[monday]

"The real just and compassionate (for everyone) thing to do is as soon as the sentence is issued, take the criminal out to a field, tie him up, and either hang him (or her, as the case may be) or shoot him (or her etc). That's justice, and compassion."

and if it is revealed later on that that person was innocent, then the compassionate thing to do would be to execute the judge, prosecutor, and jury who wrongly convicted him/her in the same manner?

[little jeremiah]

The number of actual innocents who are judged guilty is infinitesimal. If we can't trust that generally speaking, those found guilty of horrendous crimes are actually guilty, then all bets are off.

The last time I read about death sentences being commuted due to supposed possibility of innocence, it was really just picayne ACLU type procedural details.

IF they're actually guilty, kill'em quick.