[NapkinUser]

"partly because almost every state now has the option of life without parole...."

ALMOST every state?

[Tzimisce]

Why is this a big deal? Going back the same amount of time, you have a better chance of dying in a terrorist attack than being executed by the state...AND WE HAVE TERRORISTS IN OUR JAILS!

We are a merciful people...sometimes stupidly so....

[peyton randolph]

Let's make Tookie Williams # 1,001.

[Mr_Moonlight]

Oh Joy. While I'm a capital punishment advocate, I see no pleasure in this 1000th thingie. Let the little bastard die and be done with it, thats all. His execution doesn't ring my bell nor should it any other normal person. Although God Bless the family who went thru all the BS involved, and may Justice reign. Nuff Said ........

[Alissa]

Texas does not have the option of life without parole - there may be others.

[NavVet]

There have also been 122 cases of prisoners [on death row] being shown to be innocent.” That's a left wing lie. Even where the presence of another person's DNA has been found, that doesn't mean the person on death roe was innocent.

[Lancer_N3502A]

I'm waitin' for Tookie.

[muir_redwoods]

"There have also been 122 cases of prisoners [on death row] being shown to be innocent.”

Innocent? Or has there been simply a group of nitpicking law students and lawyers who have dug through old cases to find some flaw somewhere in the proceedings and then put this crap in front of a sympathetic judge?

[Beckwith]

There have also been 122 cases of prisoners [on death row] being shown to be innocent

The libs always bring this up, but those 122 were not executed. They were either released or sent to population. The system works.

[azhenfud]

I wonder if the Media can tell what number his victims were in '88?

I guess it doesn't matter?

[ThreePuttinDude]

....1,000th prisoner to be put to death in the USA ....

My question to the libs/softees over this issue is this:
How many lives did those 1000 executed animal take?

Tookie has 4 murders/executions to his credit, that we know of.....

[RushLake]

"partly because almost every state now has the option of life without parole...."

There was an interesting discussion on the Michael Medved radio show yesterday about the (hopefully) up coming execution of the urban terrorist Tookie Williams in California.One point made by, I believe, a caller was that life without parole was actually long term torture while the death penalty was final. The point being that life without parole should appeal to those who want to punish slime like Tookie since it hurts longer. My thought was that if "they" ever get execution eliminated in favor of life without parole, they can then go to work to get all these lifers out of prison. I'm sure Charles Manson still has his champions in that regard

[sgtbono2002]

My views may differ from some on the death penalty.
Some say that its a deterrence. I dont believe it deters that many people from killing. One of the reason its not a deterrence is because of the time involved. Most dont receive the penalty for 20 years.
Some say its revenge some say its payback.

To me its taking a rabid animal off the streets.
There is no instance on record of an executed criminal ever hurting anyone else. If this rabid animal is left in prison he/she is a threat to other prisoners, guards,anyone who comes in contact with it. Placing this animal in solitary is harsh and worse than death so we are putting that animal out of its misery.As for their miraculous discovery of God, Jesus, allah, or calypso Louie.Its a little late for that Hoss. You can explain it in person when you face your Maker.

[Spiff]

Only 1000 executions in a quarter century!? In 2004 alone there were approximately 3,300 murders in California alone. The U.S. murder rate hovers around 15,000 per year. 15,000 per year X 25 years is 375,000. Each and every murderer, found guilty, should have an appointment with the executioner. We're not executing enough murderers.