Brianne Reed's blog

I think that regardless of political party, we can all agree that the type of criminals up for the death penalty deserve severe punishment - men who brutally rape and murder children, violent serial killers who would undoubtedly repeat their crimes if released, parents who have tortured their own kids for years, eventually causing death. They're all sickos.

If you've ever met me, you know I'm a pretty hardcore Liberal.

It is a huge deal in the United States when someone is raped or murdered.  The general public rallies around the victim and the victim's family and shows incredible support.  So when the same atrocities are committed on a global level, why is the reaction so much different?  In the Darfur region of Sudan over 400,000 innocent African men, women, and children have been <!--break-->