Conservative Common Man

Imagine a system of justice that actually served the purpose of exacting justice. Imagine a legal system in which the rights of victims were considered at least as much as the rights of criminals. Can you imagine such a system in which the more serious crimes begat appropriate punishment? An imaginary justice system is the only justice system that lives up to its name.

The sick excuse for a legal system that exists in our society does benefit some people. One such beneficiary is former policeman Bobby Cutts, Jr. All Cutts did was accidentally kill his pregnant girlfriend in front of their small child during an argument. He must yell extremely loud in order to kill a person by arguing with her! From USAToday.com:

The case of Jessie Davis, 26, received national attention in part because of the role the couple’s son played in the investigation. The 3-year-old boy gave investigators an important clue when he told them: “Mommy’s crying. Mommy broke the table. Mommy’s in the rug … Daddy’s mad.”

After denying any knowledge of her whereabouts, Cutts, 30, eventually led detectives to the missing woman’s body, which was wrapped in a comforter.

Cutts said during the sentencing phase that he accidentally killed Davis during an argument.

Cutts could have received the death penalty but the jury recommended life in prison, eligible for parole in 30 years. In 30 years Cutts may be able to roam free again, able to live out his remaining years as he pleases. Jessie Davis and their baby don’t have that luxury as there are no remaining years for either of them. The jury must have felt that Cutts is a better person than either of his victims were, otherwise it would be impossible to justify allowing him to live when justice was an option.

How will the jury in the case of 28 year old Kevin Underwood react to his gruesome murder and mutilation of a 10 year old girl? From FOXNews.com:

In his closing argument, Defense attorney Matthew Haire did not dispute Underwood’s guilt. But he called him “a lonely, very troubled, reclusive young man” and accused prosecutors of overwhelming jurors with gruesome evidence.

In the confession, Underwood said he lured the girl, his upstairs neighbor, into his apartment in Purcell, hit her with a cutting board, smothered her with his hands, sexually assaulted the body and nearly cut her head off as part of a fantasy involving cannibalism.

Underwood’s defense is going to call witnesses to testify about his use of an antidepressant in hopes of avoiding the death penalty. This beast fantasized about eating a person and brutally murdered a little girl as a means of fulfilling a fantasy! How can there be a question as to whether or not he deserves death? I would suggest that the death he deserves would have the vile scum at the ACLU fighting tooth and nail to prevent his execution. As it is, the legal means of execution should be the minimum sentence for this monster. Let us all remember that he committed these brutalities for pleasure.

I sometimes fantasize about what it might be like if our legal system became concerned with justice. How outrageous is that?

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