Suspend executions -- for now

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 12/8/5 | Joan Ryan

[SmithL]

The latest cup-o-fluff from Airhead Ryan.

[Vaquero]

Just kill this piece of filth.

[SF Republican]

I would agree to a point, maybe suspend death by injection; I would pay to see him hang or a firing squad though.

[Joe Brower]

My only "growing question about the death penalty" is why it takes so damned long to kill off these vermin once convicted and sentenced.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Unborn babies are routinely executed without so much as a hearing before a judge. I would say that the left is very comfortable with executions. But only if they are completely innocent of any crime.

[Puppage]

the challenge before him is not to parse the singular circumstances of one man's life

Correct! Let's talk about the 4 innocent people this POS murdered.

[CharlesWayneCT]

This is what happens when you wait 25 years before carrying out your death penalties. Too few people care what happened way back then, nobody remembers, and old people can do lots of "good" things to make it look like they should be granted clemency.

Carry out the sentence within 10 years, you don't have this problem.

[CaptRon]

Can we do it after Tookie is offed?

[tom h]

"My only "growing question about the death penalty" is why it takes so damned long to kill off these vermin once convicted and sentenced."

Agreed. The fellow sentenced last week for killing Carla Bruscia should have been taken out back immediately, had a bag placed over his head, and been hung. Dispatch him quickly and save the taxpayer some money.

[AppyPappy]

16,000 murders a year

1,000 executions since the death penalty was "legalized".

But executions are the problem.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I think we should pass a new law that says anyone on death row who writes childrens' books automatically gets a reprieve because what could be more important than keeping alive authors of childrens' books? It's for the chirren doncha know?

[denydenydeny]

following in the footsteps of another law-and-order Republican governor, former Gov. George Ryan of Illinois.

Law and order? Ryan was one of the most corrupt politicians in the history of Illinois (and that's saying something!).

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Nonsense. Time for a year end clearance, instead.

[tom h]

"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger should announce a moratorium on all executions in California ... the more relevant issue that has been pushed to the surface by the Tookie Williams case -- the public's conflicted feelings and growing questions about the death penalty itself."

Only in San Francisco can someone say that "everyone I know has doubts about the death penalty." If she left the confines of Baghdad-by-the-Bay she would find thousands of people who aren't conflicted and want to fry the b-stard.

[Brilliant]

Another soft on crime liberal.

[Billthedrill]

Oh, I dunno...suspension is starting to sound like a good idea...

[cubreporter]

You know the right thing to do Arnie.

[minus_273]

why do people care so much about thie quadruple murderer? i looked at the list of victims and it looks like he wiped out and entire asian family.

[GregoTX]

Perfect idea

[Semi Civil Servant]

the public's conflicted feelings and growing questions about the death penalty...

Note the cheap rhetorical trick by this professional weeper. There are no "conflicted feelings" or "growing questions" from the public regarding the death penalty. Executing murderers has solid public support and has for a long time.