Why Does Liz Sennett's Killer Want to Live?

 

Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to die tonight at 6:00. The state will have six hours in which to execute the convicted killer of Elizabeth Sennett of Colbert County. 

The jury that convicted Smith of the brutal murder recommended a life sentence. We do not support capital punishment in most cases; however, we have to ask why Smith is fighting for his life after 34 years behind bars. Wouldn't death be preferable at this point?

The State of Alabama will not reveal who initiates the IV and administers the drug cocktail used to end the lives of the condemned. In most cases, inserting a needle into a vein should not be difficult, yet it is. For those who don't know, neither physicians nor nurses are permitted to knowingly bring death to anyone. That seems to be the problem with these executions; those who assist appear to be using a copy of IV Lines for Dummies. Is this the best the State can do?

Will we personally mourn Smith? Hardly. We hope his execution (if it does happen) will bring some type of peace to Mrs. Sennett's family. She deserved much better than she received in life.

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