

yzf

You are wrong. I would not feel any relief from my grief over my deceased family members because the killer was killed. Maybe that is just one more difference between you and me. I cannot imagine that I would feel good about the execution and I cannot understand why anyone would want to be a spectator at a killing.

The fact that you would call me an idiot because I do not believe in state-sponsored murder is more a reflection on you than me.

I also live in CT, & believe me, it has affected everyone here (even if we don't know the Petits). Joshua & Stephen got exactly what they deserved. One of the most horrific things to happen in this state. To those who wonder why it took so long...part of it was because of the many motions filed by the two men's lawyers, & even choosing juries for the trials took some time. At least the verdicts are in for both. And, I agree w/ the idea that bad childhoods don't necessarily make rotten adults. People make the decision themselves to commit crimes, or to change for the better. Obviously, Joshua & Stephen took the wrong path. Because of their decisions, Dr. Petit's life is forever changed.

... his ultra-religious family never got him proper help ...

Why is it his family's problem that he never got help for his issues? Why didn't he seek help?

If his family was "ultra-religious" how did they missing the teachings of "thou shalt not kill"? Did their version of ultra-religion condone the nullification of the other commandments if you had been abused?

This was a most horrific crime committed by evil men despite any horrors of their own childhood. Justice should be swift with careful deliberation and unrelenting, once passed, (providing no future evidence of innocence is found).

Some proponents use religious arguments such as the Old Testament to further their views. Some openly seek vengeance. Some express financial concerns about tax dollars being used to imprison a viscous killer for life.

Some opponents use religious arguments such as the New Testament to further their views. Some feel it is immoral for the state to murder even a murderer in cold blood. They might argue that vengeance has little to do with justice.

I believe that our system of justice to be one of the best in the world despite her many proven flaws. Those proven flaws dictate that a nation of free men, while promoting justice for all, must work hard everyday to improve it even more. I fail to see how we can do that while still allowing the death penalty. Death is a finality that can never be reversed regardless of future evidence. Therefore, our quest for a more perfect system of justice must entail abolishing it's most obvious flaw. The death penalty. That may explain why most civilized nations of free men have already done so.

I dunno, I think keeping him locked away for the rest of his natural life is the more proper punishment. Does someone like this deserve to be killed? Yes. But spending the next 50 years in prison.. 23-hour lockdown.. no hope of ever getting out.. probably end up his cellmate's new girlfriend.. that's punishment.

Personally, I'd prefer the death penalty.

I wish people would stop refering to this guy as an animal. He is not! Animals kill to protect their terrritory, protect their offspring and to eat, none of whcih this guy was doing. What he is, is a vile, vicious, mean, cruel, selfish, pathetic, sadistic and evil MONSTER! IMO this monster needs to die the same way as his victim!

Don97524, I cannot agree with your assertion that the death penalty in this case does not serve justice. This is not revenge, this is society determining just punishment of the crime. Many, myself included, believe that it is not a societal obligation to feed and care for those who commit heinous murder. Even if our resources to do so were unlimited, which they are not, the just punishment for some crimes is the forfeiture of one's own life. Your claim to hold superior moral ground is unfounded.

I couldn't have said it better myself, G-Dog. I don't know whether it ends up being equally expensive if not more expensive to put these people through death sentence and the appeals process than lock them up for life, but morally I would rather pay $2 in taxes to make sure that a senseless murderer doesn't slip away from the hands of justice than $1 to feed him for the rest of his life. This crime was committed out of malice, that's something we can't forget, let alone forgive.

Don, regarding your post #269.15: You're damn right it's about revenge...but it's also an appropriate conclusion. Most people that have followed this story want these two filthy, disgusting, murdering rapists to pay the ultimate price. It is certainly deserved and absolutely just.

The defense asked jurors to spare Komisarjevsky's life. Lawyers argued his ultra-religious family never got him proper help after he was sexually abused as a child by his foster brother.

