To the editor:
We concur with the Boyer Jarvis letter (Forum, May 17) regarding the fate of William Andrews. Like thousands of other Utahns, we were sickened when we heard the account of the 1974 Hi Fi Shop murders. Few crimes can compare to this one for sheer brutality. Andrews was certainly guilty of participation in these murders, although he did not do the actual killing as Pierre Dale Selby so testified.What bothers us the most is the judicial system that permits a case to drag on for 18 years. Certainly 18 years on death row could be considered cruel and unusual punishment. We are not suggesting Andrews should be released, nor are we opposed to capital punishment, but after all these years, it seems to us that his sentence should be commuted to life in prison without possibility of parole. We definitely believe it is the only right choice in this case.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Budd
Salt Lake City