Posted on 12/12/2005 10:45:34 AM PST by commish
I guess the call to Last-Meals-on-Wheels has been made.
I agree with you 100%. A nation that can produce an OJ jury, a Clinton presidency, Roe v. Wade, and the Kelo decision doesn't even have the moral authority to put people in prison -- let alone execute them.
Fascinating discussion here...been following it sporadically today..
I have very mixed feelings about the death penalty..was squarely against it for years- then wholeheartedly for it. Now I'm not so sure..
Even so- I'm kinda proud of Arnold- he followed the law in California- AND he took a personal interest in this- he learned about the case- testimony etc before he decided.
If The Ninth Circuit couldn't find an out - there isn't one.
How about Richard Ramirez??? The Night Stalker! he's well overdue!
Hanging also generates better songs;
25 Minutes To Go
[Johnny Cash]
Well they're building a gallows outside my cell I've got 25 minutes to go
And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell I've got 24 minutes to go
Well they gave me some beans for my last meal I've got 23 minutes to go
But nobody asked me how I feel I've got 22 minutes to go
Well I sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch with 21 minutes to go
And I sent for the mayor but he's out to lunch I've got 20 more minutes to go
Then the sheriff said boy I gonna watch you die got 19 minutes to go
So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye got 18 minutes to go
Now hear comes the preacher for to save my soul with 13 minutes to go
And he's talking bout' burnin' but I'm so cold I've 12 more minutes to go
Now they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine 11 more minutes to go
And the trap and the rope aw they work just fine got 10 more minutes to go
Well I'm waitin' on the pardon that'll set me free with 9 more minutes to go
But this is for real so forget about me got 8 more minutes to go
With my feet on the trap and my head on the noose got 5 more minutes to go
Won't somebody come and cut me loose with 4 more minutes to go
I can see the mountains I can see the skies with 3 more minutes to go
And it's to dern pretty for a man that don't wanna die 2 more minutes to go
I can see the buzzards I can hear the crows 1 more minute to go
And now I'm swingin' and here I go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!
Looks like Petronski beat you by a split second!!!
I heard that same thing last night on KFI.
Apparently the 'secret witness' was another prisoner he'd
been in jail with. Can't imagine what he could have had
to offer 'after the fact' that would get tookie off, and
couldn't have had much behind it since it's been
practically ignored.
Was probably a ruse just to try and delay things.
No, you are right- this is not a joking matter. But some people show grief and/or stress thru humor, that is human nature in some.
I hear he murdered some people. I hope I never murder anyone in cold blood, cuz the death sentence seems to be real.
Agreed.
Remember, Tookie, when I promised to kill you last?
I lied.
Well, Im suprised and I was wrong.
Arnold did not cave. Thats good.
The victims families must be relieved.
I hope there are no riots.
I don't have any arguement with that, I am actually a proponent of the death penalty. I was just anwering the poster saying that Christians should be for the death penalty because the convicted goes to a better place--not necessarily so.
Tookie, Remember when I said we'd kill you last?
I lied......
Just announced, Tookie's gonna fry tonite, thank you AAAAAAAArnold!
I could end up being wrong on this but I'm betting that very few people are really going to give a crap about Tookie. This is a big issue with liberal elites but not with anyone who might engage in a riot.
"It should be hard for our government to put a man to death. "
It should be hard for one person to kill another...let alone 4 people!
As founder of the Crips gang, Tookie Williams is also responsible for the lives that have been lost when wars broke out between the Crips and the Bloods. How would you like to live in a neighborhood where shootouts are frequent, where innocent children are killed by stray bullets?
Not at all. Something I remembered from school.
That's why in Euroweenia it's different, actually higher, but safer.
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