You will have to pardon my language here - but so @!$%#ing what. That is no excuse for what he did and the P.O.S. lawyers who even thought of this as a defense should have their asses kicked.

a painless death is to good for a thing such as this; let him rot in solitary for the next 60 years.

formerstew

You and Joshua Komisarjevsky believe that you should decide who lives and dies. How godly of you.

He was found guilty - this was the sentencing phase.

Yeah, the headline is misleading. The jury is recommending that he receive the death penalty. His sentence hasn't been made yet.

Well since the judge sentenced him to DEATH, I would hope the verdict was guilty, otherwise this guy will have one good shot at an appeal huh........

He was condemned to death, as was his sidekick.

Soooooooooooooooooooo, been in that coma long?

Why aren't the "GOOD" police department in that house as soon as the first police car arrived???? What was the idea of surrounding the home. There was no report of the two ass' carrying a gun. I blame the the police for letting this happen.

It is always easier to blame the police, and then yell at them when they do their job and how much you can't stand the police, IT IS ONLY WHEN YOU NEED ONE OTHERWISE PEOPLE LIKE YOU ALWAYS COMPLAIN! I blame you for letting this happen... how does that feel Mearly? The people who did this to this family are the ones to blame, not the Police.
Didn't this lady go to a bank and tell the teller what was going on? WHY not blame her or the bank for letting it happen?

You obviously are not bright and if you still wish to blame the police why don't you try to be one first!! SHAME ON YOU!

Can't take the chance that he will become some sort of gang leader in there and enjoy it too much. Besides, he may like it even on the receiving end. Best to burn him.

Death penalty is a painless escape.

Life-in-prison is real punishment.

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Not if we were allowed to kill that person in the same manner that they killed others. I agree that a needle is a painless "easy way out" -- but you might be singing a different tune if he were to be sodomized while he was tied to a bed and set on fire.

We should have an island that people like that are banished to, and I don't mean an island where we built infrastructure and housing, just a plain island where prisoners have to fend for themselves along with all the other murderers, and safe the tax payers some money and extract some real justice where the strong survive and the weak perish ........ Now that's my kind of justice ...

These guys got off easy. They need to have their crime done to them as punishment.

Place them in a small wooden structure. Attach their man parts to a heavy log. Give them a knife and set the house on fire. Shoot anything that comes out the door!!

Rick 3608408 - Yeah, and install cameras so we can all watch it on TV... Oh yeah, didn't they already make a movie about that?

The sheer bloodlust on display here is appalling. I favor the death penalty, personally, but who among you would actually DO the things you're advocating? Would you want your mother or your friend to be the one meting out this sort of "punishment" and slaughtering another human being, regardless of their crime? Would you wish that sort of psychological damage on any proper citizen? You guys seem to forget that for all these vengeful admonitions, there would have to be an actual law-abiding person performing them on the convicted criminals. These things wouldn't just happen spontaneously.

Like this:

They need to have their crime done to them as punishment.

To which my question is, "By whom?" Who would you have torture and kill these men, then burn their bodies? And would you want to live in a society where some of the things you people are suggesting were actually done? People shot and killed in the courtrooms of America immediately upon the reading of a "guilty" verdict? Roving gangs of rapists with broom handles ready to sodomize convicts upon citizen demand? Seriously, folks: think twice, post once.

These violent criminals are surely getting what they deserve, a quick exit from a lawful society at the end of a state-sponsored IV drip. Leave it at that.

I would. No problem. We are better off without them. Im not judging them, God does that. I will just setup the meeting.

Yes - I advocate the things you question.

Actually Chad, if anyone were to do to my family what those worthless animals did to this one, I would (as in me, personally) mete out my own justice. I don't care how long it might take me, they would be hunted down, and the retribution would be BRUTAL, albeit not swift. As far as I'm concerned, their actions disqualify them completely from the 'Human' category. This is not a knee-jerk reaction to a horrible crime, this is a course of action I determined a long time ago.

Chad - Maybe it's just because I could drive to the house they invaded in less than 30 minutes, (and therefore they could have invaded MINE instead) but I would have no problem at all.... none whatsoever. You kill rabid animals... and they're lower than that.

