DeCarlos Brown, the man who cut Iryna’s throat while she sat on a subway seat, has been ruled “mentally unfit” to stand trial. Her murder is on video. It’s unprovoked and psychopathic. Does “mentally unfit” mean crazy? We already knew he was. If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t have done what he did. He can be put on trial, and then put to death. This is why the death penalty exists. Brown has no place in civilized society any longer, and he’s a danger to anyone he comes into contact with. Societal squeemishness towards the death penalty is what allows innocents like Iryna to die, randomly, by the psychopathic who are allowed to roam our streets. Also, I don’t for a second believe he’s “mentally unfit”. If he knew a noose or a needle would be the outcome of a random murder, I sincerely believe he would think twice. Instead, rabid animals in skin suits roam free and attack at random. We condemn thousands of unknown innocents to violence and death because we refuse to deal with this problem the way it must be dealt with.
If it sounds extreme, remember what he did:
These are the final moments of Iryna Zarutska.
Alone, terrified, and not a single person did anything to help here."I got that white girl." pic.twitter.com/ERys333UGz
— Kirk Lubimov (@KirkLubimov) September 9, 2025
Tanner Lynn Horner, the FedEx driver who kidnapped and murdered 7-year old Athena Strand, was given the death sentence. He will now sit on death row for 20 years until he’s finally executed. Athena’s family will not feel justice served until then, meaning they will live with this open wound for the majority of their lives. Horner could be executed within the year, as could most killers when their case is so open-and-shut. But instead they live comfortably and at our expense.
Here is something to think about: roughly 1,800 children are murdered in the United States every year by an adult. If the murder of a child isn’t grounds for execution, then what is? By comparison, the US executes around 25 inmates per year, usually after they’ve spent two decades on death row. The death penalty is a tool of civilization, based on an understanding that sometimes, justice for the victims, and safety for society at large, necessitates an ultimate solution.
