There's no case that can't be won.
I've said that repeatedly. I've given examples. It's true.
It's also true that not every case can be won.
And it's certainly true that some cases won't be won. Even when counsel are brilliant and dedicated and actually have resources and make heroic efforts.
Anthony Sowell's lawyers were.
It didn't matter.
This afternoon, the jury came back with the verdicts.
- Death
- Death
- Death
- Death
- Death
- Death
- Death
- Death
- Death
- Death
- Death
Eleven times.
Each murder, they said, for each one, the aggravating circumstances outweighed the mitigating factors.
Maybe.
Or maybe it was, however much it isn't supposed to have been, the collective horror.
Regardless.
The judge doesn't have to do it. He can impose life sentences. He can make them consecutive.
He won't.
If 8/10/15/20 years from now, he actually gets killed by the state, will we be the better for it?
Will it have been worth it?
And will any of us sleep better tonight?
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Eleven death sentences? It seems a bit redundant. Still and all, we could get eleven men for a firing squad and get rid of him.
ReplyDeleteFace it. Sowell is completely worthless and his crimes merit the death penalty. Take him out and shoot him.
And, as if it matters, I will not sleep any better or worse for Sowell being on one side of the lawn or the other.