VERDICT AFTERMATH: Randy Kraft’s death sentence (A1)...
VERDICT AFTERMATH: Randy Kraft’s death sentence (A1) will have profound impacts on his victims’ relatives, but some may not have the reaction they expect. . . . “In general, people do feel some sort of justice when the death penalty is the verdict, but that doesn’t fix what has happened to them,” says Kathy Yarnall, who works with families in a victim-assistance program. “I think sometimes people experience a letdown because their expectation might be that there will be more satisfaction gotten out of (the sentence), or that it might relieve some of the burden of pain.”
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