Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Gruesome Home Invasion



Do you think Stephen Hayes deserves the death penalty? If so, explain why you agree with the death penalty. If not, what should his punishment be and why do you disagree with the death penalty?

33 comments:

Unknown said...

Yes, bottom line he and his partner deserve the death penalty. There is no excuse or reason for them to spend life in prison or get out. I don’t think another type of sentencing is necessary due to the type of crime. The only thing I could think of that would be better than the death penalty is not supported by our justice system and is prohibited by the Geneva Convention.

jzilla said...

The death penalty is a very gruesome punishment that I believe should be enforced. I hear people say that the death penalty should be abolished. My question is: Why would we need to abolish something that is only used when a person provokes it? People can avoid the death penalty if they simply follow the law and act as a good citizen would. Therefore, those men deserve the death penalty.

Donovan said...

Of course I think he deserves the death penalty.I agree with the death penalty because he was charged of 17 crimes. Six of the counts were capital felonies, in which guilty of one can result in the death penalty. It's just ridiculous that some people think he doesn't deserve the death penalty. Especially, with all of the charges.

Unknown said...

I believe that Stephen Hayes deserves the death penalty. He is a blight on society. He and his partner in crime disgust me. What sick duo would beat almost all of a family to death and sexual assault two of the girls? They deserve nothing less then the death penalty. Its all up to the jury but I know one thing; God will judge them when their times come.

VictoriaV said...

The only reason I disagree with the death penalty is because it doesn’t make much sense to me. If he is sentenced to death he waits for years in prison to be killed. Through these years he has plenty of time to say good bye to his loved ones, which is a luxury most of us won’t ever get. In addition to this, he gets to know when and how he’s going to die. He also gets a type of relief in that he doesn’t have to stay in jail any longer and he doesn’t have to deal with the guilt or pain anymore. In the end, the families suffer more then the criminal.

Unknown said...

I believe that Stephen Hayes deserves the death penalty. He is a blight on society. He and his partner in crime disgust me. What sick duo would beat almost all of a family to death and sexual assault two of the girls? They deserve nothing less then the death penalty. It’s all up to the jury but I know one thing; God will judge them when their times come. The death penalty should be reserved for the worst of the worst.

Becca Banta said...

I do agree with the death penalty. Steven Hayes has committed a horrible crime that should never be done to anyone’s family just for money. Sexual assaulting someone is disgusting and terrible to even think that people out there would do such a thing. Another reason he should get the death penalty is because burning two children alive while the father is downstairs hearing it all is just wrong. That man has to live with hearing his children's last cries for the rest of his life.

Unknown said...

I think Stephen Hayes should deserve the death penalty. I agree with the death penalty because he killed people for their money. If you put him out in the real world again, he might do the samething again. It is better for him to stay somewhere by himself or get the death penalty. No one needs to deserve thoses types of punishments.

Brittney said...

I think Stephen Hayes deserves the death penalty. He killed three innocent people so why shouldn't the guilty person die too. His crime was so gruesome that even his life shouldn't be spared just as he didn't spare the lives those three people. There isn't much else to say other than he does not deserve to live. His severe cruelty deserves a severe punishment.

Mary said...

I don't believe in the death penalty. But I would have to stay that this time that Stephen Hayes does really deserve the death penalty. I think this is a terrible and harsh way to kill people. I can't even imagine how the father feels, after hearing his daughters and wife being beaten and sexually assaulted before they were killed. I don't understand how a person could even imagine that. I do have one question though, why has it taken 3 years to go to trail; hasn't he been through enough?

Anonymous said...

Stephen Hayes deserves what he has coming to him. I think that he deserves the death penalty without any remorse. I agree with the death penalty to a certain extent. This is because if you want to kill someone for no reason or even for a reason you should deserve to die also. The father of these children had to hear them get sexual assaulted but also die. So, why should the men who killed his two children and wife be able to walk this earth anymore or rot in jail? I think that sitting in jail is not a full on punishment for killing someone unless your mentally not stable.
By Courtney McCaskey

Unknown said...

If someone is brave enough to kill someone and try to get away with it then they should get what’s coming to them. I think if you kill someone then the same thing should happen to you. I don’t care how it happens “do unto others as you wish them to do unto you”. That rule says that the person should die. When you murder someone so many people are impacted. The victim, the victims’ family and friends, you, your family and friends, and the whole community are suffering. So if they die, o well.

nikkoluhhh said...

I think he should get the death penalty. These men tied up them up, beat them, set the house on fire, killed them, and sexually assault them. They should be executed. Why hasn't the jury came to a verdict? Simply think of all the crimes committed daily an what these people actually do. People with this mind set to take life, deserve death; not help or the opportunity to live.

Sam said...

I truly think that Stephen Hayes deserves the death penalty. Those girls and the mother died in a burning house that they could not get out of because they were tied down. If you kill someone you deserve to be punished. I don’t always agree with the death penalty but that guy does not deserve life in prison because he could still get out on good behavior. That is just not right.

Kristen said...

I think Stephen deserves the death penalty. He deserves the death penalty because he killed three women and left only the father living. The death penalty is used for criminals who break the law and deserve something more than a cushy life in prison. If you kill someone you should not get a second chance at life and be able to spend it in a jail cell and be provided with the amenities needed to live.

