Three years ago i sat on this jury and helped convict Koepp. My thoughts are with Danyetta's family. I hope time has helped heal the wounds left behind by this cold blooded, senseless act.

What goes through the mind of a psychopath when he thinks a mustache is going to make a difference?

Evidently, Darwin believes that paying sales and property tax is all it takes to be a citizen. What part of ILLEGAL don't you understand? Freakin idiot!

Okie, they pay sales and property taxes. Get some facts.

Ever been wrongly accused by a police officer. I was. Thanks to the ACLU he didn't try to beat a confession out of me. Me and Rush say, "Thank you ACLU."

I don't know if they are seeking redemption because unlike you I can't read peoples minds. However, your blathering about what the ACLU would theoretically say. Not what they have actually said. Again, your dealing in delusions.

I personally don't care what happens to this piece of crap. However, I am not so ignorant to think that the police aren't lazy at times and are more than happy to target people who are easy to target.

When Laura Bush was a teenager she ran a stop sign and killed another teenager. She could have been tried as an adult for vehicular manslaughter and under the "eye for an eye" principle people like you enjoy following been executed. No. Eventually she married the abomination known as George Bush who started a war where hundreds of thousands have died based on an intentional lie. So, what is it? Eye for an eye or not?

okiefed, telling someone who is stupid they are stupid isn't name calling, it is stating a fact. You are stupid. Your comments are devoid of any kind of reality and blame people who have nothing to do with the crime. Your comments suggest that the system should have been able to predict the future. So, I agree. Everyone arrested for drunk driving should be executed because they could in the future kill someone. Laura Bush killed a child and yet I don't hear you calling for her execution and imprisonment.

"Spunkmeyer-- ** sigh **.... I certainly try to skip over your posts...but you post so often..they are very hard to ignore. I dont have as much free time on my hands as you do, or the interest to constantly monitor this forum as you do. Dont worry..I will work on skipping over yours..but I do admit..some of them are sort of amusing!"
Really? That's the best you got? Wow. The claws have come out. Snarky doesn't suit you grandprixgirl. Maybe you should try behaving like an adult and discussing issues instead of resorting to 4th-grade childishness. You'd probably be able to handle reading the comments section if you didn't take things so personally.

Okiefed, are you really that stupid? You should talk to someone who is actually an executioner. It takes a toll on people. You see you talk big game but that is about it. The accused get appeals because prosecutors and police frame people who are innocent - it is a fact. If you think it is such a great deterrent than be a man and put your life where your mouth is: admit to a murder and then allow yourself to be executed.

DNA probabilities are extrapolated to the general population. In this case it doesn't matter because the only other people whose DNA it could be would be the other victims. However, if your relative committed a murder, the DNA test could point to you as a match.

"Death Penalty is not a deterrent" because by the time the execution takes place only those directly involved remember the circumstances of the crime in the first place. I speak from experience because the killer of my neighbor was executed last November for what was then a high profile murder (in 1994!!), yet nobody I spoke with even remembered it.

Also, I did a study for a college assignment collecting all the USDOJ data on murders nationally from the '30s through about 2003 or 2004 and found the rates that were rather steady pre-abolishment, skyrocketed during the years of abolishment, then leveled off again after reinstatement. It (DP) may not be a deterrent but there is no better enabler than absence of death penalty. What I find amazing is that the same people seeking lenience on the criminal element are often the same people asking "how could that happen?"

Mine-I agree 100%. What is with these people that want to think a p.o.s is innocent..or there wasn't enough evidence? Why would it be the guy with all the DNA evidence?? Gee, because IT IS.

I believe in the death penalty in certain cases. That is if DNA is found. In the Koepp case, the blood found on Koepp's pant leg was Danyetta's. The DNA expert stated the chance the blood on the pants being anyone but Danyetta's is 1 in 15,000,000,000,000,000. He said if I remember the word was 1 in 15 quadtrillion. He said that is 1000 times the population of the world.

Then there was Danyetta and Nicole's blood found under Koepp's finger nails. Now thats what I call GUILTY. Put him down.

I guess it's understandable that a conviction (or three in this case) of life in prison w/o parole brings up the death penalty controversy, so keep arguing if you want.

I am so happy that Koepp was convicted on three counts of first degree murder. Each victim deserves his life for their life. I've never been in prison, so I can't imagine what it would feel like to know that until your dying day, you will be incarcerated. If that was such a great existence, why would criminals ever plead not guilty to a crime?

