Sunday, October 31, 2021

R. ALBERT MOHLER JR. – THE DEATH PENALTY AND THE AMERICAN CONSCIENCE

   

Christianity produces a system of laws and justice that puts a high premium on both personal moral responsibility and the sanctity of human life. For this reason, the punishment of murderers has been taken with great seriousness. Those who take a human life with premeditation were understood to forfeit their own. - R. Albert Mohler Jr.

[The Post-Christian Condition – Anders Breivik and the Limitations of Justice Fri, Apr. 20, 2012 Posted: 10:13 AM EDT]

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BLOG: https://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2017/10/r-albert-mohler-jr-why-christians.html

 

We stand with Theologian R. Albert Mohler, Jr. with his endorsement for the death penalty for the Boston Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. We know that the God of the Holy Bible, is not anti-capital punishment but he commands that the state executes murderers. We will post a quote from different Christians in this article:

  

And Jesus said this to Peter. Matthew 26:52, "Put your sword back in its place. For all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword". What was Jesus saying? If you take that mans' life, you have to give your life. You can't use that sword to kill somebody with impunity. You take his life, they have a right to take your life. Jesus said all those who take up the sword are gonna die by the sword. All who kill will themselves die. And thus did Jesus uphold the law of capital punishment.

- John F. MacArthur

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http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2018/06/life-and-death-in-new-world-by-john-f.html


The death penalty and the American conscience

R. Albert Mohler, Jr. | The Biden administration contradicts itself on capital punishment

The death penalty is back in the headlines and back before the Supreme Court. It is the issue that erupts again and again, revealing a basic moral fault line that runs right through the American people—and perhaps through the American heart. The situation is also very confusing, and the confusion starts in the Oval Office.

President Joe Biden seems to believe that the death penalty is a very bad idea, except when it isn’t. He ran for president on a pledge to end federal executions, tweeting: “Because we can’t ensure that we get these cases right every time, we must eliminate the death penalty.”

Soon after his election, his spokesperson T.J. Ducklo said Biden “opposes the death penalty now and in the future.” In June, under increased pressure from opponents of the death penalty, Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, announced a moratorium on federal executions.

  

The church tradition does not condemn or refuse the death penalty, Christ Himself was crucified, He went through the death penalty, but He has never said that criminals shouldn't be executed and holy fathers don't say it either. Rejection of the death penalty is not the result of Christian tradition, but the result of a new liberal philosophic idea that appeared in West European space. - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

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https://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2020/03/patriarch-kirill-pacifism-is-not.html


And yet, earlier this month the Biden administration went before the Supreme Court to argue for the reinstatement of the federal death penalty in the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. With his older brother, Tamerlan, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev planned and carried out the deadly 2013 bombings. Tamerlan was later killed in a shootout with police, after the brothers had murdered a police officer in the wake of the bombing.

Captured after a massive manhunt, Dzhokhar was arrested, tried, and convicted of 30 crimes, including murder and using a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death. He was sentenced to death by lethal injection on six capital counts. Tsarnaev later appealed the death penalty sentence, and the U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturned his death penalty sentence, largely based on charges that evidence had been wrongly excluded from Tsarnaev’s trial.

  

For in this case a prince and lord must remember that ac­cording to Romans 13 [:4] he is God’s minister and the servant of his wrath and that the sword has been given him to use against such people. If he does not fulfil the duties of his office by pun­ishing some and protecting others, he commits as great a sin be­fore God as when someone who has not been given the sword commits murder. If he is able to punish and does not do it—even though he would have had to kill someone or shed blood—he be­comes guilty of all the murder and evil that these people commit. For by deliberately disregarding God’s command he permits such rascals to go about their wicked business, even though he was able to prevent it and it was his duty to do so. This is not a time to sleep. And there is no place for patience or mercy. This is the time of the sword, not the day of grace.

(Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants)

https://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2016/02/in-loving-memory-of-martin-luther-great.html

The Trump Administration had asked the Supreme Court to reinstate Tsarnaev’s death sentence. But the really interesting development came when the Biden Administration continued to make the same case to the Court. President Biden said he was against the death penalty, his attorney general announced a stop to federal executions, and yet attorneys for the same administration recently went before the Supreme Court to argue for the reinstatement of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence? That’s exactly what happened.

What explains this apparent contradiction? We should note that Tsarnaev’s trial was moved to the federal court so that the death penalty could be applied. Massachusetts does not have a death penalty, but the crimes of the Tsarnaev brothers were so heinous that the public rightly demanded the death sentence. That death sentence was sought by the Department of Justice while Barack Obama was president of the United States and Eric Holder was his attorney general. Both had been very critical of the death penalty but allowed federal prosecutors to seek the death sentence in this case. Now, the Biden Administration seems to be asking for the reinstatement of a death sentence it will not carry out?

At the high court, Justice Amy Coney Barrett noted the contradiction in the administration’s argument. “I’m wondering what the government’s endgame is here,” the justice wondered aloud. The American people must be wondering as well.

  

"If a man is a danger to the community, threatening it with disintegration by some wrongdoing of his, then his execution for the healing and preservation of the common good is to be commended.  Only the public authority, not private persons, may licitly execute malefactors by public judgment. Men shall be sentenced to death for crimes of irreparable harm or which are particularly perverted."

St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, 11; 65-2; 66-6.

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Why would the Biden Administration make apparently contradictory arguments on a matter of life and death? The clearest explanation is that the president knows that a clear majority of the American people believe in the death penalty for premeditated murder, especially mass murder. Like President Obama, President Biden is not about to deny that the death penalty fits the crime in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The bare political truth is that the American people know by moral conscience that at least some crimes demand the ultimate punishment by law.

  

‘Pope Francis is dead wrong about capital punishment. God has commanded government to use the death penalty to demonstrate the seriousness of murder: “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made man” (Genesis 9:6).’ - Pastor Robert Jeffress versus Pope Francis

[PHOTO SOURCE: https://twitter.com/williamtstew/status/1026272804201811968]

http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2018/08/pastor-robert-jeffress-pope-is-dead.html

This is not evidence of bloodlust or revenge, but of the basic hunger for justice that can only be explained by the fact that God made us in his image as moral creatures. Furthermore, the Noahic Covenant, found in Genesis chapter 9, demands the death penalty for a willful act of murder, precisely because murder is the intentional killing of a fellow image-bearer.

  

Nothing shows the moral bankruptcy of a people or of a generation more than disregard for the sanctity of human life. And it is this same atrophy of moral fiber that appears in the plea for the abolition of the death penalty. It is the sanctity of life that validates the death penalty for the crime of murder. It is the sense of this sanctity that constrains the demand for the infliction of this penalty. The deeper our regard for life the firmer will be our hold upon the penal sanction which the violation of that sanctity merit. (Page 122 of Principles of Conduct) - John Murray

[http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2014/05/john-murray-on-sanctity-of-life.html]


If you accept that the death penalty is demanded by any crime, you are not categorically opposed to the death penalty. A responsible society reforms the criminal justice process in order to improve the justice of the entire system, and that includes the death penalty. But we need political leaders who speak consistently, and avoid saying one thing on the campaign trail and another thing when before the Supreme Court.

The crimes of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cry out for the death penalty, and the American people know it. It’s high time for an honest conversation about the death penalty and the future, and the American people deserve a straight answer on the issue, right from the Oval Office.

  

The evangelical commandment of "non-resistance to evil" teaches humility and generosity in personal matters, and not limpness of will, not cowardice, not treachery and not obedience to evildoers. – Ivan Ilyin

[PHOTO SOURCE: https://quozio.com/quote/hd3vsqqs2jj3/1174/the-evangelical-commandment-of-nonresistance-to-evil]

https://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2019/03/ivan-ilyin-on-loving-your-enemies.html


R. Albert Mohler Jr. - Albert Mohler is president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College and editor of WORLD Opinions. He is also president of the Evangelical Theological Society and host of The Briefing and Thinking in Public. He is the author of several books, including The Gathering Storm: Secularism, Culture, and the Church. He is the seminary’s Centennial Professor of Christian Thought and a minister, having served as pastor and staff minister of several Southern Baptist churches.

