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The deliberate murder of a five-year-old child is among the most evil acts a human being can commit. When the evidence establishes guilt beyond doubt, the death penalty is a just and proportionate response that affirms the value of the victim’s life. Execution in this case closes a chapter of horror and delivers the only outcome that matches the permanent loss inflicted on the child’s family.Years of appeals and legal delays often prolong the suffering of victims’ relatives while the convicted killer remains alive at public expense. Carrying out the sentence after due process demonstrates that the system can still reach finality in the face of pure evil. Society has the right and the duty to remove those who prey on the most vulnerable in the most final way.Justice for a murdered child cannot restore what was taken, but it can declare that such crimes will not be met with mere imprisonment. Supporting the execution of Jeremy Williams affirms that some acts place the offender permanently outside the protection of continued life. The memory of Kamarie Holland deserves nothing less than the full measure of the law.