Death Sentence Creates a hero

Death sentence creates death row hero - In recent years we have seen the grim renaissance of the executioner. We each execution, we create a new death row hero. We focus attention on the offender's fate rather than on the victim. Every time a death sentence is meted out, the jury unwittingly creates a new death row hero, a celebrity of sorts. The enormity of the crime becomes overshadowed by the enormity of the punishment. Don't make a death row hero out of (name the defendant). With a life sentence he becomes just a faceless number living the rest of his life in a cage. No stories will be written about him. No one will care if he lives or dies. Don't give him celebrity status.

Do not create a following for the condemned. We do not want to live in a world created by serial killers. There may be people out there who figure they can beat the person and kill more than them. Sometimes a deterrent can back fire in your face.