Robert Alton Harris Death Penalty Analysis

Some cases can lead you to having no sympathy on the inmate at all, in a matter of fact it can leave the victims family members relieved knowing the murderer is going through the death penalty. Jacob Sullum talks about this point, while speaking out about a man by the name of Robert Alton Harris. Robert Harris was known for his technique of tricking the victims, he would tell them that he would not kill them but as soon as they looked relieved he would shoot them. Sullum believes that this man, like many, does not deserve to live and should go through the death penalty (Gottfried 37). A senate on the judiciary also commented on this matter, saying, “people who commit violent crimes have forfeited their own right to life,” (Gottfried 37). A
recent interview shows the emotion of the family who lost their loved one. Angela Null from Pennsylvania talked about her lost loved one, Deanna Null in 2015. Once Angle found out that her sister’s killer was going to be executed, she went on and said, “ To find out he is going to get the death sentence, was the happiest day of my life, because she did not need what she got, she did not deserve it.” However, the governor, Tom Wolf, had put a stop on the death penalty because he believed that it was running into problems. With this intention, it triggered Angela Null, she even said, “ He does not see what we have gone through, it’s never happened to him, it’s not fair, it’s not fair to us, it’s not fair to anybody else. Therefore the death penalty can both soothe the victim’s families pain and when taking it away it can fill the victim’s family with rage. With the loss of the murder, it provides that they will not be able to commit the crimes again and will soothe the pain of the victim’s family.