With all that being said, when you take another person’s life, it’s wrong. There should be consequences for your actions. When I was young and did something wrong, I got a spanking or was sent to my room. Patrick was involved in two killings…..of innocent people. They did nothing wrong to Patrick. He was money hungry and would and did whatever necessary to fill that hunger. He needs to be punished. Whether it’s life in prison or death penalty. I personally think the jury made the right decision of the death penalty. I do feel sorry for Patrick’s wife and children. But what if the tables were turned? What if one of his own was killed? He would feel how we all feel. We all need to be glad that our justice system finally did what was right and be done with it. Too many people on this comment blog are attacking each other. That’s craziness!!! You can’t do anything about the sentencing just like the Billing’s family cannot take back what happened and the Poff family can’t either.

You could be right. Interesting, though, that you equate the two due to similar costs.

One is intended to protect society from those who prey upon it, intended to keep them away from the rest of us.

The is intended to help those who need help.

So you could say that both are intended to help society at large.

David considering differences and similarities

Now if you have read this far understand why I being so detailed: I agree with the Death Penalty in this case, however Life in Prision is no Picnic either. I have a family member that would tell you that he would prefer the DEATH PENALTY to LIFE IN PRISION. Either way people who get these sentences are DEAD to Society. Mr. Ethridge got that part right for sure. Justice is speedy but punsihment should never be Fast. Just think of how many people would have been executed on Death Row that DNA proved them innocent. We should all want to be sure before someone is actually executed.
We spend just as much money on Welfare in the State of Florida that we do on the prison system. If we should abolish the prison system, maybe we should abolish the welfare system too.

Not me, I don’t actually know any of it ever happened. The Prosecution has to prove every bit of it to the jury beyond a reasonable doubt. They even have to prove the Billings family lived and were killed and who was there at the time.

If I were on the jury, I would have to rely on the testimony including the credibility of the witnesses. If I remember correctly, one of the two in the room was sent out to get bags or some such thing. Other people would have seen him elsewhere when the gun was fired.

One thing for sure is that the Defense did not present any witnesses claiming the testimony was false. and the Prosecution provided enough pointing at Jr. that the jury was convinced.

Unless you know something which suggests the jury judged incorrectly, let’s give them the benefit of the doubt. Sound fair?

David for perfect justice

Please expound on how those who believe in God make you sick.

Who makes you happy?

How would you change believers if you could?

What attitudes do you think would be more appropriate or correct?

David learning from a sick person

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only begotten son who died for us on the cross.

However, I do not think this was all a part of God’s Master Plan and that it was HIS WILL!

There are good people and there are evil people. Leonard Patrick Gonzales was evil and so were his accomplices! Birds of a feather. They let evil into their lives. They made a pact with the devil..now they deserve what they get.