Poet's Corner

[j.c.]

Yates... yeah, I think she should get the death penalty, but, in her case it's more an opinion based on mercy... that is assuming she has any realization/remorse of what she has done.

This woman's crime, imo, was at least as, if not more horrendous:
On Oct. 25, 1994, Susan Smith, distraught over a love affair, released the safety brake on her car and let it roll down the boat ramp with her sons still strapped inside in the back seat.
For nine days, she insisted that a black man had commandeered her car, and she begged tearfully on nationwide television for her sons' safe return. On Nov. 3, she confessed that she had drowned the boys.
Ms. Smith was sentenced in July 1995 to life in prison. She will be eligible for parole in 2025.

Doesn't say much for the consistency of our legal system...