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being born again provides a person to be free from the penalty of sin not the consequence of sin - therefore this man is subject to the laws just like every other citizen. i commend him for coming forward and trusting God to see him through.

I believe that Rev. Inman's life should be examined from that time in 1994 until the present. Should his record be clear of any major incidents; it would be in the best interest of all concerned to take him before a judge sentence him with a suspended sentence and then wipe his proverbial slate clear and clean.

This makes me wonder how this crime was never resolved considering all of the technological advances that have come along in the past 13-14 years.

I also must say that what Rev. Inman did took a great amount of courage. He had to know that he would in all probability be facing a capital punishment. And we know that Texas is NOT known for granting pardons on capital crimes, rather Texas is known for the highest number of executions. That is interesting, it seems that capital punishment there has not ceased the number of capital crimes. Amazing.

Shalom

"I believe that Rev. Inman's life should be examined from that time in 1994 until the present."................................
this man successfully eluded capture or detection for all those years - is it not feasible that during those years he could have perpetrated other heinous crimes which have not been detected? where do the parents, children, wife etc. find justice for this senseless murder if he is let off scoot free? forgiveness is certainly in order and appropriate but he is certainly responsible for his actions. this form of justice to some may be admirable but if there is no consequence to murder, rapes, torture, pedophilia etc. what kind of society would we live in ?

I've read of others in the same situation as this man. A strong feeling of right and wrong prevented this man from continuing to live his life as a lie, so they confessed to previous crimes, and fully expected to serve out the appropriate sentence.

As a Christian one can serve in prison as well as out of prison and I'm sure that Rev. Inman was fully aware of that when he confessed to a crime that he might never have been arrested for.

Please keep in mind that a confession is not always prrof of guilt and the system has to subtainuate the details of his confession. i'm sure a sentence will be reached that will be fair.

I'm not so sure that we can attribute a noble sense of dutiful confession - perhaps. It is also very possible/probable that he was so burdened with guilt that, to assuage his own pain, he felt compelled to fess up.

As with all sentences, judges take eveything into consideration, which sometimes mitigates the sentence. But I agree with Buz, that he SHOULD at least serve considerable time - even face capital punishment for his murderous act. Let him appear before a jury of his peers and allow our wonderful, though imperfect, justice system to work.

I am very glad that he apparently knows the Lord, and that he can find the peace of Christ, which the world cannot give.

do we want the law to treat someone differently, just because their religious beliefs happen to coincide with our own? I would hope not.

"He could have confessed to God" is just another way of saying "he could have kept it to himself". subtract the religious element and the question becomes: should we grant a murderer leniency, just because they confess to it voluntarily?

I'm not a lawyer, but I think the answer is: maybe. a little bit. but not much.