OTHER LINKS:

https://answersingenesis.org/sanctity-of-life/capital-punishment-today/

https://albertmohler.com/

THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT EXPLAINED

https://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-sixth-commandment-explained.html


Wednesday, October 27, 2021

IN LOVING MEMORY OF SHARMA RUTH JOHNSON (OCTOBER 13, 1969 TO OCTOBER 27, 1991)

30 years later, we remember Sharma Ruth Johnson, who was murdered by Willie B. Smith III on October 27, 1991. Justice was served when he was executed in Alabama on October 21, 2021. Let us remember the victim:

 

Sharma Ruth Johnson, 22, was slain in Birmingham on Oct. 27, 1991. Willie B. Smith III was convicted in her slaying. Courtesy: Trussville TribuneCourtesy, Trussville Tribune (MU

[PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.al.com/crime/2021/10/alabama-death-row-inmate-willie-b-smith-set-to-be-executed-thursday-evening.html]


Sharma Ruth Johnson

Birth

Death

27 Oct 1991 (aged 22)

Burial

Trussville, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA

Plot

Twin Addition

Memorial ID

176958142 View Source

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RELATED LINKS:

On this date, October 21, 2021, Willie B. Smith III was executed by lethal injection in Alabama. He was convicted of kidnapping and murdering 22-year-old Sharma Ruth Johnson in Birmingham in October 1991.

http://soldierexecutionerprolifer2008.blogspot.com/2021/10/willie-b-smith-iii-executed-in-alabama.html

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=205985021617495&id=101692122046786

PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/Samurai-Police-1109-101692122046786/photos/205986288284035

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TEN YEARS LATER, WE REMEMBER KELLI JOY O’LAUGHLIN (APRIL 2, 1997 TO OCTOBER 27, 2011)

 

Kelli O'Laughlin

(April 2, 1997 to October 27, 2011)

We, the members of Unit 1012: The VFFDP will remember Kelli O’Laughlin on April 2 and October 27 every year. She will be one of The 82 murdered children of Unit 1012, where we will not forget her. Unit 1012 encourage everybody to donate and show support Kelli Joy O’Laughlin Memorial Fund.

            Ten years later, we remember her today and if you live in Illinois, please run or walk for Kelli.

   

Many Faces of heart emoticon Kelli Joy O'Laughlin heart emoticon


Whether Kelli was dressed up for a play, trying on dresses for homecoming, getting ready for a tennis match, doing her hair up for crazy hair day at school, going to a bulls game or just making bubbles while at a park,Kelli was happy with life! Kelli loved the camera and people! That is why we now need Justice for Kelli as there are no new pictures or new memories!

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Run For Kelli -2021

John Olaughlin, Neighbor

Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 8:30 AM

Lyons Township High School South Campus, 4900 Willow Springs Rd, Western Springs, IL, 60558

More info: https://RunForKelli.com

Cross Country was one of Kelli O’Laughlin’s favorite sports when she was in middle school. In her name and her memory, the Kelli Joy O’Laughlin Foundation is hosting its 10th annual Run For Kelli. This year to celebrate the 10th annual event we are doing a virtual run and a Live in-person event. Join us in Person Sunday, October 3rd, or Virtually Run or Walk between Sunday, September 27, and Tuesday, October 27th.

Kelli was a freshman at Lyons Township High School when her life was taken by a burglar in her home. Kelli’s family and much of the community come together to remember her, celebrate her life, and raise money for her foundation.

