Mike Sennett, one of the victim’s sons, said his mom finally ‘got her justice’ with the death of Kenneth Eugene Smith
Now that he’s dead, executed inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith has garnered the forgiveness of the family of Elizabeth Sennett, the pastor’s wife he’d murdered in 1988.
During a press conference that followed Smith’s experimental Thursday night execution in Alabama, Mike Sennett, one of Elizabeth’s sons, said the killer’s “debt was paid” and his mom finally “got her justice.”
The son said the entire Sennett family was glad the execution was over, saying he felt as though a weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
“Nothing happened here today that’s going to bring Mom back,” Mike Sennett told reporters outside the William C. Holman prison in Atore.
“It’s kind of a bittersweet day. We’re not going to be jumping around, around, hooting and hollering ‘Hooray’ and all that. That’s not us. But we’re glad this day is over.”
He said the family had “forgiven” Smith.
“Some people may not believe that, you know, how do you forgive somebody,” he said. “Well, in an effort to be more Christ-like, try to live his teachings and stuff, it is my duty and it is a weight off my shoulders. I forgive him [for] what he done. I don’t like what he done but [he is] forgiven from us.”