A line needs to be drawn to show what society will not tolerate, and if the country saw a hanging or bludgeoning to death of bastards like this, it might just instill enough fear into similarly minded would-be criminals that they will suffer when caught. If that stops just ONE home invasion/crime it's worth it.

Most of you people sound just as bad as this man. So willing to kill, yet you are angry because he killed. The death penalty is not a tool of a civilized society. A justice system with flaws has no room for the death penalty, you cannot take it back.

I'm not sure how much the victims suffered, but this bastard needs to die. His death would benefit everyone, including himself.

@robiscoole: Let's say you're convicted for a serious crime that you didn't commit. Would it really be better if you're let out after 20 years, as a hardended criminal? Your life is ruined and you wouldn't be given nearly enough money to compensate for the time lost. The sad thing is that the death penalty is considered "irreversible" while 20 years in prison somehow leaves room for mistake. The truth is that ANY extended imprisonment is highly traumatic to an innocent person. Most would rather die than be locked up in a @!$%#hole for a whopping 20 years.

robiscolle- True. And their crimes were not commited by civilized people. Let the punishment fit the crime!

I would rather live, as would most when it comes down to it. Blood thirsty heathens is what you people are, no different from these guys who did this. You can advocate for the death penalty but it is killing plain and simple.

Chad, really you are for the death penalty then say "who would do it". to protect sociaty from these animals just about any body with loved ones. ask the husband 1st i bet he would put a bullet in there heads.

Ya damn right.

Ron2928736 and others who think these two miserable $^%$*&^ should not get the death penalty. You think they should be sentenced to life where they are able to get a college degree if they want, watch tv and just have the chance to breath free air. I think not. Would you be saying the same thing if it had been your wife, mother or daughters who had been raped & murdered? I think not on that too.

Blood thirsty heathens is what you people are, no different from these guys who did this. You can advocate for the death penalty but it is killing plain and simple.

The major flaw in your argument, robiscoole (and others who parrot your position) is that we would be killing two animals who deserve it, not an innocent mother and her two daughters. THAT is what would make us different from them.

The thing is, you savage people who advocate doing exactly what the criminals did... and especially those of you who say you'd gladly do it yourself, personally... I think it's one thing to blather about it on an anonymous online news comments board. But to actually DO it -- to brutally torture and kill another human being, no matter how much you think they deserve it -- that's very different. If you're a decent person, and you did this, it would take something from you. It would damage you to do it (your soul, your humanity, your goodness, whatever you want to call it). If it didn't... well, then, you're really not that decent a person, are you? And if you took some sort of actual PLEASURE in doing it, again irrespective of how much you think the criminal deserved it, then you're definitely not that far removed psychologically from the criminal himself.

I assure you, I'm in favor of the death penalty. I'm not even wavering on this point. I do see the points of the opponents of the death penalty, and understand their position. But my position is that I fully support it. Sometimes, the punishment for the worst crimes deserves no less.

However, I also support the US Constitution. Torturing and mutilating someone is most assuredly a "cruel and unusual punishment."

(As an aside, I bet a fair few of you folks who advocate torture and slaughter of criminals self-identify as Christian, too, which makes it an even more disturbing scenario, since your fictional god commands you NOT to kill, and Jesus himself said, "love your enemies" and "turn the other cheek." All blissfully ignored, of course.)

So, to recap: Death penalty, yes. Turning oneself into a savage, vicious killer for the sake of revenge or a rush of anonymous online machismo, no.

And an easy rebuttal to this:

The major flaw in your argument, robiscoole (and others who parrot your position) is that we would be killing two animals who deserve it, not an innocent mother and her two daughters.

How do you know the victims were innocent? I mean, in all likelihood they were in this case, but I surely don't know. What if it came out that the mother had been a coke fiend who took money from men to rape her daughters when they were younger and had just never gotten caught? What if she had been running an online child porn racket? Would that change your tune?

And please don't twist my words to suggest I'm disparaging the dead or blaming the victim. I'm not. I'm being strictly hypothetical and general. You can't say "innocent victim" unless you really knew them. Just because someone is a murder victim doesn't automatically make them a pure, innocent human being.

