I have no problem with an accused person being vigorously defended. It is the convicted molester that should get the death penalty. saying that emotion cannot be involved is ridiculous, as that is, in part, what is assaulted by the perpetrator. As Redheat has said, these sociopaths/pschopaths took innocence, safety, trust and sometimes life from the victims. These were basically murdered and can never be returned. I know for a fact that the man who molested me went on to molest others, including his own daughter. He felt he had a right to do so, that his gratification was paramount to anything else. I am not talking about the kid over eighteen that messes around with a girlfriend a couple of years younger. I am talking about a man who targeted an eight year old girl and threatened to kill her family if she told anyone. Emotional? Damn right! It's emotional to know that this monster walked around, able to perpetrate his evil on other young girls and we were powerless to stop it. That guy deserves death.
When it's possible to restore what these monsters took away from me and other victims and their families, THEN I will be against the death penalty.
