Did the Green River Killer receive justice?

[Frangible]

"Former truck painter Gary Ridgway today admitted killing 48 women in Washington state in the so-called Green River Killer case. Ridgway's admission means more murder convictions will go on his record than any other serial killer in U.S. history."

"Ridgway, a 54-year-old former truck painter, entered his plea under an agreement with prosecutors that spares his life. He will instead agree to life without parole. "

[hlthe2b]

1. Well, I don't support the death penalty, but he DID deserve

to die for his crimes-- yet, I still don't believe he should receive it. I think the real question is whether the victims received justice. The answer to the latter is assuredly no. But, then, I don't think that anything short of his being dealt with in the hereafter could secure that for them....

[maveric]

2. Many of the families needed to know "if" their loved one was killed..

and where the remains were. Unfortuneatly this was the only way to acheive some sort of confirmation after years of not knowing. It was closure to many.
I beleive in the DP in extreme cases such as serial killing, sex and or child killings, murder of law enforcement officers and hate crime murders.

[Wonk]

3. Wolf Blitzer poll

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/wolf.blitzer.reports/

[ShaneGR]

4. Can we bring back public hangings? Just this once.

Or perhaps we could do the whole 'drawn and quartered' thing, with wild bulls.

Sicko murdering scumbag.

[stevedeshazer]

5. The compromise was worth it

There are 41 victims whose families would never get any closure had this deal not been made.

[hlthe2b]

6. He may well still get the death penalty....

.... remember Jeffrey Daumer?
Defrocked Priest John Geigen (spelling?)

[1a2b3c]

7. life in prison sounds worse than a quick painless death NT

[jarab]

10. Agree. n/t

...O...

[Junkdrawer]

8. Kill a few - you die. Kill 48 - you have bargaining chips...

Not a very good message.

[ShaneGR]

9. Yeah, why pay 30,000 a year to keep him alive?

When we can just stick a needle in his arm. Personally, I think we should half-way kill him 48 times. Stick him in the electric chair, fry him for a few seconds... get him up, put him in a gas chamber... let him take a non-lethal breath... pull him out, shoot him in the nuts with a rifle..... and so on.

[Monte Carlo]

11. He is now a science experiment, like Charlie Manson.

Have the state donate his body to science. The death penalty leaves me feeling empty - nothing is accomplished. Why not make a little good of the wretch?

[jsw_81]

12. Wanna know something scary?

I live only about two miles from where Ridgway used to live. I drove through his neighborhood many, many times. :scared:

[Zomby Woof]

13. I did too

Lived a few blocks away from where he was born and grew up.

My Dad worked at the Boeing plant across the street from Ridgway's employer for many overlapping years.

Madness walks among us every day.

[Xithras]

14. This guy should be locked away in a lab and researched until he dies

He killed 48 people, never got tired of it, never lost the thrill, never slipped. We need to figure out what makes this guy tick so that we can potentially head off other serial killers later, or catch others now.