This story has had America’s heart since 2008. Finally the mother stands trial for murdering her child. We all know she did it right? Why else would she be partying and having a good time? If she thought her child was missing, I think she would have been distraught. She knew her child was dead, therefore she wasn’t worried about her whereabouts.
So, she walks free. Free of a life in prison, free of being on death row. She is free of the hands of other prisoners, who may have taken it open themselves to show her just how guilty she is. She is free to have another child, and free to move on with her life. I understand that we didn’t have enough to convict her. That is how it works right? What I do wonder, though, is what happens to her now? Does she walk the streets with any guilt? Do her past friends take her back in their lives? Does her life get to go on? Her little girls life doesn’t get to go on, but hers does? Where is justice served?
From a young age, I was in a stable church home. Our pastor would preach on how every sin is equal in the eyes of the Lord. I am thinking about this now. Really? If I tell a lie and ask for forgiveness, I get to go the same place that someone who kills her child and repents goes to? If this is how it goes, I am not sure I want to go there. How is that fair? Does that even make sense? To me it doesn’t. You shouldn’t be able to murder your child, or rape/molest someone, and get to just have everything wiped clean with a golden ticket straight to heaven in your right hand. Where is justice served?
Think about it for a second. She murders her kid, but no biggie, she can just ask for forgiveness. She gets up to heaven and who is on the other side of the pearly gates? Her child, that she killed. So then are they just supposed to grab hands and walk away in the sunset? COME ON! I think she should be tied up, and kicked around...maybe even have a few fingers cut off.
I watched the interview with Diane Sawyer and Jaycee Dugard. This woman was born two weeks after I was. She was kidnapped at age 11 and held captive for 18 years. She was raped repeatedly. Will justice be served for her? The two that took her are serving life sentences. Is that enough? They get to be in prison? By “get” I am implying that the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. They get to sit in a prison, behind bars. The prison is air conditioned, they are handed three meals a day. They get to see the sun, they get a clean bed to sleep in. Their clothes and sheets are cleaned daily. They get reading material. What a punishment. That’ll teach ‘em!
It is hard for me to imagine that God is so forgiving. All they have to do is repent and they are good and clear with their golden ticket. I don’t think it is fair. A woman who murders her child, or a couple who steals and rapes another woman’s child. A punishment is due...and the question I have is who is going to execute it?
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