The state sought the death penalty despite her wishes. Those charged with killing Silme Domingo, a Filipino Union Cannery Worker's employee murdered in Seattle, were charged with aggravated murder. His family opposed the death penalty. Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., has also spoken out against the death penalty. An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation.
Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life.
Morality is never upheld by legalized murder. The death penalty does not serve the needs of victims' families. The death penalty focuses the attention on the killer rather than the victim. Seeking the death penalty increases the stakes, and ensures that the legal process will go on longer than if a lesser sentence were sought. Every time a case is appealed, or a death date set, the victim's family will again have to publicly deal with media about the murder and the killer.