INTERNET SOURCE: https://patch.com/illinois/westernsprings/calendar/event/20211003/1367912/run-for-kelli-2021

 

Remember Kelli O’Laughlin four years later

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Run for Kelli: Kelli O'Laughlin remembered

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Run for Kelli www.runforkelli.com

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RELATED LINKS:

KELLI JOY O’LAUGHLIN (APRIL 2, 1997 TO OCTOBER 27, 2011)

http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2016/04/kelli-joy-olaughlin-april-2-1997-to.html

http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2017/10/unit-1012-endorses-kelli-joy-olaughlin.html

http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2016/10/in-loving-memory-of-kelli-olaughlin.html

CASE: http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2012/10/in-loving-memory-of-kelli-olaughlin.html

http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2014/10/in-loving-memory-of-kelli-olaughlin.html

MY THOUGHTS:

http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-thoughts-in-loving-memory-of-kelli.html

http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2013/10/in-loving-memory-of-kelli-olaughlin.html

THE FOUNDATION:

https://www.kjofund2.com/

https://runforkelli.enmotive.com/events/register/run-for-kelli-2021

Monday, October 25, 2021

PARKLAND GUNMAN NIKOLAS CRUZ SHOULD BE EXECUTED

  

Florida school shooting: Victims identified by authorities, remembered by loved ones

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“I care more about how the families feel than I care about this guy being trapped or not being trapped. And if the families are telling me that the way they’re going to get closure is by him being put to the death penalty, then so be it. Because the priority, for me, is the families that had those lives stolen from them.”

– Ana Navarro said, referring to the alternative of him spending life in prison.

             Even though Ana Navarro has taken many liberal views, she concedes that the Parkland Gunman, Nikolas Cruz, deserves to be executed for his crime. We, the members of Unit 1012: The VFFDP, who have lost family members to murder agree that Parkland Gunman, Nikolas Cruz should be executed as there is no doubt about his guilt at all, he had murdered 17 people.


The past counts. The Earth does not belong only to the living. Bloodshed cries out to be avenged. Emotively, and not merely rationally, the blood of the dead victim compels us to act. Today, too, the victim’s lingering cry moves us retributivist advocates of the death penalty.

[The Death Penalty Delineated By the Old Testament by Robert Blecker, USA Today on November 2004]

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….. https://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2015/07/robert-blecker-on-remembering-murdered.html]

Article: https://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2020/09/professor-robert-blecker-life-without.html

             Let us hear from the victims’ family members as they want him to get the ultimate punishment:

  

“There is one other consideration which I believe should never be overlooked. If the criminal law of this country is to be respected, it must be in accordance with public opinion, and public opinion must support it. That goes very nearly to the root of this question of capital punishment. I cannot believe or the public opinion (or would I rather call it the public conscience) of this country will tolerate that persons who deliberately condemn others to painful and, it may be, lingering deaths should be allow to live…”


Families of Parkland school shooting victims react to Nikolas Cruz's upcoming guilty plea

By: Peter Burke

Posted at 2:48 PM, Oct 20, 2021 and last updated 2021-10-20 17:45:54-04

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Some parents and family members of the Parkland school shooting victims said Wednesday they were unmoved by Nikolas Cruz's apology in court and remain in favor of him being sentenced to death.

Cruz pleaded guilty Wednesday to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder for the Valentine's Day 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

By pleading guilty, Cruz now must wait for a jury to decide whether he will be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is fingerprinted after his guilty plea Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Relatives of the victims who sat in the courtroom and watched the hearing via Zoom broke down in tears and held hands across families.

As Cruz apologized to the families of his victims, several parents shook their heads in disgust.

Cruz explained that he thought it should be up to the families to determine whether he lives or dies.

But it seems several have already made up their minds, and his statement did little, if nothing, to change their positions.

"Today we saw a cold and calculating killer confess to the murder of my daughter, Gina, and 16 other innocent victims at their school," Tony Montalto said.

Tony Montalto wears a button bearing an image of his daughter, Gina Montalto, 14, who was killed in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, during a court recess Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

His daughter was 14 and sitting outside her classroom when Cruz shot her at close range numerous times.

"His guilty pleas are the first step in the judicial process, but there is no change for my family," Montalto said. "Our bright, beautiful and beloved daughter Gina is gone, while her killer still enjoys the blessing of life in prison."

Parents scoffed at Cruz's statement as they left the courtroom, saying it seemed self-serving and aimed at eliciting unearned sympathy.

Gena Hoyer, whose 15-year-old son, Luke, died in the shooting, saw it as part of a defense strategy "to keep a violent, evil person off death row."

