So they show photos of the convicts, but only list the names of their victims? How about showing crime scene/autopsy photos, and family photos of the victims?
If there were a display of all the unborn killed in Michigan through abortion, it would be thousands of times larger -- but the arts community would ban it for its "tastelessness.
370 and still counting.
And on the other wall... the 2000-some-od victims pictures
(yeah, right)
One definition of a liberal: he who cares infinitely more about the criminal than about the victims of crime.
They are so desperate to "humanize" these murderers that they just about forgot there were people murdered by them. Oh, how generous, they give the "names" of the murder victims while glorifying the murderers. Even the murderers themselves would have approved of that much, as a form of boasting....
Far more lethal injections than any other country or executions? I'm calling bs if they are simply counting executions.
As for Michigan, as long as your state is dumb enough to keep Granholm in office despite an awful economy, you guys have no shot. The GOP needs to get off their asses up their and start hitting the pavement. It's a sad day when the voters consider a flop like Granholm more worthy than the GOP candidate.
Had that information been presented, then this exhibit would have been "neutral" on the death penalty. But it wasn't.
Congressman Billybob
There are easy solutions for those who have "issues" with capital punishment in TX:
If you're a murderer, don't do it here.
If you have philosophical problems with capital punishment in general, find another place to live.
Problems solved.
So since I live in Texas I'm supposed to be ashamed? Well I'm not!
How many criminals Texas executes is no business to any Michigan yankee.
Two of those fellows who dragged James Byrd to death over in Vidor, TX, got the death penalty. I don't remember whether either has been executed yet, anyone else remember?
I wonder if their pictures were included, and whether James Byrd's name was included in the list of victims. Probably not if no execution has yet taken place. But wouldn't that put the liberals in a state of cognitive dissonance.
In the interest of full disclosure I will point out that I am uncertain about the death penalty, but I agree strongly with a prior poster - if you disagree with capital punishment, don't live in Texas and by all means don't commit a capital crime here.