Ohio man who killed three sons is executed

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Reginald Brooks was convicted of shooting to death each of his three sons, aged 11, 15 and 17, while they were in their beds in East Cleveland in 1982. His wife had served him with divorce papers two days before the killings.
Final appeals were "exhausted" on Tuesday morning, said Rob Nichols, spokesman for Governor John Kasich. Brooks died at 2:04 p.m., according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Defense lawyers have argued that Brooks, who spent nearly three decades on death row, was a paranoid schizophrenic and suffered from mental illness before he killed his sons. He was denied clemency by both the Ohio Parole Board and Kasich.
Brooks, 66, was the oldest person put to death since Ohio resumed executions in 1999, according to
Carlo LoParo, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/15/us-execution-ohio-idUSTRE7AE15R20111115

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[MainerMikeBrown]

Contrary to what the media would like you to believe, most with mental illness who commit murder are not those with schizophrenia. Instead, violent people with mental illness are usually those with Personality Disorders.

Furthermore, most with mental illness are not violent.

 

[bluediamond]

Any kind of disorder such as mental illness in killing children, we need to realize that not all people who have personalty issues goes around murdering their children. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder of the brain, a person with this kind of illness needs help with drugs to keep themselves in control, without drugs this person can become dangerous.

 

[MainerMikeBrown]

If a person commits murder when he or she was out of touch with reality at the time of the murder, I don't think it's right to penalize the killer. Never underestimate the power of psychosis.

However, if the person knew what they were doing, I think nothing less than life in prison or execution is appropriate. After all, how is it fair if they end one or more persons life but have a shot at being released one day? Even the criminal merely thinking about future release gives them hope. That's not fair!