A prosecuter in my former state of Nebraska is trying to get a judge who is morally opposed to the death penalty removed from a penalty panel in a high profile case involving a shooting at a bank in Norfolk. I remember this shooting, it was horrible, and the gunmen were on the loose as fugitives for awhile. Still, it doesn't change my opinion as to whether they deserve the death penalty, and I don't think it should change whether a judge has a right to his own moral opinion. His job is to apply the law. Hopefully, he can do that and still stay within his morality. Lord knows, I for one, in this instance, hope he goes beyond the law if necessary. I think a life is worth it.

Sentencing panel in Norfolk bank case may be shaken up