Sarah Walker’s father and daughter disagree on punishment for her killer.
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. If someone did to one of them, what this guy did to Sarah, there is no way I would have the forgiveness Joe Walker has right now. I cannot imagine being able to forgive someone through all that pain. Sarah’s dad is clearly very confident that he will see her again, and somehow, he’s able to forgive.
Sarah’s sister passed out handwritten notes to the jury thanking them for finding him guilty. I know I’d be doing the same. I’d be buying them presents and paying for their kids to go to college. I’m praying for the Walker family.
What notes to the jury b/c I know first hand they never received any notes from Sarah’s sister.
That was from the Dallas Morning News article:
“After Wednesday’s verdict, Ms. Mull, stepped out of the courtroom and passed out copies of a short, handwritten statement in which she thanked the jury for finding her sister’s killer guilty.”
Is that not how it happened?