This week, the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think about Susan Smith being sentenced to life in prison?"
Linda Miller
Jackson
"I think they should do to her what she did to her kids -- put her in her car and let her drown."
June Keller
Cape Girardeau
"I think she should have gotten the death penalty. I think everyone should be responsible for their own actions."
David Lane
Cape Girardeau
"I feel it was really a just punishment, because I think killing her would be to subtle. The more time she has to study it, the more likely Smith will realize what she has done."
John Nall
Cape Girardeau
"I think she should be executed. Killing her two kids just isn't something you should get life in prison for. You should get the death penalty. She deserves what she did to her kids"
Derrick Seabaugh
Cape Girardeau
"I thought she deserved death. If she can kill her own two kids, then there is no reason she shouldn't die."
John Hill
Advance
"I think she should get the death penalty. It was a cruel crime. Anybody who kills their kids has got to be nuts or something."
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