Do I have this right? Michael Morales and his attorneys think a lethal injection is a “cruel and unusual� punishment. OK, why not execute him in the same manner he killed Terri Winchell? Start by choking him with a belt. When the belt breaks, hammer his head repeatedly until he begins ripping out his own hair by the roots. Oh, then have him raped and stabbed until he’s no longer breathing.
Is everyone as sickened as I am to read about what he did and the claim that a lethal injection is “cruel and unusual?�
I can only wonder what Terri Winchell would have done with 25 more years of life — maybe college, maybe a career, maybe marriage, maybe raise a family, maybe even have grandchildren.
We know what Morales has done with 25 more years of his life. Oh, yes, he’s “accepted responsibility for his crime.� I don’t think so, because when one accepts responsibility for one’s actions, one also accepts the consequences, which he has fought for 25 years.
Morales’ claim of being a changed man is not a legal issue. It’s between him and his god. He’ll find out very soon if his god accepts his claim.
— Judith A. Beay, Ventura
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