Every time I see pictures of Danyetta, Nicole, and Scott, it breaks my heart. As a mother, grandmother and sister, I cannot imagine the pain this family has endured. I pray they find peace now that justice has been served. May Danyetta, Nicole, and Scott rest in peace and live on forever in the hearts of their family and others that loved them.

Let Koepp rot in prison where he belongs. For the rest of his life. Wisconsin doesn't have the death penalty. It is what it is. The man is a monster and at least he won't have the opportunity to victimize any more families. He's done more than enough damage.

Spunkmeyer-- ** sigh **.... I certainly try to skip over your posts...but you post so often..they are very hard to ignore. I dont have as much free time on my hands as you do, or the interest to constantly monitor this forum as you do. Dont worry..I will work on skipping over yours..but I do admit..some of them are sort of amusing!

I believe in the Death Penalty in certain cases- 100%.. Only if the evidence is 100% conclusive. So if this man is guilty- which I am sure he is. Then given his track record and the brutality of his last crime, death seems appropriate..

well spunkmeyer i guess i dont. I just feel it's not fair to the 3 that lost their lives. He he gets to live his days out. That that he is going to have a great life, prision is no way to live. It is hell...

It is less about justice and more about taking out the trash. Lives are taken every day by authorities in this country and around the world. Where have you been living? I think that I would like to move there.

nailqueen - How do you know that hasn't already happened? You don't know me. You don't know about my life.
ljs64 - Very well said indeed.

maxdetail must be a politician as he/she talks a lot and really says very little. The intentional ending of a life is WRONG. You can try to spin it anyway you want to justify it in your own head. Bottom line is a human being does not nor should not have the power / authority to end the life of another.

Without a doubt he is a piece of garbage. However, Laura Bush is a child killer too. She should probably be put to death as well.

However, I do believe in redemption and in a persons right to seek that redemption. Isn't redemption the reason why the Catholic church allowed pedophile priests to keep working and not reporting them? That seems to have been acceptable.

Appeals are the basis of our judicial system. If we remove appeals we murder America.

I understand that Spunkmeyer. My sentiment goes back and forth on that issue. I was simply pointing out that we are not governed by a rule of opinion or sentiment but by a rule of law. Rule by opion would be chaos and anarchy.

I was also pointing out that there is a great legal and philosophical difference between individuals murdering and the government carrying out a court ordered sentence of death. Emotionally those may seem very similar to you but legally they are not. In Wisconsin, the rule of law happens to line up with your sentiment so this murderer will not die by legal execution.

Spunkmeyer...What would you do or how would you feel if some crazed lunatic did this to your family.

maxdetail - In my opinion, there is no crime worthy of the death penalty. Punishment, yes. But taking their life? No. I don't see the justice in taking one life for another.

grandprixgirl - It's clear from your first sentence that you and I can't have an intelligent debate about the death penalty. If my opinions make you nauseous, perhaps you should skip over them from now on. Have a great day. :)

Yes, this idiot should die. There should be a death penalty and there shouldn't be any appeals. That is what wastes mine and other tax payers money.

"It may not be a cure but it sure sends a message!"
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What message does it send? Texas has the death penalty and yet they have a higher rate of murders per 100,000 people than Wisconsin. Apparently the criminals are not concerned with the consequences. The death penalty is certainly NOT a deterrent. Jeez.....Wake up.

MURDER RATES PER 100,000 PEOPLE
YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Texas 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.4 6 6.2 5.9 6.1 6.8 6.8 7.7
Wisconsin 2.6 3.3 3 3.5 2.8 3.3 2.8 3.6 3.2 3.4 3.6 4 4.2

What we need is the Death Penalty and someone with the back bone to use it. It may not be a cure but it sure sends a message!

Spunkmeyer....sorry. Your inflated "Righteousness" is nauseating. The guy killed 3 people, 2 of them children. He should not be allowed to live when THEY had no choice in the matter! What good does it do, to ANYONE to have him sit and rot in prison? Answer that. What GOOD comes from "your" way? Having him sit in prison for the next 40 years or so? Please answer..Im really curious.

Spunkmeyer, you are correct that none of us as individuals or even as a mob have the right to take the life of another, but we are civilized because of our rule of law. Some crimes are certainly worthy of the death penalty at which point our government is obligated to act justly and execute the lawbreaker. The judicial system is slow for a reason but it does work.

Drawn and quartered.

