While the rain fell outside and tears fell inside, those were the words Nancy Gocke heard about the woman who killed her daughter. In a packed Otoe County Courtroom, a quiet Faust in an orange jumpsuit gave no indication of her feelings about her sentence of two life terms in prison, which also included two consecutive terms of incarceration of 20-40 years for using a firearm to commit a felony. Many argue that the death penalty is cruel and unusual. If they had to look at the photos of my daughter, and identify her body at the crime scene, then they'd know about cruel and unusual. Whether the perpetrator is a man or a woman shouldn't have anything to do with the death penalty.
Murder is murder.
My brother was mutilated by that woman, and all he was trying to do was a humanitarian act of saving another human being. This was a gutless decision, because this state wasn't ready. This was a chance for our state to take a step forward, but they said this wasn't excessive enough. Somebody has to hand down a punishment that's enough for that crime. But I am consoled in knowing she will spend the rest of her life in prison.