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Death Penalty's Cruel Toll on the Victims

By Steve Hall

That's the title of a lengthy editorial from the Sunday edition of the Baltimore Sun.  It's subtitled, "As the legislature takes up another attempt to repeal capital punishment, lawmakers should consider the inherent burden it places on those who have already suffered." As Maryland's de facto moratorium on executions drags on and lawmakers in Annapolis prepare for another set of hearings in the years-long push by advocates to outlaw capital punishment, it is understandable that the families of those who were murdered by the five men on death row would be frustrated and angry. Phyllis Bricker, whose parents were murdered by death row inmate John Booth-El, gave voice to the anguish that has caused in a recent interview with The Sun's Julie Bykowicz: "There's been no closure, no justice...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 28, 2011 (boomark / email).