The Issue: Jerome Isaac’s alleged murder of a Brooklyn woman by setting her on fire.
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Dec. 19’s front page recommends that alleged fire fiend Jerome Isaac “Burn in Hell.”
The next day, the victim’s family suggested the attacker should get life in prison (“Kin: Give Elevator Fiend Life,” Dec. 20).
I’d like to propose a middle-ground solution. Give Isaac the death penalty. After he’s been legally executed for his unspeakably evil crime, let God decide whether he goes to Hell or Heaven.
Chet Jelinski
Bloomfield, NJ
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At the time of year when we try to emulate the best human qualities, I am horrified at the deaths of two people who embodied these very traits — NYPD Officer Peter Figoski and Brooklyn resident Dolores Gillespie.
These two individuals did not die in unfortunate accidents or by disease, but by acts so cruel that they cannot be understood or excused.
I do not want to hear that Lamont Pride or Jerome Isaac did not get the toys they wanted for Christmas when they were five years old or that some kind of addiction explains their heinous acts.
We will honor Figoski and Gillespie for the good lives they led and the kindness they showed others.
Diane McVey
Scotch Plains, NJ
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The painful death of 73-year-old Gillespie is just more proof that society is doomed.
What penalty could be given that would be poetic justice?
Probably not the food, shelter, medical coverage and cable TV provided in prison.
Joseph DuPont
Towanda, Pa.