Prejean: Death Penalty un-Constitutional

prejean ^ | 13-Jan-2005 | prejean

[Joe 6-pack]

Capital Punishment is Life Affirming.

[montag813]

Oh shut the hell up

[MplsSteve]

NPR interviewed someone influential who was opposed to the death penalty?

I'm shocked, I say. Absolutely shocked...

(sarcasm off)

[Pondman88]

Let God sort it out!!!!

[Robert DeLong]

This must be the day DU has decided to promote Sister Helen Prejean. Yawn!!!

[Brian328i]

I don't think we are even close to an eye-for-an-eye type justice system...

[darkwing104]

We just had this discussion...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1320052/posts

[stainlessbanner]

The on-air interview was decidedly anti-Southern with a weak attempt to associate racism, segregation to the death penalty.

[Bikers4Bush]

The death penalty is not unconstitutional.

[Still Thinking]

I always love when people object on Constitutional grounds to things that were commonly accepted in Colonial times, such as capital punishment, swearing on the Bible, etc, etc, etc. If the guys who wrote the Constitution objected to those things, show us some contemporary writings from them objecting to its use in their times. Otherwise, you're probably perverting their intent.

[stainlessbanner]

Thanks - looking for some counter-points. I couldn't believe what this lady was saying....then again it was NPR.

[DTogo]

As I said to zotted troll Pinko earlier today, "I'm all for banning the death penalty, when a Gulag is built in Alaska and current death row inmates are sent there to do hard labor until they die."

[massgopguy]

Doesn't the Constitution provide for the taking of "Life, Liberty and Property" under Due Process?

[Still Thinking]

The wide disparity in geographical distribution of executions raises a legitimate, very disturbing constitutional question: how can a country, which claims to grant its citizens "equal justice under law" tolerate such a blatantly discriminatory system of imposing death.

Well, OK, so call up the executive branches in VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, and ME, and tell them to even out the disparity. Why are you publishing this nationally? (addressed to the writer, not the poster)

[sionnsar]

The on-air interview was decidedly anti-Southern with a weak attempt to associate racism, segregation to the death penalty.

Might have been better to put that in the comments in the initial post...

[stainlessbanner]

Roger that. My first reaction to this story was the weird attraction some folks have with death row inmates - like the ladies who wrote Ted Bundy letters and wanted to marry him.

[Congressman Billybob]

The Sister Prejeans of this world are welcome to show all the compassion they want to the condemned murderers, torturers, etc. They can show they compassion years in advance, down to walking the green mile with the condemned men before they are executed.

But as long as the Constitution of the US has any validity -- which these people are enemies of -- it will be the business of each state to provide for the safety of its citizens as its legislature shall choose. And if citizens (and businesses) continue to flee from the states that are squish, then so be it.

Let the people who want squishy criminal laws move to the squishy states. As more of them are murdered and raped, some of them may get a clue.

Congressman Billybob

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[darkwing104]

I know you are not a troll but we just had a troll posting Prejean earlier...timing is just bad for a few folks.

If you take her to the extreme murders like Hitler, Himmler, etc would of been untouched. If you listen to her we would have to stop looking for Bin Laden and let Sadam go. I have no patience for unrepentant murders, especially the ones who kill innocent children.

[Navy Patriot]

Only 2% or less of the perpetrators of the 15, 000 yearly homicides are given the death penalty, and, of these, a much smaller percentage are actually executed.

Man, we need to get busy and up this stat to 100%.

That way we can eliminate any possible bias that concerns sister Prejean, and all those condemned will keep her so busy that she won't be able to bother us normal people.