To Chad-2033112, Yes Chad, We call it "War"

Chad:

After reading your comments, I was fully prepared to deconstruct your POV piece by piece. However I don't think anything I, or any other rational-minded person, would say would deter you from your line of thinking. My question to you is this: If YOU were in the same situation as that poor, defenseless family....would you be screaming for someone, ANYONE, to offer you aid? And would you be opposed to the use of deadly force ( yes, even EXCESSIVE deadly force) to counteract the situation? I ask not from an attempt to argue with you but strictly because I want to know. Period.

You should never punish criminals by any means that is more cruel or more unusual than the treatment they gave their victims.

Agreed. Per my post above, this guy's death sentence should be getting sodomized while strapped to a bed and set on fire.

@Denton: my thoughts exactly. The upper limit should be whatever painful punishment that can be finished within 2 hours. Obviously it's extremely rare that a criminal would deserve something like that--most would still be given a clean death. And I would recommend on correcting instead of punishing those who commit minor crimes, so that they can eventually reintegrate with society.

Are you Islamic as you seem to want Sharia laws.. Best situation would have been that she had a 9mm on her hip and she emptied the clip full of hollow points into the perps. arse.. The state would have paid for the bullets and crime scene clean up and would have save a ton of taxpayer money..

It's animals like these two that make me want to go back to Hanging in the town square.

Roadrunner, wtf are you talking about? What did anything he said have to do with Islamic sharia law?

Roadrunner, I think you meant "...emptied the 'mag' full of hollow points...". The clip is where you'd keep all the extra magazines.

Actually, it comes from stripper clip or charger as used by Western armies from the late 19th Century forward to reload rifle magazines.

You're probably right. Even though there should be absolutely ZERO recourse for appeal on this case because the police were already there and waiting and saw both of them coming out of the house after they had set it on fire. I live in Connecticut and I'm honestly surprised the jurors here gave both of them the death penalty considering how "anti-death penalty" this liberal state is.

That's the unfortunate thing......plus all the tax dollars costing us

Yea if it were in China straight from the courtroom to the firing squad, appeal what is that .... all they spent of was a couple of bullets, done deal ... I guess that's why they will soon own America ...

...the police were already there and waiting and saw both of them coming out of the house after they had set it on fire.

They might have been concerned neighbors or even passersby who went in to save any possible victims of the fire. yeah, right!

So what is the difference of being on death row for 30 years or being in gen pop for 30 years? At least on death row, we stop paying after 30 years.

MSDNC- libs learn REALLY fast, if the bad things are happening to them, or their next door neighbor. It's YOU they don't care about.

It's the Carl Rowan school of gun control crowd.

(for those of you going "????" , Carl Rowan was a NYC rabid gun-control advocate in the late 70s , early 80s , until the night he shot a mugger with his unlicensed handgun. Got arrested. Kind of disappeared after that. )

U got the story wrong. Here's the story. Rowan is black. He writes an opinion column. He was a big gun control advocate. Lived in a Washington D.C. suburb. Was always pontificating about racism. Then one night some white kid in his late teens or early twenties trespassed on his property (his rich man's swimming pool) so he shot and killed the kid. He's the poster boy for liberal rage. What a scumbag.

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Actually, in most prisons that house death row inmates, they live a lot better than those in general population or in segregated housing (lockup). Their cells are often larger, they are housed alone (and don't have to worry about getting killed while they're asleep - especially if, like this guy, they raped and killed children), and they tend to get more privileges than other inmates. It's totally effed up. They should live like those in lockup do - in a tiny, bland, concrete 6-by-8 foot cell for 23 hours a day. And no television, hobbies, or anything else - just the nasty metal furniture in the cell. If you're the worst kind of human being on the planet, you should be treated as such.

Perhaps they do live a lot better than the general population, but who wants to "live" with the hangman's noose waiting! Not for me -- give me the simple, hardworking plain life any day as opposed to a life of crime and depravity.

