The Allen County Prosecutor's Office has finally determined that Simon Rios' status as a foreign national doen't prevent him from facing the death penalty in the strangulation deaths of his wife and three children (never mind the fact he's the primary suspect in the abduction and death of 10-year-old Alejandra Gutierrez).
The question remaining is whether he will face the death penalty. If he doesn't, I think the prosecutor's office should explain how it views the death penalty and when capital punishment should be used and when it shouldn't. Rios' crime is one of the most heinous imaginable, and if it doesn't fit the county's death-penalty standards, it's fair to ask what does.
