Recently two Jewish leaders from Squirrel Hill announced they have petitioned U.S. Attorney General William Barr to seek a plea deal to spare the life of Robert Bowers, the killer of 11 Jewish worshippers in Squirrel Hill in October 2018 (“Dor Hadash, New Light leaders urge AG to accept life in prison for accused Tree of Life gunman,” Aug. 16, TribLIVE). Their idea is to give him life in prison so he can reflect on his horrible crime and avoid a lengthy trial that would rehash his evil actions and the anguish suffered by family members.
While these leaders present this “solution,” they never volunteered that they and their congregations will pay to keep this piece of trash alive in prison for the next 50 years.
Here we are, 10 months after this slaughter, and since then, many other mass shootings and killings have taken place around the country. If the killers didn’t die in these attacks, then they also are still waiting trial for their crimes at the cost of untold hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars.
When are our officials going to ignore the bleeding hearts and start to execute these animals who are a cancer to our society? I could care less what color or creed or mental state these murderers are in — let’s have swift and final judgment and allow these vermin to reflect on their actions in hell.
Don Thomson
North Huntingdon