Brief summary:
On February 5, 2014, BBC News published an article called, "Texas Executes Female Murderer Suzanne Basso". It was about a woman who brutally murdered a mentally disabled man she was going to marry in an effort to steal his insurance benefits. Basso had a long history of physical and sexual abuse and her daughter even made the claim that she would be a killer. On the other hand, Basso's lawyer thought the ruling was unfair and that Basso was being "singled out" due to her unattractive appearance. Either way, it is rare for women to be put to death versus men, but she was in this minority.
Why do I bring up this article?
There are many parts of me that are completely against the death penalty. "No! It's inhumane," my little inner voice cries. But reading an article like this got me thinking. This person does not seem like a good person. This person did not seem to emit "excellence" like Aristotle would put it in his philosophy about virtue and perfection. Does it still seem right to put her to death? Do we still have that right? What do we know about justice? The death penalty is such a controversial thing. On one hand, we have these questions that would be almost wrong to answer, but on the other, it can almost be surely assumed that this person was possibly a terrible human being for murdering an innocent mentally impaired man for his benefits. She had a long history of already abusing her daughter in terrible ways. Call me sensationalist, but articles like these get my gears turning. Did she really deserve to be put to death still? Ultimately, I would say, in a whole lot of hesitation, it is entirely possible for the actions she had done.
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