Life in jail, no parole, fine. The point of punishment isn't to kill, it's to rehabilitate. The person had no right to take your grandfather's life, but no one has a right to take his life either. Let him sit in jail, and think long and hard of what he did... maybe he will truly change and can help others... managing a library or something in there... Maybe he won't, and he'll die after a long life of mental torture. I'm all for life in jail, I'm not for the death penalty though. Taking someones life crosses the line of punishment.

You must understand also, people are the way they are because of their background. If you had lived the life of the guy that shot your grandfather, had been taught no different, had been used/abused so much you had no value for others lives, had no parents possibly, maybe you could kill an innocent person also.

The early developmental stages of a child can REALLY screw them up at the core. All children aren't given the same chance, and those less fortunate typically never do well. Lots of people never had a chance from the beginning. Sure, as an adult, it's our responsibility to make choices... but if you're mentally abused, or just in an awful environment as a child, you usually aren't capable of making good judgement.... you're capable of survival instict, and that's it... almost like animals in a way. Please, try to sympathize for people and understand them.