Too Little, Too Late?

Lately two men have been brought to justice for the kidnapping and brutal murder of two black men more than forty years ago. The puzzling thing is, the two men were arrested shortly after the bodies were found, but were released. The way I look at the recent convictions of civil rights murderers from the fifties and sixties is that it is too little too late. Should they be punished yes but to put someone in prison for life who is on their last leg anyway and will be dead within the first year of incarceration doesn't make too much sense. Especially after they have enjoyed 40 plus years of holidays, birthdays, family occasions, laughs, smiles, tears, and etc. of which the victims never got to enjoy. The solution, since we can't turn back the hands of time to rectify the situation, I have nothing to contribute except maybe torture.