ACCOMPLICE TO MURDER

I have an interest in thinking. I am a student of thought. Thought occurs before action. At one time, I had an interest in what made serial killers tick. What made them do what they do? Looking back on it, it does not matter what made them do it. The subjective can only be surmised. What must be judged are the objective facts of a case. Was a murder committed and if so, who is responsible? The reasons for committing a murder become meaningless.

Studying the criminal mind is a useless enterprise. Criminals have nothing positive or productive to offer. Death and destruction are the tools of their trade. Their thought patterns are filled with evil. You do not overcome evil with evil but with good. This is where the death penalty comes in. The death penalty removes evil people from the earth so that they can no longer do evil. When evil is dealt with in this manner, it leaves room for good to flourish.

What has happened in this nation is that evil is not viewed as being heinous. There has been an attempt to make the perpetrator not responsible for his actions, no matter how horrific the crime. Since the predominate thought pattern is based upon physical sight, experts look for physical reasons that people commit crimes. What these dolts do not understand is that this criminal behavior is spiritual, not physical.

Justice is based upon vengeance against the guilty party. Justice protects the rights of the victim, not the criminal. It is important that the guilty are convicted. A trial is to establish the facts of a case and prove the guilt of the accused. An appeal should only be allowed if there is a question as to the guilt of the accused, such as a conviction based solely upon circumstantial evidence. An open and shut case does not deserve the right to appeal. Such is the case with Christa Gail Pike.

Christa Gail Pike is the youngest woman on death row. If you want to read the horrific murder that this young woman committed do a scroogle search with her name. The first file that comes up will give you the detail of this murderer’s actions. It took the jury two and half hours of deliberation to convict her of murder. All of the evidence of this case leaves no doubt that Pike committed this murder. This is a case beyond appeal. One of the jurors said about Pike that "She has an angel’s face and a devil’s heart." This sums up this case.

What is most amazing about this case is Dr. Jonathan Henry Pincus who is a specialist in neurology. He has been probing Pike’s brain since 2001 (for what reason I do not know). According to the AP story "Pincus believes every killer he has examined shares three features: brain damage, a history of abuse and mental illness." In other words, murderers are not responsible for their murders according to Pincus. What does he suggest we do with people like Pike? He would keep them alive so that he could study them. He would pervert justice, in other words.

Pincus is nothing more than an accomplice to murder. Pike does not need to be studied. She needs to be put to death and the sooner the better. Her victim’s life would then be avenged. Pike deserves retribution. These ungodly experts are perverting justice and causing evil to flourish. There has been much debate about whether the death penalty is a deterrent. When used properly, it is. As the death penalty is used in our day, it is not.