Well, this is something the Republicans need to bring to the attention of the public.
Also, I heard O'Reilly say last night that Kerry was "pro-gun". That's another misconception that needs to be taken care of. A photo op does not a policy or principle make. Simply because Kerry has shot a gun does NOT mean he has ever voted for 2nd amendment rights, and people need to realize that.
But he suports Abortion.
The man was only brain damaged because he had blown his brains out-probably to postpone his eventual fate-not because of any congenital birth defect.
Secondly, the states that this writer mentioned-to the best of my knowledge-have never had the death penalty, at least, not since its application was ruled unconstitutional by a bunch of robed radicals on the Supreme Court during the 60s.
Finally, doesn't the fact that 'The Nation' so wholeheartedly backs this man, tell you something very important; namely, that he doesn't belong anywhere near the White House?
So killers will not receive the due consequences for their actions? The lack of capital punishment devalues human life.
I have no problem with the death penalty....only with it's application.
The standard for receiving the death penalty cases should be "certainty" regarding the commission of the capital crime.
Some say that that's what "beyond a reasonable doubt" means, but on the surface it doesn't seem that way to me.
Certainty would be defined as "absolutely zero possibility of non-commission of the capital offense."
"I know something about killing," Kerry says, referencing [guess what].
The Dems don't to kill potential voters. The lowlifes in our society are THEIR VOTER BASE!
capital punishment is absolutely necessary. Tax payers should not need to pay for criminals to eat 3 healthy meals a day, excercise, watch cable TV, get college degrees all the while families of victims mourn their losses. How much justice is letting someone sit in prison for the rest of their life?? They don't have to worry about anything, they get fed and clothed and live better than people on the streets. LIBERAL NONSENSE
Oh, wait a minute... what was I thinking?
Never mind.
I'm for the most part opposed to the death penalty. I don't trust having government with that kind of power.
The only cases I support it are for treason, terrorists, war cases, and possibly in cases where guilt can be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt(not reasonable doubt). Other than that, I can't back it.
Flame away.
John F*ckin' is out the mainstream on the death penalty. He is as much a card-carrying ACLU member on the issue of being soft on murderers as another Massachusettan named Michael Dukakis was.
What an astonishingly poorly written article! They must be really scraping the bottom of the barrel these days. Regardless of the relative merits of the DP, citing the ACLU, an un-elected group if there ever was one, leaves the sensitive reader underwhelmed, if not suspicious.