There is no peace when your child and sister has been taken from you at the hands of a brutal murderer.

If our system had kept him in jail, Lisa would be here today. But the sun will rise tomorrow and it will be another day without Lisa. And more women and children will be savagely raped and murdered by sex predators who should never have been on the street again.

Our family is grateful for the jury's first-degree verdict, but for us it's a bit of a hollow victory. The murderer's mother can still visit him in jail. Lisa was just at the prime of her life, but now our mom can only visit her at the cemetery.

I don't want peace that passeth understanding, I want understanding which bringeth peace.

Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day

There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans.