I am the mother of a young woman who was murdered in a still unsolved crime not long ago in Orange County.
It is a profoundly horrifying experience, but I am still strongly against the death penalty. I am very intrigued at the suggestion made in "A Road Into Minds of Murderers" (Jan. 14).
Although all of the personal responses I've seen in the media are from families who seek death as retribution for their loss, there are many of us who do not seek justice based on an eye for an eye. You need to hear from us too.
Some of us belong to such national organizations as Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation and Parents of Murdered Children. I would never tell a person who has lost someone to murder how to feel or respond, but I believe it is morally wrong to intentionally kill another human being.