NOT the point at all. I Prosecuted for 25 years and did my fair share of Capital cases. I have prosecuted those for whom my thought was “so this is for whom they made the death penalty”.
But that is not the argument whatsoever. Barbarism bleeds into a society. Why on EARTH do you think “cruel and unusual punishment is in the Bill of Rights”?
You do not want a State, especially this burgeoning Police State, to have the power to execute it’s citizens. Perhaps my viewpoint is unique, but I don’t think people really appreciate just how much power the State has. If they want you guilty of something, rest assured you will be.
And finally, the System makes mistakes. Innocents have been put to death. And anyone that thinks that STILL makes it OK with an argument of something like “well, we still get 9 out of 10 and that’s just the price of execution” needs to seriously consider a position with the guy who chops off hands for theft.
This is not a LibTard thing. QUITE the contrary. We want to be in control of our State. That is what our Constitution does. Libs want the State to control us. That is what the death penalty does.
This article is terribly misguided and arguing an irrelevant point on the issue.
You make some good points and I do think execution should be limited to those who are the worst of the worst. I know historically some pretty decent people have been executed while monsters escaped justice.
On the other hand, there are some crimes in which the blood of the victims simply cries out for justice. The Carr Brothers in Wichita for instance. Also ones like Ted Bundy.
You made that assertion a few months ago, and my response to you was "Name one".
Still waiting.