A sad end to a long, sad story came today.  Brooke Wilberger, a sophomore at BYU, vanished in 2004 and was never found.  As part of guilty plea to avoid the death penalty, Brooke’s killer (Joel Courtney) finally revealed where he hid her body.  I find this case interesting primarily because it shows the threat of the death penalty sometimes serves a purpose other than the so-called “deterrent effect.”

-Michael