Me, Im totally against the death penalty - its pagan and has its origins back in the Middle Ages - this case and there are many illustrate perfectly how flawed the practice is.


Im for life incarcaration upon conviction - thats LIFE INCARCARATION not a pc 25 years with parole - LIFE means LIFE until something comes along that over turns the original conviction. To hell with the burden on the tax payer, thats a peurile argument, in fact its no argument at all when consideration is being given to the state taking the life of an innocent person ie legally sanctioned murder.


In this case, I believe a retrial was totally in order - seems to be that was all to much trouble and the need for close out was greater than the desire for justice. he may very well have been guilty, but there was enough doubt here IMHO to justify the authorities having another look.