I've come to the conclusion that states either need to repeal the death penalty or go back to beheading. The endless wrangling over execution chemicals is doing nothing but soaking taxpayers. A sharp ax and a strong back, the head's off and the person is dead, end of story. It's either that or...
As a general rule - I tend to go against the death penalty in a lot of cases due to the abuse and the possibility of getting it wrong.
That said - the case in Linton has me thinking. It _appears_ pretty clear cut that these guys did this. They _appear_ to have taken a random young lady's...
Would like to start this off by saying I am in full support of the death penalty. What really bugs me is groups against it. They say it's cruel. Really? Well, you know what else was cruel? The senseless violent killing of the murderer's victims.
This lethal injection business really bugs me...
This is my greatest unease with the state killing people:
Wrong man was executed in Texas, probe says - Yahoo! News
A terrible travesty of justice that should give everyone pause.
Fla. lawmaker files bill to bring back firing squads - US news - Crime & courts - msnbc.com
Link To Bill
http://richmedia.onset.freedom.com/nwfdn/lsxkld-12deathpenalty.pdf
It's worrisome that he treats a serious subject so casually in his news release.
I don't get it. It makes no matter to me whether not he's competent. It's not like he's pushing the button...
State high court: Killer not competent for execution
His mental state should have no impact on this.
To All,
I will start by saying that I 100% support the death penalty on moral grounds. There are some evil scumbags (is this word banned?) that need to stop sucking oxygen.
That said, I do want to make certain that the soon to be lifeless bad guy actually earned his execution.
This Troy...
Yesterday Rick Perry put another innocent man to death. And he said he has no trouble sleeping at night about it.
Steven Woods was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for capital murder under a law called the "Texas Law of Parties". This law states that if 2 (or more) people witness a...
Was sitting here thinking about a crime that occured 10 years ago that happened fairly close to where I lived. I won't go into details because it just makes me mad about the whole thing. That got me thinking though about capital punishment. The person who commited this crime got the death...
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Here is an interesting story I found. I think personally that anyone who wants to should be able to donate organs. After all the list is long, and the need is great. Who are WE to stop someone from living, and take away anothers free will over their own body.
Killer's quest: Organ...
Department of Obstruction of Justice - Page 1 - Debra J. Saunders - Townhall Conservative
Because it's not approved by the FDA!!!!!
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the absurdity.
as if a big piece of crap couldn't get any bigger or stink even worse then Illinois proves me wrong. Abolishing the death penalty... I guess if you cant fix the system and make sure the court is correct just abolish death penalty instead. At least innocent people won't be put to death, we'll...
The Mississippi has ordered a new trial for Cory Maye based on a lack of self defense/defense of others jury instruction.
Mississippi Supreme Court Grants Cory Maye a New Trial - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
Mike Huckabee: WikiLeaks cable whistleblower ‘should be executed' | Metro.co.uk
Good. A politician that understands the core responsibility of government is the protect the US from all enemies, foreign and domestic. His stock just raised a couple points in my book.
A Texas judge is set to rule on the Constitutionality of their death penalty and it may just get get struck down. This is not a bad thing, since they've had an inordinate amount of death row exoneration's over the years and even some innocent people executed. Maybe now they'll get to shut down...
OK, I'm not a fan of capital punishment, I admit. But this is godawful:
Prisoner who tried to kill himself is executed in Georgia Anderson Independent Mail
Basically, a guy on death row tries to commit suicide on the day of his scheduled execution. They save his life. Then execute him a...
Interesting take from a man that is a professional executioner.
Executioner: Death by firing squad is '100 percent justice' - CNN.com
Executioner: Death by firing squad is '100 percent justice'
By Ashley Hayes, CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Former member of Utah firing squad says...
In case you hadn't heard (I missed it despite being on Drudge), there was a shooting at University of Alabama yesterday, 12 February 2010, wherein a professor murdered three colleagues, critically injured two more, and injured another to a lesser degree.
Linky: full story from Telegraph...