Laws protecting criminals… Yes those exist, and for good reason. If they didn’t, we’d be stuck in the days where lynch mobs ruled and innocent people died. A world where anyone could be searched or falsely incriminated by the government and held without trial or even indictment. Innocent people still die, because judges and juries are not infallible and not unbiased. But for a criminal to have MORE rights than a victim or the family of the victim? That is a tired old saying that just isn’t true. Never before have I seen the state parade a victim or his family around in shackles, incarcerate them against their will, put their lives in danger of prison fights, make them use the bathroom while under surveillance, shower en masse, and at times put them to death. The mythos that criminals have more rights than victims is nothing more than a thinly veiled gripe that the justice system doesn’t work the way that YOU want it to.

But what people don’t realize is that while these laws protect “criminals,” they are actually protecting YOU. Should one day you happen to find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time, you might come to appreciate those laws. People tend to overlook that because “I would never…” You might not, but you may sure as heck be convincingly blamed for it. Those laws protect EVERYONE– criminal and victim and anyone else. (After all, you’d rather catch the right person rather than just some random patsy, which is why there are laws for how the police can collect evidence and how trials can be run.)

All that aside… I still fail to see the reasoning that a man who never pulled the trigger should be sentenced to death, regardless as to the sentencing of the man who did.

I think If I had a son had commited these acts I would love him and be there for him but be fully prepared to accept whatever the concequences are. TO be handed down by a jury of his peers. HOW CAN you fight for a person to go on death row and come back a couple years later and say OOPS, he doesn’t deserve to be on death row. I do not know the full details of the Gamble case but in ours I do and SAMRA MUST stay on death row. He was given that sentence and it should stand. PERIOD.

After hearing from the family, I am more than ever supporting Troy King!

When Jack Traywick went to prison for rape murder we were told he would die in
prison! Tell it to the families of the ladies he later raped and murdered here at
the shopping mall in Birmingham.

People ARE facing the consequences of their actions… They just aren’t the consequences that YOU think are best. Quite frankly, as someone who is close to the situation, you are the LAST person who should decide what those consequences should be. You obviously have emotions tied to the situation, and as such, you cannot possibly form an unbiased and objective judgement.

How would you feel if your six-year-old daughter had been brutally slaughtered by your 16-year-old son? Would you still be calling for his death?

I will be there today I volunteered, I wasn’t asked I just called and told them I wanted to be there! The public needs to see the faces of those that Troy has stood up for. I consider Robbie Owens a good man but Troy King should not be thrown to the wolves for standing up for the victims. ONCE again, The family went to Troy King. This should have never happened in the first place without at least letting the family know. I do realize our case is a little different but I am sure we will be having this conversation again when it hits our case. I WILL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT, I’VE LOST EVERYTHING AND I WANT BRANDON SAMRA TO CONTINUE TO BE ON DEATH ROW. If this is wrong then God forgive me but this feels right. Why not let all of the people off death row? Make these families go through even more agony of a sentencing hearing or new trial- yes let’s defend the criminals. There are families who still suffer and grieve, take a look at our loved ones and see if you still feel that Brandon Samra’s life is worth more than theirs. He will not suffer the way they did in their final moments. Here is the website http://www.angelfire.com/al/tommysangels
NOW tell me Brandon Samra needs to live his life in prison after you see these babies beautiful faces and what they missed out on. No, you can’t convince me that this is right. Thank you Troy King for what you do for the victims.

There was a time when lynch mobs ruled, and people were killed with no trial and no conviction. Laws and court decisions help keep our emotional killing sprees in check. They protect us just as much as they protect the accused.

Since my own situation, I’ve come to believe that those same laws have provided us the means to be killers from a distance. Would your six year old daughter want Mommy or Daddy to become a killer? My own situation has caused me to believe that anyone calling for an execution– whether it is the victim’s family, a judge, or a jurist– should be required to administer the means of execution. It really is the same thing whether you do it yourself or have someone else do it for you. Whether you are alone or if a group agrees with you, you are contributing to the death of another human being. For any normal person, that is a huge realization to deal with. Just ask any soldier or police officer who has shot someone to stay alive. Yeah, you had to save your own skin, but you will never forget pulling the trigger. Never.

If you contribute to the death of another human being, what does that make you? How does that person’s family now view you? Does it make you better? Was your reason just? Does it really? But the most important question to ask… Is that what a six-year-old girl would have wanted?

And the victims families will once again be victimized. Troy King, will have given the victims families a false hope, that he can not deliver on.

TO Tom Davis: Thank you, he doesn’t know how we feel because he obviously has never been through it. We are talking 6 and 7 years old with their throats cut and 43 defensive wounds on the hand/arms of the 7 year old.

To Anonymous: Scared to put your name? No taking another life wouldn’t bring her back it’s an empty victory but again you have not walked in my shoes you don’t know what you would do. I wouldn’t make you feel better but it would be closure and at least we know justice by his peers has been served and maybe we wouldn’t have to worry about going to a hearing or facing the possiblity that he might walk one day. TRUST me no one ever knew we would overturn death penalties on 16 & 17 year olds so don’t say it could not happen. This is America, make those that do wrong face the consequences of their actions.

How would you feel if your six year old daughter had been decapitated?