Unknown said...

I do think Stephen Hayes deserves the death penalty. I think they do deserve it because what he did was wrong. That is a horrible thing to do. This guy deserves to be in prison the rest of his life or the death penalty.

.--->WiLLiE StacKSz<---. said...

The video I watched today was very gruesome. It explained how two men killed and sexual assaulted a family and left the dad to hear it. This was very wrong and cruel. The guy’s motives were never found out. I think the men who did this should die the same death they caused this family. I believe what goes around comes around. The men should get what they deserved.

Maurica said...

Honestly, I think Hayes deserves the death penalty. I agree with the death penalty bacause what he did was horrible and cruel. I think he needs the electric chair. He shouldn't get the easy death of lethal injection. I believe that if you kill someone, you deserve the same punishment.

Unknown said...

Yes he deserves the death penalty. I believe in the death penalty, it just depends on the severity of the crime you commit. Serial killers and serial rapists that have been suspected of more than one count of said crimes should get the death penalty. These two guys deserve the death penalty because they didn't just burn the house down, they didn't just sexually assault the girls, they did both.

zac said...

I do think Stephen hays deserves the death penalty. I think this because the man how lost his children and his wife his hole life was thrown away by them. I think his punishment should be tortured and then should be impaled.

Unknown said...

I do think Stephen Hayes deserves the death penalty. He was completely wrong for what he did and he most definitely needs to be punished. He does not deserve a second chance, that is ridiculous. I would not know how to react if that was my child. I would have to kill that man.

Unknown said...

I believe that if you murder somebody then you should die. If you get life in prison I believe that they should just kill you instead. If you murder someone then it should be an eye for an eye. People don’t deserve a second chance if they murder or rape somebody. Our country is not what it use to be.

Unknown said...

I do think that Stephen Hayes deserves the death penalty! He deserves it because he just killed three people for nothing! His punishment should be just like what he did to these women! No one should be murdered like that ever! So that is why I think that he should get the death penalty!

Anndrea said...

I do think Stephen Hayes deserves the penalty death. I agree with the death penalty because, he took away those people's lives. He took away possibly they're virginity and killed them right after. It's not fair for him not to get it because he took away someone else's life for no reason and he should be punished!

Unknown said...

I think Stephen Hayes deserves to have the same thing done to him that he did to the family. I think he deserves to die for what he did, but they need to kill him unexpectedly so he will not have a chance to say goodbye to loved ones. He must be a low life to do that to that to a family, and make the father suffer from hearing it all. Anyone who would do that is heartless. It just makes me so mad at the man who murdered them. People need to stop being so cruel.

Liv said...

Stephen Hayes doesn't deserve the death penalty. I don't agree with it. No one has the right to take someone's life. If you kill someone with the death penalty because they murdered someone, then you are no better than they are. Dying would be the easy way out. He wouldn't have to pay for what he did. There should be a punisment, but I don't know what it should be.

kendall;>) said...

I think that Stephen Hayes deserves the death penalty. I think Stephen Hayes should be burned. I think his punishment suits his crime. I agree with the death penalty for his crime. He could have never done any of this but, instead he did what he did.

Unknown said...

i think they deserve a year in the worst jail in the world like the jail for terrorist then die in the eletric chair THEN thay have god to deal with . people like that make me sick i couldnt see myself being the father of the victims and going to court and seeing the people that did that to my family god forgive me but they would have to die

Hannah said...

I think he deserves way more than the death penalty. If you murder someone you deserve everything you get. I really don’t know which would be worse life in prison, or the death penalty. If you murder someone you don’t deserve anything less than prison or the death penalty. Prison would be more torture for them because the death penalty would be quick but prison would last so much longer.

Peyton said...

This video almost made me cry. I just don't understand why those men would want to harm that family. I think if someone has murdered or raped someone; they deserve to get the death penalty. I know that sounds bad but Hayes killed those innocent people who didn't deserve what they got. There are so many sick people out here now. Sometimes judges and the police just don't seem to want to do anything about it.
Peyton

Brandon said...

Thats just worng just kill the guy already. Its wrong that the father has to be put through this pain. I know that if I was in this postion I wouldn't want to be put throught this. The reason that criminals who get put to death get so many pivileges is because our constitution requires us to treat our criminals humanly. However I'm all for the death penalty.

Justin said...

I think Stephen Hayes should deserves the death penalty. Because he sexually assaulted three women, had the father in the room while they sexually assaulted them and then burned down the house.

f.fawcett said...

Yes he deserves the death penalty.Though I believe it should be as painful for him to die as it was for the two girls and their mom. My thought on his death penalty is that the husband/father of the two girls and the mother should be allowed to choose how Hayes dies. That way he does not know how he is going to die,just like the two girls and their mom did not know. I agree with the death penalty because it stops mass murderers from being allowed to kill again and again. Plus how would you feel if a ex mass murderer was your next door neighbor? Me I would be freaked out and want to move if and ex mass murderer was my next door neighbor.If you think of it like he could kill u and your family then you will understand why all murderers and sex offenders should have the death penalty.