AP Wire | 09/30/2002 | No execution sought in N.J. shootings

Why not? John W. Mabie is accused of the murder of his granddaughter and three others. It seems to me this is the sort of crime that the death penalty is supposed to be for. Is it because he's old? Because he's a former police officer? Because he's white?

I'm not wild about the death penalty. But if you're going to have one, you should apply it fairly.