DEATH ON EASTER WEEKEND

On this weekend of Christ’s death and resurrection there has been much to show that the world is steadily heading for hell.
We had the horrible rape and murder of Jetseta Gage of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who was abducted and killed by a known sex offender, one Roger Bently.
It would seem that he knew the family and when he decided to molest another child, he chose this young girl as his victim. It was written today that he will be arraigned on abduction and murder charges, but once again, the young victim is gone and the slimy killer is allowed all kinds of rights, because we do not want to violate his civil rights.
Anyone who has read anything that I have written will already know that this man being allowed to live and face a trial where he may get off through lawyer tricks should already be dead. He should have been given the same rights that you Jetseta had when he killed her, which is NONE! This man has already offended and was given the opportunity to do so again. When will the laws change so that these people will never get an opportunity to harm a child again.
At least in some states this type of abduction and killing would warrant the death penalty, but not in Iowa, for the best that can be hoped for is that he would get life in prison without possibility of parole, but surely this is too good for such a vile creature.
Please contact your representative and let them know that you want the law changed so that there are more severe sentences for a first time offender and that some type of mandatory supervision be a part of their being allowed to ever leave prison. There should also be more of a study into these people to find out what we need to do to stop this crime from occurring. There seems to be a whole group of people who will find excuses for their behavior; I.e. childhood abuse, blah, blah, blah. I really do not care what caused them to turn out this way, only that we find a way to identify them and stop them before they harm a child.
In the second amazing story from this weekend is the continuing saga of Terri Schiavo and her being put to death by her husband for having the gall to survive everything that she has been through for the last ten days. She hangs on still, though no one can survive forever without food or water. Ultimately she will die, but even though I believe that their should not be extraordinary means used to keep her alive, there really has not been any. She only needed a feeding tube to survive and her family offered to take care of her, so why does her “husband” Michael feel that she should have her life deprived of her now. Could it be as speculated upon that he has more to gain with her being dead, than he does by keeping her alive.
I find it extremely confusing that if you cared for someone that you loved and wanted to make sure that they did not just exist, that you would not do what many are asking, which is to do new tests and allow those doctors who feel that she can be helped by new techniques, the opportunity to do so. Everyone should take a very close look at this man and his motives. I did mention this in a previous writing and I think it is odd that there really has not been a deep investigation into why Terri first fell into this persistent vegetative state.
The followers of this young woman have gone to jail for her, threatened violence for her, and now most who are left are merely left to pray for her.
It would seem that many in Congress have taken a stand that they may now have to back up with the prospect that their constituents did not like the heavy handed approach that they used to try and exert the will of what they thought was siding with the right to life folks. Even here though many people feel that politicians overstepped their bounds and that these decisions are best made by the families involved in these heart wrenching life and death choices. By the time that you read this Terri Schiavo may be dead, but her struggle goes on daily around the country and until politicians do the right thing and allow families to assist family members with death, they will be faced with more cases where they treat an innocent person worse than a condemned killer. If anyone starved a death row inmate to death they would be attacked for violating their civil rights, but we are allowed to starve a person whose only crime is being a burden to her husband, emotionally and financially.
Terri enjoy your time in heaven and Michael, you better hope you did the right thing or you may never have that same opportunity.
Give your family members a hug, for this may be the last time that you will have to do so.
Daniel Carvel Kepler