It all started on September 29, 2005 in a small town of Pineville, Missouri; at 340 Pleasant Ridge Road between the hours of 1:30pm and 3pm. Orlie Mc Cool, 70, and his former daughter in-law Dawn Mc Cool, 47, were the first victims of the 48 hour killing spree. Mr. Levi King pleads guilty in the two count of first degree murder of Orlie and Dawn Mc Cool. These led to two life sentences without parole and are to run consecutively. Before being captured Mr. King killed Brian and Michell Conrad and Zach Doan and shot their daughter Robin 10 years of age from Lubbock, Texas on September 30, 2005. Robin called 911 and was the sole survivor of Kings killing spree. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors arrested King on September 30, 2005, when he tried to return to the United States from Mexico. King had various firearms in the Mc Cools truck that was stolen; this included a .380-caliber handgun that was allegedly stolen from the Mc Cools also. It took the jurors eight hours to decide to spare his life and grant him life in prison without parole.
When I first read these articles in http://www.newschannel10.com/Global/story.asp?S=11270442 and http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_109204750.html my stomach turned with anger and disappointment. You can’t have a heart and change your mind on how you feel about murders such as Levi King, someone who doesn’t care for life, his own or others surrounding him.
People expect no more then what the justice system offers them as Mr. Kings Defense Attorney Maxwell Peck stated so eloquently, “He will be held accountable for his crimes; he's going to serve every day of his life in prison for the rest of his natural life. Ultimately we are gratified but there are no winners." Personally this man needs to be put to death, he didn’t give his victims a chance at a fair trial why should he have one? Mr. Levi King gets for the rest of his life a free three course meal daily along with room and board, that the tax payers have to pay. Am I the only one that see’s a problem with the whole justice system here? The unspoken words from the victims Orlie Mc Cool, Dawn Mc Cool, Brian Conrad, Michell Conrad or Zach Doan, never received their day in court, the victims never had a chance to plead their case, to tell their side of the story, no they was just murdered with no recourse and now the only payment received is life in prison. Mr. King took lives, his should be taken as well, and it shouldn’t matter if it is one murder or five. If there is proof of premeditated murder, not an accident but had full intent, then the same should be received by the accused.
An old saying comes to mind, “an eye for an eye.” My thought is keeping these convicts in prison for life is wrong, they should be executed and done. They deserve no rights as their victims received none.
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I agree 100% that this man needs to be put to death. Like you stated, "an eye for eye." This is where our justice system fails. I believe in extreme cases like this one the life sentences should not even be an option. The families of his victims did not get justice. The defendant took it upon himself to decide whether or not his victims lived or died. Now he will get to live off of the state and get his free food, shelter, and cable t.v. What do the families of the victims get? The loss of there loved ones.
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