Gena Hoyer shows the pendant given to her by co-workers bearing an image of her son, Luke Hoyer, 15, who was killed in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, as well as the cross Luke used to wear around his neck, during a court recess Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

She said her son was "a sweet young man who had a life ahead of him and the person you saw in there today chose to take his life. He does not deserve life in prison."

Debbi Hixon, whose husband, Christopher Hixon, was among the 14 students and three faculty members killed in the massacre said the families weren't expecting to hear "part of what was said today, and I think it reiterates the fact of why we need to seek the death penalty."

Gena Hoyer, right, hugs Debbi Hixon during a court recess Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz's guilty plea on all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 mass shooting. Hoyer's son, Luke Hoyer, 15, and Hixon's husband, Christopher Hixon, 49, were both killed in the massacre.

Manuel Oliver, whose son, Joaquin, was killed in the shooting, spoke to reporters via Zoom after the hearing.

"At the end of the day, someone declared himself guilty for something that I always knew -- we all know -- that he was already guilty," Oliver said.

Oliver said his pain and anger are "bigger" than ever after hearing Broward County State Attorney Mike Satz recount in court how each of the victims died, including learning that Cruz shot his son, reloaded and then shot him again.

"It tells me that he was not dead," Oliver said. "So there's a lot of suffering. There's a lot of pain, I guess, and I've always wondered if Joaquin was thinking about us, his family."

Despite Cruz's apology, Montalto, who wore a picture of his daughter close to his heart, felt no sympathy for her murderer.

"There's no moving on," he said. "There's moving around the pain that we feel every day. The loss of my daughter affects my wife, myself, and our son and our entire family."

Lori Alhadeff wears her daughter's name on her wrist and her arm, in the form of a wristband and tattoo.

"So I think about Alyssa every day," she said.

  

You killed a person and you are put in prison for life? The one you killed is not in jail but he is dead." - Yoweri Museveni

Parents, family members of Parkland victims want Nikolas Cruz to die

Alhadeff, who watched the hearing from home, said she imagines that her daughter would be playing soccer -- the sport that she loved -- in college right now.

"She was a beautiful, vivacious, amazing girl," Alhadeff said.

Instead, the 14-year-old was killed by Cruz. So Alhadeff turned her grief into action, running for and winning election to the Broward County School Board.

"Seventeen people died," Alhadeff said. "Seventeen people were shot, and so it's ultimately that his life needs to be taken."

Anthony Borges, a former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who was shot five times and severely wounded, told reporters after the hearing that he accepted Cruz's apology, but noted that it was not up to him to decide the confessed murderer's fate.

Royer Borges and his son, Anthony Borges, are shown in court Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., during Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz's guilty plea on all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. Anthony Borges was critically injured in the 2018 massacre.

"He (made) a decision to shoot the school," Borges said. "That's for everybody. He (made) his decision to do it. Now he's facing it. That's not my right. Like, I'm not God to (make) the decision to kill him or not. That's not my decision. My decision is to be a better person and to change the world (for) every kid. Like, I don't want (this) to happen to (anybody) again. Like, it hurts. It hurts. It really hurts."

But Hoyer was more decisive, saying her son's killer doesn't deserve life in prison.

"Life in prison is a life, and he deserves nothing more than the death penalty," she said.

INTERNET SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2088194411331919&id=1299628893521812

https://www.wpbf.com/article/family-members-of-parkland-school-shooting-victims-react-nikolas-cruz-upcoming-guilty-plea/37977160

  

If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death. – Immanuel Kant

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http://victimsfamiliesforthedeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2017/02/immanuel-kant-on-punishing-criminals.html


Parkland Families Say They Want The Death Penalty

By Bobeth Yates

October 19, 2021 at 11:50 pm

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – After three years, the person, police say is responsible for mass shooting Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will be in court to face the charges but for many of the victims and their families, the day couldn’t have come sooner.

“I believe there’s a place in hell for him and it’s waiting,” said School Board Member Debbie Hixon.

She is unapologetic when it comes to her option of Nikolas Cruz. Cruz has been charged with the deaths of 14 students and three staff members in the Parkland shooting. Hixon’s husband Chris was among them.

