By: Dudley Sharp

Dudley Sharp
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:36:09 +0000

Mr. Francome:

The problems that you attribute to the death penalty are not those of the death penalty, but those who manage it, which includes Governors, Atty Gen, legislators and those who are the case managers - the judges.

For example, Virginia has executed 112 murderers, since 1976, within 7 years of full appeals. Obviously, if Virginia can do it, all states can, if, responsibly, managed.

Of course, execution is closure. It is closure of the legal process, found as just, by the overwhelming percentage of murder victim survivors and it prevents that murderer from ever haring anyone again - a very big deal for many of those survivors.

Of course, execution cannot bring closure to the emotional and psychological challenges of those who have lost lovd ones to murder. Nothing can do that.