The brutality of Ricky Gray's crimes upon the Harvey family were horrific.   They didn't have any prior association with Gray, who barged into their home on New Year's Day in 2006.   

They were forced into the basement, where they were bound and threatened by Gray and Dandridge.  Kathryn Harvey offered to the men that they could take whatever they wanted to steal from the house, just leave the family unharmed.  A simple plea for mercy from a helpless victim.

Ricky Gray's response?   Brutality on an unprecedented scale involving box cutters to the throats, claw hammers to the head and stab wounds to the backs of the Harvey family.

The death penalty is the only suitable punishment for such a monster.   He must be held accountable for his actions.