re: "So, when a person shows such grace I believe he deserves MORE than what you posted."
Fair enough. I don't know Byrd's son. He's apparently not typical - in his education level, at the very least.
However, I see nothing "graceful" about denying justice for the murder of one's own father. You apparently find the death penalty un-graceful. I do not. I think it is quite wonderful that if you do harm, we have a judicial system that will do its best to ensure you are found and forced to pay something comparable in penalty.
Quite elegant, when you think about it.

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