Charles Manson who was responsible for seven murders and has no respect for life. Although only two of the above occurred in Iowa it's foolish to believe that similar crimes couldn't happen here. Our present judicial system allows convicted murderers to stay in prison an average of only 6.5 years. This system of revolving door justice allows killers to go free on parole to kill again after serving only a short time. It's a fact that 70 percent of killers in cities have a long history of prior convictions.
Bullets are cheap.
I'll even bet that the families of the victims mentioned above would probably do the job for very little cost if not for free. The big cost is our system of appeals, which needs to be restructured so that it's not so cumbersome to the prevalence of justice. Also, the insanity plea should not be used as a means of receiving a lighter sentence when any murder is evidence of insanity. I know I'm not in the minority on this issue. An Iowa poll run last January showed 81 percent of Iowans supported the reinstatement of the death penalty, which was removed in 1965.