there are times when i agree that maybe the Death Penalty isn't a good idea
then a case like this make me think otherwise
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Christopher Vaughn wanted to live in perfect freedom in the Canadian wilderness, prosecutors said, but instead he will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Will County judge sentenced him to four consecutive life terms Tuesday for the murders of Vaughn's wife and three children.
The sentence — a foregone conclusion under Illinois law — came after Kimberly Vaughn's mother and identical twin sister read statements detailing the devastation the family has suffered, her mother in a matter-of-fact tone and her sister in tears. Prosecutors have said Christopher Vaughn dreamed of leaving his dull suburban life and decided to kill his family and embark on a survivalist sojourn in the Yukon.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,2259102.story
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personally if all the state is going to impose is a life sentence, i think the state should give him what he wants. Put him on a island in the middle of nowhere and let him starve to death.