Readers React: Death row inmates don’t deserve the benefit of the doubt

To the editor: I strongly disagree with The Times. As the mother of a murdered child, my views have changed. I was for the death penalty; now, I would rather have a murderer kept in solitary confinement for life. (“Even murderers are protected by the Constitution,” Editorial, Nov. 5)

Alfredo Prieto, the convicted killer whose cause you take up, has a roof over his head, gets three meals a day, can exercise and is kept clean. These are basic rights that the people he murdered do not have.

There should be no argument as to whether death row inmates pose a substantial risk to the general prison population, as they have already shown how dangerous they are. Are we going to wait until one decides to hurt or kill a guard or inmate?

Prieto has been convicted for multiple killings and is implicated in more. Think of these victims and their loved ones. Let’s get this right.

Barbara Pellicci, Culver City

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