• squiblet@kbin.social
    4812·
    10 months ago

    Sennett was found dead in her home March 18, 1988, with eight stab wounds in the chest and one on each side of her neck. Smith was one of two men convicted in the killing. The other, John Forrest Parker, was executed in 2010.

    Prosecutors said they were each paid $1,000 to kill Sennett on behalf of her pastor husband, who was deeply in debt and wanted to collect on insurance.

    • Naich@kbin.social
      723·
      10 months ago

      Yes, a complete barbarian. We have them too, but we aspire to be better than just being equally barbaric in return. That’s why civilisations do justice, not revenge.

    • pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works
      27·
      10 months ago

      even for 1988 thats not a huge chunk of money. poverty is the biggest driver of crime. imagine if we reinvested all the money we pour into prisons into actually taking care of people

      • TheFriar@lemm.ee
        211·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, and you know what stuck out to me in the article? That the conservative justices said, he was “gaming the system” for too long with…appeals and requests for stays…and that justice wasn’t done until he was murdered.

        Like…he was gaming the system by rotting in prison? So these arbiters of justice think justice is only an eye for an eye and these prisons they adore so much are not brutal enough?

    • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
      162·
      10 months ago

      Sounds like the husband killed her with his wallet. He wielded this guy like the guy wielded a knife.

      It’s absurd to think that killing him would really bring any more peace to the children than destroying the knife.

      If anything, having to bear witness to endless appeals and proceedings for 35 years prolongs their torture. I’d really like to see a form of justice that focuses on ensuring the peace and stability of the victims and their family rather than the pain and suffering of the perpetrators.

      • Halosheep@lemm.ee
        3·
        10 months ago

        Man fuck that, someone stabs my mom to death over a measly $1000 and my dad kills himself because he’s the one who paid for it and I’m going to want that anger taken out on someone, better be the ones who did all this.

        My dude killed someone for $500, literally doesn’t deserve to live in society and I don’t want to be paying for him to live outside of it.

        I’m surprised so many people on lemmy are anti death penalty.