1ad - I'm claustrophobic and get cabin fever something fierce. I actually almost went insane after I had my brain surgery and was confined to my house for eight weeks. I'd rather get death (provided they actually carry it out in a timely manner, which never happens) than live the rest of my life behind bars. Hell, I'd end up hanging myself after about a week. It's one of the reasons that I believe in rehabilitating non-violent inmates rather than submitting them to, in my opinion, conditions that are borderline inhumane. I think that the treatment these people receive in prison/jail is one of the reasons our recidivism rates are so high.

Again, I just want to stress that I believe in better treatment for non-violent offenders. People like this guy can be left to rot. Some people just can't be helped.

God gave us a choice: Life or Death. He gave us the command: Thou shall not murder. He showed us the mark of Cain. This mark says, do not murder this man but left him wander. Life is Prison is hell. That is where these cretins belong. In a cage in a prison. Death releases then from the memories of what they did. It is worth our taxpayer money to see them rightfully punished and it saves our lives for we did not murder them.

Eye for an eye tooth for a tooth. They deserve to meet their maker as soon as possible. let God punish them. I'd bet gods punishment will be far worse then anything we can come up with.

Bingo!Right on the Money Kentucky Red!

Amen. I too suffered sexual abuse at the hand of a sick relative. I did not turn out to be a vicious murderer or criminal.

Thank you for at least one sane comment among all of this vile hatred. The worst are the one that approve of the Chinese government methods, or the ones that just want to shoot the guy when arrested.

What is needed is a true life sentence, in solitary confinement, with a suicide option. That way society itself is not reduced to killing for pleasure also.

public hanging on saturdays, so everyone can see the fate, he chose,,and hanging is to good for this crime..you have to get rid of the cancer that is in society, and or evil, or your kids might be next. we should not spend money for lying lawyers and bs mental doctors.

Philippines also walks people like this out in a secluded area and they never return(the criminal). Some countries just do things better then we do.

I agree. I couldn't have done it, this man has incredible self control. I would have wanted to chop them in half with a dull axe.

Amen!

You're right. He has much more self control than I do. If I had been in his position, those two animals wouldn't have even made it to trial. I would've walked right into the police department and blown both of them away in their cells... or at least tried to.

If there's reason for doubt, that's what appeals are for. In cases like this where this is absolutely ZERO doubt (as cops and neighbors saw these scumbags exiting the home after it had been set on fire) then it is ABSOLUTELY justified.

You may be right. So let's just chain the two bastards to chairs in a room alone with the victim's husband. Hand him a bat with large spikes sticking through it, and just let him do as he pleases. We can hose the remains down the drain afterwards.

Do away with appeals in obvious cases like this. Execute outside at the back of the court house immediately after the verdict is given. Save time and money. Protect the population.

We'll see. Most of them get appeal after appeal but there must be some sort of new evidence presented that could exonerate them. I don't see it happening since everybody, including the police, watched them leave the house and try to escape after it had been set on fire.

Maybe enroute to prison he will grab the guards pistol and committ suicide by shooting himself in the back of the head 8 or 9 times........hint hint!

Our (prior) Governor Rell refused to sign the bill to halt the Death Penalty in CT specifically because of this case. I hope (current) Governor Malloy doesn't do anything to stop justice being carried out speedily.

Perhaps they could outsource to Texas?

can't wait till the sentences are carried out.

That will be in about 10 years from now after the automatic state and federal appeals are exhausted.

I agree, being abused as a child does not mean you should be excused for a horrific crime. I think arguing as much is an insult to victoms of abuse. It suggests that they are weaker than everyone else, or more vulnerable because of their victomhood or cannot be responsible individuals. It is a pathetic argument.

Kathryn, thank you for sharing your experience and perspective, the world needs the kind of courage you demonstrated.

Not in this state!

They lived 4 years longer than they should have. These two are candidates for bringing back public hangings. ACLU be damned the needle is too humane.

Rabid animals get put down as mercifully as possible. These two don't deserve mercy.

I would love it if public hangings were once again used against hardened criminals like this. Just no need to broadcast it on TV. This country was truly a great country when sentence was handed down almost immediately, and then acted out. With the way the "injustice system" works today, this is no longer a great country. Just average at best.