“It’s all reward without the risk.”
Murray Levin’s quote about the life-changing molestation he suffered at the hands of the late Rabbi Ephraim Shapiro will forever stick with me.
But the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision recently saying child rapists cannot be punished with the death sentence, does nothing but further Murray’s reasoning.
In his majority stance, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote “the death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child.”
The Washington Post wrote in a recent editorial that supported this saying that a rape of a child though terrible is not as brutal as the government sanctioning the death of the rapist.
I so disagree.
The spirit of many rape victims is all but dead for some a lifetime.
I cannot stand reading quotes from elected officials reading something like “our top priority remains the protection of our children, our most precious commodity.”
I hate the fact that I’m supporting any sort of death in any sort of way.
Yet, I cannot help but feel that the only reasoning that a rapist or molester might “get” is their own death.
Any person who would rape a child, in my opinion, isn’t worth the tax payer dollars of prison or rehab. He deserves to go. And the word on the street for the rapists has got to change.
It isn’t something you can get away with.
This isn’t something you can get legally slapped on the wrist with.
You could very well die.