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The article in todays Dallas Morning News mentions the difference in opinion between Sarah Walkers father, who has publicly forgiven Kosoul, and Sarah’s sister, who feels very different. The local McKinney, Texas newspaper has a lot more to say about it.

From the Dallas Morning News:

“The evidence was overwhelming and showed the brutality of a cold-blooded killer. If the death penalty is reserved for the worst of the worst, I believe Kosul [sic] Chanthakoummane has earned himself a front-row seat,” Ms. Mull said.

From the McKinney Courier-Gazette:

Joe Walker, Sarah Anne Walker’s father, has made it clear he doesn’t want Kosoul Chanthakoummane, the 27-year-old man convicted of murdering his daughter, put to death. And he wants a chance to discuss the matter with Chanthakoummane’s jury during the punishment phase of the trial, which starts today…“I will do everything possible as long I live to prevent that [the death penalty],” Mr. Walker said. “As you probably know in many death penalty cases, the average is about 12 or 13 years before it [the execution] ever comes about. I will do everything possible to prevent that.”

Can you imagine the pain the family is going through? I have three sisters, a brother, and one son. Read more »

From today’s Dallas Morning News:

Both the prosecution and defense agreed that Kosoul Chanthakoummane killed a real estate saleswoman in a model home last year. So there were no gasps or emotional outbursts Wednesday when a Collin County jury found him guilty of capital murder after deliberating for 30 minutes.

Today, that jury will begin considering the case’s main point of contention: whether Mr. Chanthakoummane should spend the rest of his life in prison or receive the death penalty for fatally stabbing, beating and biting Sarah Walker and then stealing her jewelry in July 2006.

“I think the proof of a robbery was circumstantial, but we’re not surprised by the jury’s verdict,” defense attorney Steve Miears said outside the courtroom. “This case is about what the appropriate response is to the murder of Sarah Walker.”

There are a couple interesting details as you read the whole article. Read more »