unbelievable 2 JUSTICE

At least he got something. He's old enough that he may not see any other life than prison anyhow. No matter how famous and/or wealthy you are, if you take a life you should be punished period. 18 yrs is a bit soft. And I'd say he's more crazy than genuis though they say it's a fine line.

No matter the sentence , he must wake up in the morning , and try to fall asleep at night with the knowledge he took a life . How a man lives with this is beyond me .

Yikes!

DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT "THAT MAN" AWAKES IN THE MORNING AND THINK ABOUT WHAT HE DID? Look to his pictures, and you know more than enough.
Did you see on YOUTUBE Charles Manson? INCREDIBLE

so you judge people by their appearance, the way they look?
I am so glad you are not a judge that I have to stand in front of for any crime ( not that i commit any crimes, well nothing too serious )

I seem to disagree with so many people over the death sentence. I wish we had it in the UK and  i think in the U.S they should not have them on death roll for more than a year. Once they are sentenced just get it over and done with.

Reminds me of a Tom Paxton song " what did you learn in school today" the particular line goes:

I learned that murderers die for their crimes, Even if we make a mistake sometimes.

Might make the occasional mistake but this sentence would prevent a lot more crimes, meaning there would be a lot less mistakes in sentencing.

But if there was no death sentence anywhere I tihnk 18 years is too little time for someone to take another life. I think 40 years for one life should about do it if the murderer is over 40 years of age. Under 40 years then the sentence should be 60 years. For manslaughter give them 35 years, that will teach folk to be more careful how they beat someone up into a pulp so they cannot turn around and say " but I never meant to kill him" " oh" says the judge" "you never meant it so we wil give you 7 years"