Napalm - I don't mind paying to keep someone locked up for the rest of their life when they are a threat to the safety of others. It is not my place to take the life of another human being who committed a crime.. no matter how heinous the crime was. We are the only species on this planet that will kill another for revenge or "justice." It's sad. We are supposed to be the evolved ones.
spark - Survival and protecting others from harm are one thing. But taking the life of someone just because "they did it first" is quite another.

DNA on his pants was as follows. The chance it was anyone but Danyetta's blood was 1 in 15,000,000,000,000. I believe the expert said the number was 15 quadtrillion. And it was her blood only. Expert also said that is 1000 times the population of the world. I would say he was and is GUILTY.

In a non-death penalty(dp) case the state only pays 4 an attorney thru his initial appeal. in a dp case we have 2 pay until execution. it cost between 1 and 3 million from time of arrest til they are killed. i hope he is tortured.

so you have someone on life without parole which means never getting out, right? Not so fast. All it takes is a Governor to commute the sentences to, say, life WITH parole. A few years ago the Illinois governor at the time (think it was before blago) commuted all sentences. Then some lame parole board or even a future governor can further reduce them and the guy's back on the street in 10-15 years. There is only one sure way to guarantee the sentence. And it doesn't have to take 15 years and the lawyer fees that go with those 15 years. DNA can prove or disprove virtually any case in which a body is found. One appeal to State supreme court, one appeal to U.S. Supreme court, then ints a done deal. Rope is cheap, and reuseable.

He's already dead on the inside. No one with a soul could commit such acts. Killing him would be redundant and rehabilitation would be a lost cause. Do not pity him or waste your anger on him. He is not worth it.

Koepp is pure slime, and has been for most of his life. The saddest thing is that there are many more out there just like him--twisted, sadistic, manipulative con-men, and -women!--who society will spend time and money and effort to give countless chances, opportunities and handouts, only to find that they will also commit heinous acts of violence that leave broken and shattered lives in their wake. These paths are not unpredictable, and the chances we provide should be few in number, not endless.

Also, the quality of prison life, however confined and "un-free", far exceeds much of the rest of this world's population's standard of living. Where else do you get meals, TV, books, education, and not have to work for the privileges? We have allowed the unfortunately antiquated constitution, attendant "christian values" and a distorted sense of misplaced compassion to spin our level of care for the incarcerated far out of proportion with that minimally required or deserved.

"An eye for an eye", "more blind people"? Ha! Devoured by boars would hardly be an unjust fate for Koepp, and a valuable lesson to others of his putrid ilk.

*with should be *will*

markr- I don't care what you call it, life without parole is the same thing as sitting in jail and rotting until you die of natural causes. He's doing that anyway. Maybe some inmates with treat him the same way Dahmer was treated. Either way, murdering people is wrong justified or not and like I said before, it's good for the family to finally get a sense of closure.

The additional cost of confining an inmate to death row, as compared to the maximum security prisons where those sentenced to life without possibility of parole ordinarily serve their sentences, is $90,000 per year per inmate.

This is a good example of why we should have the death penalty...THIS DUDE SHOULD FRY....i am sure the kids had nothing to do with anything..he will get his at judgement

ladystardust...there have been many cases in the annals of justice where a conviction was partially vacated or overturned, while part was let stand. If he is sentenced on all three convictions (which I think is actually a requirement, not a mere formality as you seem to believe), and there is a problem with one, the others might still stand

I understand the meaning of "three sentences," and it's good that he got what he fully deserved. I believe he will get his in prison. Inmates that have committed less crimes will know that he is a "child murderer," and they do not take kindly to that. Danyetta was a kind soul that had great children and GOD will make sure they get PEACE in HEAVEN.

He was charged with 3 offenses, was found guilty of 3 offenses and was sentenced for 3 offenses. Something wrong with that?
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So, is the defendant's age a factor in sentencing now? "Oh, we can't sentence him to 3 life sentences, because he won't live that long at the age of 51, so it's pointless". Does that make sense? Therefore, if someone is 18, it's okay to use the 3 life sentences?
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Age isn't a factor in my book.

An eye-for-an-eye, only makes more blind people.

Three sentences for life gives meaning to the lives of the three victims.

Some of you people amaze me. Whining that this individual received 3 life sentences "is a little redundant" "Is he really going to die 3 times".
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This individual was CONVICTED of 3 - FIRST DEGREE INTENTIONAL HOMICIDES, thus received LIFE in Prison for each charge. That is called justice.

