I have no problem with Dubya not stopping her execution....it wasn't his call,IMO.... I am a big Dubya supporter....
if her death makes people feel wonderful, so be it....
If you want to draw that fine a line, then no death proves anything. The death penalty was never instituted to "prove" anything. It was created to expeditiously remove members of the population for convictions of heinous crimes.
I have no problem with Dubya not stopping her execution....it wasn't his call,IMO....
The anti-capital punishment types (many of which are Bush-hating Leftists) disagree. As Governor at the time, Bush could have stayed the execution. He, correctly, chose not to. That's part of what's giving this story legs right now.
if her death makes people feel wonderful, so be it....
That's a red herring. Neither I nor anyone I personally know has jumped for joy over an execution. Likewise, we don't shed any crocodile tears either. Why? Because if I had done anything as heinous as this woman and I had truly repented in my heart, then I would have the decency to forfeit my life as part of my penance. If I had truly made peace with the Good Lord, I would not be fighting to avoid His final judgment.
This woman did precisely those things. That is why I found her "conversion" less than credible.
Hardly the point or very fair of you.
Death row conversions are a dime a dozen. Many no doubt are sincere. Many aren't. This story made the news because KFT was a pretty woman. For every one of her, there are a thousand? Ten thousand? Men who are converted on death row, and in many cases not even Solomon could judge whether that conversion is worth anything.
Deterrence and prevention of future crimes are arguments for the death penalty, but not the reason. The real reason is the biblical principle of a life for a life. When KFT took a life in the way she did her own life became forfeit. Repentence and remorse will save her soul, but it can't spare her life once that jury makes its decision.