“Justice” Delayed
December 12, 2009
Kenneth Biros waited eighteen years to be served … his last meal.
Society waited eighteen years to see justice served.
Mr. Biros’ meal consisted of a cheese pizza (presumably small), onion rings, fried mushrooms, Doritos, French onion dip, blueberry ice cream, cherry pie and a Dr. Pepper.
Society feasted on a small satisfaction, long since grown cold.
The account of Mr. Biros’ menu exceeded in detail the account of his mayhem.
For those who care more about what he did than what he digested, he sexually assaulted a young woman, Tami Engstrom, then stabbed her and continued to, then he dismembered her mutilated body and scattered the parts over two states.
He said he was sorry.
We all are.
Yet Mr. Biros won’t be remembered by the enormity of his crime but the manner of his execution.
He was the first, in the United States, to receive a one drug lethal injection. The new protocol is considered a significant improvement, being virtually painless.
True justice remains elusive.