I am happy that the family got some closure, but I think it's a little redundant making 3 life sentances his punishment. How old is this guy? Like 40 or 50? Come on people, he's going to be alive for another fifty years tops. Why bother puffing it up to 3? It's not going to get served. All it's doing is making it sound better. Just saying life with no parole is good enough, because that means he will never ever walk the streets again . JMO

Spunkmeyer - Let me ask you this. If a police officer, or a soldier is put in a life or death situation and they are required to use deadly force to save their own life, do you consider that murder? That is taking another life and according to you, regardless of the circumstances, it's all the same. FYI, officers and soldiers are trained to take a life if the situation is presented.

If you don't like to say death penalty...let's just say we will "put him to sleep". No one thinks poorly of putting a dog to sleep if it bites someone. A man who kills 3 people (some children) and tries to kill himself obviously has no respect for life in any sense. JMO

You can sprinkle it with sugar so it's easier to go down all you like. The death penalty is still murder.

Spunkmeyer, murder is the unjust taking of a life. If evidence is shown in court by reliable witnesses and the accused can be proven guilty of taking a life unjustly, then the state (where permitted) is just in take that persons life.

Murder is never justified, killing in self defense, in war and for taking a life is.

And killing a family of three and kids that never got to experience life, is my reasoning and enough justification.

I am not mistaken. Taking someone's life is murder. The only difference is the reasoning you use to justify it.

Spunkmeyer - Again, you are comparing the two and there's no comparison. That is where you are mistaken.

Why NOT the death penalty? Why use taxpayer money to keep this man alive, when supposedly he has no chance to "get out" in his lifetime? I dont consider using the death penalty on this creep as "murder"...how can anyone? HE murdered THREE innocent people. Why on earth should he be able to live when they had no choice in the matter? And suffered so while he was killing them?

If we stopped wasting money on incarcerating people for victimless crimes and silly drug charges, we'd have plenty of money to lock up those that really need to be.

I can't believe there are those still in favor of the death penalty. This man commits murder.. so you think another murder will make things even? I don't get it. Wouldn't that make you just like him? Oh yeah. That's right. It would.

Wait!!! No appeal has been filed yet? LOL. When there is and I'm sure there will be the tax payers can spend more on this POS while his victims will never have their chance at appeal. Either way, Koepp lives and his victims died so I guess he wins!!!. Sorry there is no death penalty, that at least would partially even the score.

It is a defense attorney's job to make the strongest case possible for his or her client. Anything less is malpractice. During sentencing the judge is to consider the totality of the circumstances.

packerfan, yes the defender needs to do his job but to make a lame excuse like that is pitiful. And yes, thanks for rubbing it in that I helped pay for this POS's defense.

mickie... scroll up a lil bit; there`s a whole section dedicated to the trial. :)

mickie-a jury that heard ALL the evidence found him guilty.

Glad this freak will never see the outside of the prison walls.

JCK - Hopefully his next attempt is a success.

(Different from packerfan)
I also believe that Wisconsin should reinstate the death penalty. His attorney said he had a rough childhood and had mental health issues. This doesn't excuse. Other people have the same problems, and they don't go out and kill three people. He needs to own up to what he did.

It's truely unfortunate that neither of Mr Koepp's suicide attempts were successfull.

I would have like to have heard about all the evidence presented. It seemed this was never a clear cut case. AND NO, I am NOT defending anyone here.. Just seems there was a lot of questions in the beginning..

frusion.. wow.. the guy was doing the job he was paid for! He had to say something to try an help his client. besides im sure he was a public defender that you (taxpayers) paid for.

partarican1 - history shows that it costs the tax payers MORE when someone is on death row than in prison for life. Who do you think pays for his representation every time it comes up as to whether it's time to put him down yet? It would never be set up to go from sentencing to execution right away. It already cost us who knows how much to get him represented during this trial...and probably all of the other ones he's been through. It's too bad it took 3 years, but it is better it took 3 years and they got him, than to have gone faster and possibly lost the case against him.

"....and those factors reduce Koepp’s responsibility for the murders."
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Mr. Walter Isaacson, do you believe your own words? OMG that absurd. How can anything or any words defend Koepp’s actions? You my sir are an absolute idiot for saying those words out loud.

So now we as taxpayers are forced to pay for this person to remain alive and in prison in our state. I would rather Wisconsin re-instate the death penalty and do away with this guy, and others like him.