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I don't understand why this guy isn't in prison for life. he is a murderer. I remembered when this happened. the law should be held accountable as well bexause his family had tried to get them to arrest him or commit him because they feared he'd do this and they wouldn't do nothing until he'd already killed those people!
BUt he should have never been allowed to marry in that facility to a woman that killed herself and even have kids!!
I feel sorry for his parents ect because they have to live with what their son did and suffer also. But he should never be set free!

he should have to pay for what he did he isn;t any better then charles mansion. He killed one of my best friends in high school and still today i hateto hear his name. he needs to go to prision and then be put on death row. hayes doesnt deserve another chance my friend isn;t getting one.

I agree this man should not be free to work out among society. There is always the chance he could do this again. He killed people and he should have aleast gotten life without parole!

This is an outrage and a slap in the victims famlies faces
This man who druged himself up then picked up a gun went out and shoots 4 innocent people that had done nothing wrong just riding down the road minding thier own business
He was not concerned about who they were their age or anything he knew nothing about these poor souls
Yet he did not think twice about pulling that trigger again and again
he should have benn found guilty and put to death the same way his victims died
and they should have let the families be the ones who pulled the trigger
the insanity p[lea needs to be done awat with all together
NC does not allow a self defence plea so why a insaity plea?
The goverment needs to get off their high horses and step in and stop this out rage
put the man to death let these familes have closer instead of punishing them for this mans crimes by the way to the jurors who came to the judgement that they did and found him not guilty by reason of insainty
I hope that some of you read this
How can they sleep of a night knowing that YOU MADE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE IN HISTORY AND NOW INNOCENT FAMILIES HAVE TO SUFFER EVEN MORE DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU WERE TO STUPID TO FIND A GUILTY VERDICT AND AND SENTENCE HIM TO DEATH LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE GOD WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
YOU SHOLUD HAVE TO PULL TIME TO FOR THE VERDICT ALONE
YOU MIGHT AS WELL NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN IN THAT COURT ROOM YOU DID NO ONE ANY GOOD JUST HARM
I HOPE YOUR SOULS BURN FIREVER AND THAT HAYS IS STANDING BESIDE YOU THROUGH ETERNITY IN THE FIREY PIT THAT IS WHAT YOU D

Forgiveness has nothing to do with a person not accepting the punishment for their actions! We can forgive, the victims' families can forgive, and God can forgive, but that doesn't change that a person should receive punishment for violent crimes. If forgiveness was the answer, there would be no one in prison. When a person steals your car, you're supposed to just say "I'm forgiving you for this, just as God will, so go your own way now"? Or, "You raped my wife or child, I forgive you, now you can go on with your life without repercussions"? I DON'T THINK SO, AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JUDGING THE MAN OR FORGIVING HIM. He did a violent crime, our prisons are full of criminals because that's the result of criminal behavior.

Plain and simple. I remember the day like it was last week. I did not know anyone involved, and I only heard what was televised and in the newspaper. However, I will NEVER forget the sheer terror that came over me at the mention of Michael Hayes name. I will never forget the description of how he slaughtered these people, in front of their family, their young children. Those innocent lives were shattered.
My opinion is that anyone who kills another human is "crazy" to some degree, but that does not excuse or erase the damage they have done. This man could go off again. Maybe not. But I DO NOT want to take the chance of him doing the same thing again. I DO NOT want him let loose to walk the streets. My children were very young when this happened, and now as adults, they are on their own. I do not want to have the chance that some "rehabilitated" insane person is let go, and harms one of my own.
For heaven's sake, there is plenty of meanness and crime being committed now. If we manage to get some of the criminals ("insane" or not) locked up, keep them there!

Missya, I can understand your point. But I believe (and it's just my guess) that most of these comments are directed at people who have committed murder, child molesters,etc. I don't think that we(or at least not I) are referring to ALL crimes, (some things are so ridiculous that people are put in jail for, I just don't have words for it), but we are focusing right now on Hayes' murder spree, especially finding this out so soon after the VT tragedy. I have no problem with rehabilitating someone who has done a petty crime, and helping them get re-established into society. IT'S PEOPLE WHO TAKE OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES OR A CHILD'S INNOCENCE AWAY THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM BEING ON THE STREETS. I hope the best for your son, and if he sincerely wants to keep his life straight, then may God Bless him and I hope he gets help in anyway possible. God Bless.

Missya,
I was referring to the violent criminals, but was negligent to state that. Just as there are a lot of violent people running around loose, there are probably more that are in prisons for a much lesser violation. There are the Darryl Hunts, who was locked up and innocent for YEARS! My statement is that with all the VIOLENT and insane that are out, lets keep the ones who are violent and insane and CAUGHT, locked up.
I hope you understand more now. I do not in any way feel that everyone who is arrested and sentenced should be locked up forever. You have no way of knowing what my situation is, or what my own children have done. They have not ever been arrested, however I do not believe that makes my family superior to others. There but for the grace of God, go I.
I say that if someone who has a lapse in judgement, is sentenced and does his time, he should be given every opportunity to achieve his goals in life. I wish your son the best.
I hope you understand more of what I said now.

Although mental illness certainly exists & maybe there is a place for the insanity defense somewhere in our twisted legal system...The fact is, evaluations as to whether or not a person is insane at the time of their crime are not foolproof. Psychologists & psychiatrists do their best, but in the end, all they can do is review the evidence, talk to the person (who may or may not be telling the truth) and render an "expert opinion." But in the end, all it is, is an opinion. And given a different jury/judge, on a different day, the verdict may have been completely different. The subjective nature of these decisions is concerning to say the least. I think there needs to be a complete overhaul of the laws in this area, as well as the mental health treatment rendered in this country. There are plenty of people that need help and can't get it, and then you have the leaches in society that fake symptoms in order to get their "crazy check" or to get out of a crime, and in my opinion, Michael Hayes was doped up out of his mind that night, but not suffering a true mental illness. Should he remain locked up, heck yeah...I don't care whether he is considered sane and properly treated or not...a change in the law so that a person in that case could then be sent to prison would be the best thing and would save the state a ton of money too. The cost of housing Michael Hayes in a psychiatric facility per year, I believe is about 4x the cost of sending him to prison.