Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights

I don't think that it misleads from the core issue, so much as it definately needs to factor into it. If this were Charlie himself that we were talking about...this thread never would've gotten to two pages. His death in prison is, and should be, a foregone conclusion. Why is Atkins any different? Because she's a woman? An old woman? A frail sickly old woman? Talk about appeal to emotion.

Originally Posted by DaveOrion

For me the fact that she's a woman has alot to do with it, men are 10 times more likely to kill than a woman & are more likely to kill again. Women who commit murder rarely kill again. Given her age and medical condition the likelihood that she'd kill again is almost nil.