When someone commits a crime, does it really make a difference what position they hold or what volunteer activity they perform?  Of course some positions make the crime even more heinous, but should a title or volunteer work lessen the crime?  Think about a Sunday School teacher and read the following story.

If you haven’t heard by now, Melissa Huckaby has been charged with murder. Unfortunately, murders happen every day so this obviously isn’t an “ordinary” murder (if such a thing exists) or else it wouldn’t be making national headlines. No, the 28-year-old woman “was charged with murdering her daughter’s playmate, Sandra Cantu, in a gruesome crime that has shocked and terrified residents of Tracy, a Northern California city of about 78,000, 60 miles east of San Francisco.”

The little girl was 8-years-old and her body was found in a suitcase, dumped in a pond, not far from Huckaby’s home.

To make matters worse, here are the specific charges: one count of murder with the special circumstances of rape with a foreign object, lewd or lascivious conduct with a child under 14 and murder in the course of a kidnapping.

Since these are special circumstances, if convicted, Huckaby could face the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole.  If she is guilty I don’t see anything wrong with those sentences.

But wait, the media has a special announcement to make.  Huckaby is (was hopefully) a Sunday School teacher at her Grandfather’s church.  Not only that, she lives with her grandparents.  Anybody want to reduce those possible sentences now?

I’m not sure what your garden variety murder would consist of, but I can say for certain that this ain’t it!  This murder is a result of a sickness.  Molestation, rape and murder are involved here.  Who cares if she teaches bible lessons on the Sabbath!

Our society repeatedly displays the total absence of morals!  Huckaby, or the person guilty of this crime, should receive a speedy trial and sentence before living the rest of her life with what she has done – no matter how short the rest of her life may be.