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A Difficult Decision

By Michael Blankenship

The family of slain state Constable Robert Bailey decided months ago that they would prefer his killer remain behind bars forever than for them to endure an emotional trial and subsequent appeals necessary for the state to put Walter Fayall III to death. Read more... More family members and friends of murder victims are reaaching this difficult decision. Not only are they having an impact on individual cases, but their voices are changing the administration of capital punishment in states like New Mexico and New Jersey. "Three members of Bailey's family fought through sobs while telling the judge what their family patriarch had meant to them and how much his senseless killing has hurt them. His son Robert Bailey Jr. told the judge why the family wanted the deal...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on February 10, 2010 (boomark / email).