Child killer smiles as he hears sentence

[lvpets2002]

You know what Killing him is just too easy.. Can they tourture him first like he did to the kids && then watch him DIE SLOWLEY..

[Alysser]

YEAH, that is really something to smile about! I hope he rots in jail, wtf is wrong with people?!

I agree with sparks on this one.

[Marigold2]

One can see he is a few slices short of a loaf.
He has no remorse, doens't feel shame or sadness for what he has done. It is not in his makeup. Call it a birth defect if you will.
When he is dead they need to slice open his brain and study it. Perhaps someday there will be meds to help these people. For now, they need to be removed from society.
Perhaps someday they can find the gene that makes a person this way and destroy it.
Someday people will hopefully be born in test-tubes. You can pick and choose the good traits and weed out the sickness mental and physical before conception. This way there will be no abortion or unwanted children. They will be planned when a person is ready to support them.
Each and every child will be planned and wanted, welcomed and cared for. No more hunger, or childhood illness and all will have a chance at a good and decent life.

[shepgirl]

I feel as strongly as everyone else about this guy but everybody seems to forget one thing - the fact that all babies are born innocent and dependent.
It is apparent that we, society , fail our chidren when they are still in the cradle. We are given children to love and nurture, but how many of these children are given the opportunity to grow and become decent caring citizens is up to the parents to choose. Looking at the system I have seen my share of abused, neglected and starved for love children. Our foster homes for children are bursting at the seams - some of these foster homes are less than perfect - some people will foster for the sake of $$$$ and not the love of the child. If you think children are blind to this fact, think again. This is why they run away from their foster homes most times.
What this man did is appalling and indescribable, but searching back to his chilhood one might find that the parents are the ones who should be punished alongside him. And I am in no way excusing what he did, the death penalty does seem too good - I always like to take a closer look behing the facts presented. I think his chilhood might be filled with more than unhappiness. Violence begets violence - indifference begets indifference and a lack of nurturing brings a whole host of other mental afflictions.
When teachers start complaining that a child is acting up in class you can start looking at that child's homelife and lack of nurturing or caring, if truth be told, we only see the surface of what this child has been through until his school years begin.

[Catty1]

shepgirl - I agree with what you have said, but I believe that there are people born with 'something missing' in the brain chemically, just as some are born with physical infirmities. The brain and its chemicals are physical as well, so it stands to reason that this can and does happen.

In the original post, I pasted a letter he wrote to his mom. It was found in his pocket and never mailed. Everyone, have a look at that.

I have also visited a blog of his, which ends in 2005. He talks many times of 'fighting demons' in his head.

I agree with the death penalty, as this does not seem 'curable' and he will keep on hurting and killing.

Also - he is now 45 years of age, and was 42 when he killed Dylan Groene. It's a bit late to be blaming mommy and daddy.

Check this story about the adult who went to their parent, and ranted about how it was all the parent's fault that they (the adult child) were where they were now.

The parent thinks, and then says, "Well, maybe it is my fault that you are where you are now. But if you stay there - that's your fault."

[shepgirl]

Totally agree Catty1. some people are born with chemical brain imbalances, but isn't it up to the parents to have their child checked out and get the help he/she needs if that is the case.?This guy speaking if his demons etc, sounds more like a psyzophrenic that went uncontrolled. And the letter written to his mother speaks volumes of hate towards her and also the system for failing him. If the parents flip off a kid as a troublemaker and a loser instead of a human being needing help, this is the end result. Maybe this kid was hit and blamed for everything that ever went wrong in his parents' lives...the parents ingrained this into him until he believed it. same as a husband beating his wife and sayingnow see what you made me do". And as far as "it's your fault if yoy stay there", if the child has learned that no one considers him worthy of help he isn't going to look for that help since he's never learned how to ask for help, he's learned to take his mental anguish out in socially unnacceptable ways.
I totally agree with the death penalty in this case, AND it's ovious the man feels released from his demons with this sentencing.
When I say the parents failed him by not getting the help he neede I mean real help, not getting yourself on the DR. Phil show in front of millions and making a spectacle of the kid.