Monday, December 7, 2009
Death to Escobar
The Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg will be seeking the death penalty for Areli Carajal Escobar. Escobar is accused of sexually assaulting, and killing a 17 year old LBJ student. The victim was mother of a one year old son, and was attacked just minutes after her family left for work. But the real question is should this man get the death penalty? I say Yes. Escobar seems to be a cold blooded killer. He planned the attack so that the victim's family would not be there. This 30 year old man took the life of not just a teenager, but a mother. The evidence shows that that the accused use an extreme level of violence on his victim, and has a history of violence. Why does someone this violent need to be wasting space in our prison system. Escobar level of violence and his age makes me feel like there is no chance for any rehabilitation in prison. The mother of the victim has called for his death, and feels like there will be no peace within her until he has died. The DA is doing the right thing in seeking the death penalty, but life in prison without the possibility of parole is not bad either. Both of these options stop Escobar from striking again. Escobar's attorney stated that the charge “isn’t consistent with the kind of person that he’s been.” Well, Mr. Brittain what kind of person his your client? The kind of law abiding citizen that has a history of violence, or the kind of person that comes home to his mother with bloody t--shirt. I know you are just doing your job, but find a better excuse. Why won't you just admit to the crime. All of the evidence points to you. I am not a strong believer in the death penalty, but when I see cases like this it makes me angry. How dare you be so selfish to use someones body for a few minutes then stab them to death, and you know they are a struggling teen mother. What kind of person is that? The man killed this poor girl, and now he needs to face the music. The music for him may just be death.
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"Death to Escobar" was written by Alayna Myles in her blog titled AK Grown: Texas Government. The blog discusses her opinion of the criminal case against Areli Carbajal Escobar; a 30 year old man that has been accused of the raping and stabbing death of teenage mother, Bianca Maldonado. Rosemary Lehmberg, the Travis County District Attorney, is seeking the death penalty against Escobar. Myles' opinion of the case, is that Escobar should be executed, as per the victim's mother's request. She feels that he is a cold blooded killer, and that he deserves the death penalty or at least life in prison without the possibility of parole.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Myles' opinion that the crime committed by Escobar was heinous, however, I feel that life in prison would be a more appropriate retribution compared to the death penalty. There is no way of knowing what the afterlife entails, and I feel that justice would not be served. Areli Carbajal Escobar could be executed and face no consequences for the crime he committed. Life in prison without the possibility of parole seems like the most painful punishment that a person could receive. Rapists, along with child molesters, are the scum of prison life; other inmates hunt them. I do not agree with violence in any circumstance, but if it is “justice” that you want, Escobar will likely receive a worse fate in prison than he would in death.
The death penalty is something that I will never agree with. The government should not have the power to decide when someone dies. That is the same power that a murderer holds over his victim. Members of the justice system are held to a higher level than average citizens. In Texas, the murder of a correctional officer, police officer, or firefighter, is automatically a capital offence. We are all humans, and I do not think that anyone's life should be put above another's. Myles' stresses the fact that Bianca Maldonado was a teenage mother. It is devastating that she did not get to live a full life with her child, but no less devastating than any other murder.
While both Alayna Myles and myself agree that the crime committed by Areli Carbajal Escobar is deserving of punishment, we differ in our opinions toward the death penalty. Myles' titled her blog “Death to Escobar”, which sums up her opinion of how the sentencing should go for him. I think Escobar should pay for the death of Maldonado by living his life in fear of facing a similar fate. Executing Escobar would hurt his family, because they would no longer be able to contact him. I think it is important to remember that he is a son, a father, a brother, and a human being.