A year ago I attended a lecture given by a local true crime author. He had covered the trial of the first creep in this case for one of the local papers, and he talked briefly about that experience. He was visibly haunted by the testimony he'd heard. During the Q&A I asked him if his experience in writing about crime had changed his own views on crime and punishment. He replied that his view had indeed changed, and that he now supported the death penalty. I wonder if this case was the one that helped to change his mind.