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Ricardo Serrano to Die by Lethal Injection

Jimmy and Steve Dang, Rest in Peace

Jimmy and Steve Dang, Rest in Peace

(Pic from here.)

The death penalty.  Europe, as far as I know, doesn’t have it.  China does it with minimal trial.  Texas is the death penalty capital of the country.  And here in Oregon, we have it but rarely use it.

Today an Oregon jury sentenced Ricardo Serrano to die by lethal injection.  Serrano allegedly murdered an unarmed woman and her two children in their own home.  It was among the most heinous crimes I’ve ever heard of, and it hits close to home–very close to home.  Melody Dang’s house is around a ten minute jog from my workplace.  After the murder, her house fall into disrepair.  It looks better now–someone has fixed it up–but I think of the screaming, bleeding mother and children whenever I see it.

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