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There is editorial reaction to a life sentence handed down in a rare New Hampshire case in which the death penalty had been sought.The Concord Monitor editorial is, "Death penalty can never be applied fairly." The death penalty degrades society and does little to deter murder and other crimes. For those reasons and more, we are heartened that the New Hampshire jury that convicted John Brooks of the capital crimes of murder for hire and murder during a kidnapping declined to order him executed. Instead, Brooks, the multi-millionaire former owner of Manchester's PolyVac Inc., will serve life without parole. To decide whether Brooks should be executed, jurors had to consider a host of relevant factors that could bear on whether he should be shown mercy or made to pay the ultimate penalty for his crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 10, 2008 (boomark / email).