Because the murder wasn’t, planned, that’s why, it’s not death penalty, it’s only, life-term! From the Front Page Sections, translated…
The man, Chang from Hsinbei City, needed some quick cash, randomly broken into a residence to burglarize, was found by the homeowner, Lin, and he’d, started brawling with him, to get away, Chang used the butcher’s knife he has on him, and, stabbed into Lin’s heart, as Lin chased after him, a few steps later, Lin fell to the ground in pain. The stab wound was 22-centimeters deep, the D.A. found that Chang got found burglarizing, and committed murder, that his actions were, malicious, charged him with murder and burglary, asked for the life-sentence for him.
The police and investigators investigated, Chang (age 41), took the trains from Sinchuang to Taoyuan, to find a target on March 26th, he’d intentionally worn his cap and the mask to cover his face, with the change of clothes in his backpack, at past seven, he walked past Daling Road, saw the doors to a house opened, entered, and started burglarizing the place.
Chang saw Lin’s parents on the second floor, turned to the third floor to steal, and, as he’d turned around, saw Lin who arrived home, immediately they’d started, engaging, in order to break free, Chang attacked with a knife, Lin called out to his parents to call the police.
In a chaos, Chang ran downstairs, Lin grabbed a broom to chase him, grabbed him, Chang fought hard to break free, pulled out the butcher’s knife, in the pull, he’d, hacked the knife into Lin’s chest on the left, then, pulled it out, after Lin chased Chang, he’d started bleeding internally, and fell down in pain, rushed to the hospitals, and died.
In the interrogations, Chang admitted to burglary, and breaking and entering, as he saw Lin was stronger, he’d worried about getting away, that’s why he’d, grabbed the knife to attack him, the witnessing neighbor testified, that as Lin was chasing, and told him to call the police, later he’d found Lin lying on the road, with blood on his head, his abdomen, and the surveillance on the streets captured the process of the pursuit, the pulling, the engaging too.
The D.A. believed, Chang is in his prime, that he’d use a wrong measure to get rich, randomly selected some house, and wasn’t successful enough in burglarizing, and in order to get away, he’d, stabbed the homeowner, his actions were, malicious, and indicted him on burglary and murder, asked the courts to give him life in prison, to punish him for his, malicious actions.
Because you were caught by the homeowner, to get away, you’d, hacked him down, and murdered him, and you deserve what you got, life in prison, instead of the death penalty, because now, for every breath you take, you will be, gnawed by your, guilty conscience, for murdering, an innocent man who was only, trying to, protect his own, properties.