Yeah, I agree. But it’s kind of how we do things, if you think about it. I’ve always wondered why attempted murder carried so much less of a penalty than murder. Your aim is bad and that somehow makes your penalty less? I don’t understand that. If you’re out there trying to kill innocent people, you should be in prison forever, whether you succeed or not.[/quote]
Was thinking some more about this last night and thought that she could easily have had not only a rape/sodomy, but also a murder on her hands. Either the person who answered her ad could have murdered the victim, OR the victim (or someone else in the house) might have had a gun or been strong/trained enough to kill the guy who came in to rape her. If it were me, and this person came in to brutally rape me or my kids, there would have been a murder of one sort of another, guaranteed.
Anything less than prison is totally unacceptable.