article_snippet.sent: (CNN)We want our killers to be kind.
article_snippet.sent: To walk into court and show remorse, tell our that they are really nice people who only did it because they feared for they lives, or they were temporarily insane.
article_snippet.sent: Even though those things may not be true, too often those things are accepted as legitimate excuses for murder.
article_snippet.sent: No one really knows what evil lurks in the hearts of others, even those closest to us.
article_snippet.sent: Not the mothers whose sons go off and commit schoolyard killing sprees, or wives whose husbands gun down innocent people, and certainly not employers who are mostly concerned about performance on the job.