‘Megan’s Law’ killer escapes death under N.J. execution ban
17th December 2007
The man who raped and killed 7-year-old Megan Kanka — the 1994 crime that inspired “Megan’s Law” — is one of eight men whose sentences were commuted to life in prison this week as part of New Jersey’s new ban on execution.
So what happens when he gets out on parole or work-release or some technicality and rapes and murders some other kid? Will any of these legislators apologize? Of course it doesn’t matter — they had the best of intentions, and (as we all know) intentions substitute for effective action on a 10-for-1 basis.
They will now serve life in prison without parole, according to the governor’s office.
And if you believe that one, they’ll tell you another one.
Timmendequas had twice been convicted of sex crimes — on 5- and 7-year-olds — before he murdered Megan.
Well, that’s all right then.
“It’s a day of progress for the state of New Jersey and for the millions of people across our nation and around the globe who reject the death penalty as a moral or practical response to the grievous, even heinous, crime of murder,” Corzine said.
Yup, that it is, that it is.
December 17th, 2007 at 16:22
Society must ask “is it not morally superior” to put a mad dog down rather than to let him run loose so he can rape and kill again. After all, aren’t the liberals all about “the children”?