I was reading in the local paper today (Denver Post) about a very disturbing story unfolding here in Colorado. I must admit that I don't really follow the news as much as I should, so I haven't really known much about this. I must say that I was throughly and completely disgusted when I read this article about a man who gunned down an engaged couple in Aurora (a Denver suburb). I'll let you read the full article here:

CENTENNIAL — Sir Mario Owens was sentenced to death today for the murders of Javad Marshall-Fields and his fiancée, Vivian Wolfe.

Judge Gerald Rafferty ordered that Owens, 23, be put to death by lethal injection in March 2009, but the sentence must be reviewed by the Colorado Supreme Court.

Owens will be the second person on the state's death row.

Owens didn't speak during the court procedure, nor did his defense team.

Many of the victim's family members spoke out on the sentence.

"The impact is enormous," says Ronda Fields, Javad's mother. "There are no words powerful enough to explain the pain."

Mike Prosser, Vivian's father, said, "As far as I am concerned, he is merely a piece of society's refuse."

Marshall-Fields had been set to testify against Owens' friend Robert Ray when Marshall-Fields and Wolfe, both 21, were ambushed and gunned down on an Aurora street in June 2005.

Prosecutors were able to link Owens to the murder scene because of a baseball cap and DNA.

Owens is already serving life in prison for the shooting death of Gregory Vann at an Aurora park July 4, 2004. Ray, also serving a prison sentence for Vann's death, in August will go to trial in the murders of Marshall-Fields and Wolfe. Prosecutors say Ray gave the order to kill the two. He also faces the death penalty.

Prosecutors had argued that death was an appropriate sentence because the murders were a blatant attack against the criminal justice system.

The other person on death row is 33-year-old Nathan Dunlap, who was convicted in the 1996 killing of four people at a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Aurora.

The last execution in Colorado was in 1997, when 53-year-old Gary Lee Davis was put to death for his conviction in a 1986 slaying.

As disturbing and gut-wrenching as this is, it infuriates me that this man has done this before. He killed someone back in 2004! Why wasn't he given the death penalty before? Why has this man been able to remain alive after he killed a person??!! He was granted prison for life with the 04' death, not death row. Why??!! This really pisses me off how sporatic and disorganized our justice system is! Had he been killed back then, this couple would still be with us today! I don't get it. I can't even comprehend it.

Shifting the subject a bit, but sticking with the 'system is corupt' theme, I have been pondering another dispicible culture of coruption within the courts. Why the F can celebrities do whatever the hell they want and not suffer the same consequences the rest of us do??! For instance, Brandi crashed into and killed a family in a canyon near Salt Lake City a couple years back at the Sundance Film Festival. Now she's out singing songs and making music videos. So, what, celebs can do anything, even kill a person, but with an appology and some rehab they can just keep going like nothing happened?? Hell, if I even so much as was caught with a gun at my local mall, I would probibly serve more time than Brandi did for killing a family! That is just wrong! Then Michael Jackson rapes a kid, but then spends half his money and gets off. If I raped a little kid, I'm sure I would have to pay the consequences. What happened to "equality for all"? I've about lost all faith in our jacked-up system!

Your thoughts are welcome. Any experiences or stories?

Hello anyone who is still reading my Xanga. It's been a while since I've been on here - I actually had to dig up my user name and password cause I couldn't even remember them. I'm not all for the journal type blog, so I'm just going to post an interesting clip of my life with each blog. I hope you enjoy :D

Well, I was delivering packages the other day (btw I work for UPS) and I was walking up to this person's house. I knocked on the door and no one was home. Then, as I began to walk away, I heard a growl...which turned into a bark...which turned into a black blur. This evil-eyed pitt-bull (I swear from the far reaches of Hell) darted from behind the house in a dead run right for my leg. Little did the wicked beast know that the package I was carrying weighed about 30 lbs. Right as the dog came in range, I lifted the box...and....BAM!! I hit the dog square on the nose! It let out a high-pitched yelp and ran back to wherever it came from. I was all like, "In your face spawn-of-Satan!!" (Literally, it was in his face Lol). I then climbed into my truck and drove away victorious.