Gerald Bivins
I have often said here there I am neither and advocate for or against the death penalty. Sure, there are cases that are so brutal and vicious that I believe they do deserve that sentence but I also know that the cost to the taxpayer is much higher for death penalties, as well as the cost to house a death row prisoner. I have also said that in my opinion there should be no doubt as to who was the perpetrator in the crime before a death sentence should be given. The only real issue that I have in this case is that there were three people who participated in the crime and yet only one was sentenced to death, or even life for that matter. And yet, the one who would eventually be executed was the one who broke the case for detectives and readily confessed. On January 16, 1991 Gerald Bivins, Ronald Chambers and Scott Weyls began a crime spree. Their first stop was at store in Lafayette Indiana where they shoplifted blue jeans, holding the clerk at gunpoint. From there they...