The weight of guilt: Executed killer Ronnie Lee Gardner's remorse
Before he was executed, a killer expressed remorse
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Doug Robinson is a general columnist, sports columnist and feature writer for the Deseret News, where he has worked since 1978. He began his career as a sports writer. "Everything I am today I blame on Lee Benson," he more ..
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Sometimes we forget that the murderers on death row are also human, have a background that is tarnished with horrible events, and that they have let those events dictate their lives. Their thoughts and feelings are just as real as any of ours.
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Gripping story--thanks to you and Bishop Bradshaw for sharing it. There is a bit of Ronnie Lee Gardner in most of us, and (hopefully) many friends, associates, spouses, and other family members who "rescue" us from ourselves.
Bradshaw does not excuse what was done. He does demonstrate the best of what being a follower of Christ would do. A couple of verses of "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief come to mind.