To murder victims' families, executing killers is justice

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.kane05feb05,0,6557087.column

In this article, Gregory Kane, a columnist for the Baltimore Sun newspaper, resents his view that the death penalty provides true justice for the family for the murder victims. His central focus for his claim revolves around the case of the murder of Dawn Garvin, and the needed justice for her killer Steven Howard Oken. By profiling the family of Garvin, Kane makes the point that the death penalty does not provide closure or satisfy revenge for the families of the victims, but is rather a real form of social justice. Vicki Romano, a relative to Dawn stated that "revenge would be going out and killing one of [the murderer's] family members. The death penalty isn't revenge. It's the law." He also points put the flaws in his opponents’ case saying that the victims’ families “footing the bill” for the housing and jail time of Oken is also very unjust. Ultimately, Kane makes the claim that the death penalty is merely a form of true justice for society and the families of victims, and therefore is good in an environment.