Couey jury wants death for Florida girl’s killer – CNN.com
I’m not a fan of the death penalty because of the gross unfairness with which it’s implemented. Also, we have an imperfect justice system staffed by imperfect people. As long as that’s true the potential for mistakes makes the death penalty problematic. But every once in a while a case just screams for it. The kidnapping, rape and burial alive of Jessica Lundsford is such a case, where emotions cloud and the primitive side emerges screaming for blood. It won’t bring an innocent child back. There’s small comfort in knowing her murderer will eventually die, perhaps that’s all there is for Jessica’s parents.
