A 20-year-old Canadian man methodically stalked and tracked a Westmont woman before killing her Wednesday night in Oak Brook — even stopping to reload his gun and continue shooting during the attack.
- [DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert ] Berlin said Smirnov had done research on the Internet to determine if Illinois had the death penalty, deciding to go through with Vesel’s murder when he discovered it does not.
Well gee whiz. We guess that shoots down just about every argument that the death penalty isn't a deterrent to at least some criminals. What's that line that certain folks like to use? It goes something like, "If even one life could be saved...."
There's one. There will be others.
There's one. There will be others.