Posted on 01/13/2006 8:00:25 AM PST by wouldntbprudent
RICHMOND, Va. — Death penalty opponents said new DNA tests confirming the guilt of a murderer who was put to death in Virginia while still proclaiming his innocence will do nothing to end their fight to abolish capital punishment.
The test results, announced Thursday by Gov. Mark R. Warner, prove Roger Keith Coleman was guilty of the 1981 rape and murder of his sister-in-law, putting an end to a debate over his guilt that has raged since he was executed in 1992
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I was surpised that this story made the front cover of the Washington ComPost today.
In other words, "We don't care what the facts are."
Amazing how disappointed some people are over this news. They wanted an innocent man executed to further their cause, I guess.
I caught the NPR report of this last night. There was some crow being consumed by people who believed this man was really innocent.
Evidence never means a thing to liberals.
I think it was FOX News Channel that reported that so far, forensic evidence
has yet to clear an executed convict...
(but I won't be suprised when that happens...there are crooked/incompetent
forsensic scientists out there)
Facts NEVER factor in to a lib's policy position.
Apparently, murderers on death row are willing to lie. Amazing, isn't it?
"I'm innocent, I tell 'ya!" "I was framed, see."
While many have to eat crow based on their proclamations that an innocent man was executed and the fact that the DNA tests prove he was guilty as sin, keep this in mind:
Many people are opposed to capital punishment not on the basis that innocent people may be executed, but simply on the basis that the taking of human life is wrong, particularly when the person is contained and no longer a danger to society. So many will continue their fight to abolish capital punishment on moral grounds, though they will not have this case to point to as a reason to ban capital punishment. They will still have a moral argument, though.
Our local talk show Quinn & Rose put it very well when it stated 'Liberalism is a worldview that tries to make reality conform to their worldview. Conservatism is a worldview based on reality.'
Fighting Truth, Justice and the American Way; anti-Superman
Hmmm....that would make a good tagline....
Don't confuse me with the facts. Please go away.
I only want to know if the courts had made a mistake.
[translation of liberal rant]
The interesting thing is that they try to force their moral beliefs on the rest of us, and yet many of them reject the existence of God. If you reject the existence of God, then where does morality come from? And if you accept the existence of God, then how do you get around the fact that the Bible itself provides for the death penalty?
Good point. But just last night I saw Mehmet Ali Agca (the Turk who murdered a journalist and nearly killed Pope JPII) released from prison. He's not "contained" anymore, he's now officially free to murder again if he wants to.
What these people do not realize (or are ignoring) is that the "contained" murderer can excape (it happens), or can be pardoned (it happens), or can be released "on humanitarian grounds" (it happens). Just because somebody is in jail for life does not mean that they will be staying there. There is always a chance that they will be free - unless they are executed. Execution is the only way to be certain that they are never released on society again.
Meanwhile, over at PsychoticUnderground.com, only the chirping of crickets...
Good point - personally I take the approach that it is too difficult for myself, fallible as I am, to decide whether death or destruction referred to in many biblical verses on capital punishment mean literal death or spiritual death. There are many verses which can support capital punishment, but I personally would place the 6th commandment above them. Some translations say kill, some say murder. I just think that the killing of any person, if it can be avoided, is wrong. Now the killing of someone to *prevent* a death, such as in WWII, can be necessary, though it still isn't good...
I would have more respect for those opposing the death penalty if they'd play by the rules. If they want to abolish the death penalty, then I think they have two alternatives: 1) go to the legislature and get it to abolish the death penalty, or 2) amend the Constitution.
They are trying to stop the death penalty thru judicial fiat, which is a violation of the Constitution and a ursurpation of the role of the Executive and the Legislature, as well as a power grab directed against the people.
The Constitution clearly allows for the death penalty in several places. We've had the death penalty in this country for 230 years, and the Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld death penalties. It would be an abuse of power for them to pack the Court with liberal extremists for the purpose of dictating an edict banning the death penalty.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.