Death is too good for some people

According to an article in today's Philadelphia Daily News, a 24-year-old woman in the city's River Park section went to answer her ringing front doorbell and was attacked (apparently by an employee of the apartment complex, who'd previously been convicted of rape).

Now, at 5.30 on Monday morning, my best advice is not to answer the door. But, who knows, maybe she thought it was the date coming back for some innocuous reason. Whatever she was thinking, and whether or not she actually opened the door (there is apparently some evidence that her attacker had already gained access to the house and used the doorbell to get her out of her bedroom), she was viciously attacked. (The initial police report is quoted below.)
She was stabbed "numerous times".
She was beaten until her skull was fractured.
She was tied up.
She was raped "for almost an hour".
Then her attacker "poured Drano on his victim's vagina to remove any evidence of the rape".

I hope that last sentence made you shudder and your skin crawl and your stomach heave, as it did me. (If not, go to the kitchen, pour Drano down your throat, and get back to me with how it made you feel...)

This incident proves, to this observer, several things:
Women are too trusting. (Some, anyway.)
Men are animals. (Some, anyway.)
More women should possess firearms, be trained in their use, and be willing to use them. (Learning to turn the lights on, or carry a flashlight, would certainly help in this kind of situation.)
Far too many people are watching forensic crime shows on television. (I bet the Drano bit was either on CSI New York last week, or will be next week...)
The cruel and unusual punishment clause should be amended out of the Constitution. Whoever did this should not be executed by any of the accepted practices of the State of Pennsylvania. When they catch him, we should go medieval on his ass.

If you don't think a couple of hours of "cruel and unusual", preferably on live television, is appropriate for the perpetrator of this hideous crime (yes, yes, properly convicted and his trial reviewed by the ACLU and the Innocence Project), drop by my place some night for a little stabbing, some bust-mouth, a touch of rough sex, and a Drano enema, and then we'll debate it...