“This an individual who’s not able to be rehabilitated, I don’t think he’s remorseful at all and I don’t think he should suck up one more resource of our community, he’s taken enough from us, added Hixon.

ON Wednesday, Cruz is expected to plead guilty to the 17 murders and to the shootings of the 17 who were wounded and survived.

Hixon isn’t the only one who wants him to be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

“My wife and I had two children and we don’t any more we have one. That killer took this from us and I want that killer to pay for it with his life,” said Fred Guttenberg.

His daughter Jaime was among those who lost their lives in the Parkland mass shooting.

“My daughter wanted to get married by the age of 25 and I dreamt every day of walking my daughter down the aisle and because of what this murder did I now live every day knowing I won’t get to do that. My daughter was amazing and the world lost someone who was going to make a huge difference in it as she grow up,” added Guttenberg.

As the victims’ families prepare for court, some like Hixon say they’re starting to feel a sense of closure.

“I’m definitely struggling but appreciative of the fact that we are expediting something that should have happened in 2018,” added Hixon.

INTERNET SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2090492067768820&id=1299628893521812

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/10/19/parkland-families-say-they-want-death-penalty/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3350621811720081/permalink/4398489863599932

 


Wife of victim speaks out ahead of Parkland shooter’s penalty phase

On Wednesday, we will learn whether the state will accept Nikolas Cruz’s guilty plea for a school shooting in Parkland. Cruz’s lawyers said last week that he would be pleading guilty to 17 counts of premeditated murder in the first degree and 17 counts of first degree attempted murder.

His lawyers’ goals are to get the death penalty off the table for Cruz.

One of the victims of the 2018 mass shooting was Chris Hixon. Hixon died trying to stop Cruz from killing more people. WINK News spoke to Hixon’s wife about what the next phase of this case means to her.

17 people died on February 14, 2018, during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. 17 more people were injured and survived.

Debbi Hixon’s husband was one of the people who died. She won’t say the shooter’s name and doesn’t want to see his face but she wants him to face death as well.

Debbi is Chris Hixon’s wife and is a member of the Broward County School Board. “This is an evil human being that just needs to go to hell,” Hixon said.

Her husband died while he was trying to disarm the shooter. Now, more than three and a half years later, the gunman has yet to stand trial.

  

If the death penalty was not imposed then "wrong really has finally totally triumphed over right and all civilised society, all we hold dear, is the loser." - John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

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Debbi says it’s still hard for her to move forward. “There’s steps in grief and anger is the first one. And I don’t think many of us have been able to move too far past that. Because there’s been no justice,” she said.

Since his arrest, Cruz, the confessed killer, has wanted to plead guilty in exchange for life in prison. The prosecution has said no every single time. So now, he plans to plead guilty once again.

This will set up a penalty phase where a jury will hear testimony and make a recommendation of life in prison or offering the death penalty.

Kyle Jeter was teaching at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when those shots rang out. “I kind of look at things like what do the families want and I read that families are in favor of the death penalty so that works for me,” Jeter said.

“Our community has lost enough from this person. And I just don’t think that we should be continuing to provide any other resources for this evil human being,” said Hixon.

Hixon says she will be present in the courtroom when the judge decides the fate of her husband’s killer.

On Friday, Cruz entered a guilty plea related to an assault on a prison guard in 2018.

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"In criminal law legislation, our priority is the security and well being of law-abiding citizens rather than the rights of the criminal to be protected from incriminating evidence." – Lee Kuan Yew

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Twelve victims died inside the building, three died just outside the building on school premises, and two died in the hospital.

The fourteen students and three staff members killed were:

  • Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
  • Scott Beigel, 35
  • Martin Duque, 14
  • Nicholas Dworet, 17
  • Aaron Feis, 37
  • Jaime Guttenberg, 14
  • Chris Hixon, 49
  • Luke Hoyer, 15
  • Cara Loughran, 14
  • Gina Montalto, 14
  • Joaquin Oliver, 17
  • Alaina Petty, 14
  • Meadow Pollack, 18
  • Helena Ramsay, 17
  • Alex Schachter, 14
  • Carmen Schentrup, 16
  • Peter Wang, 14

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