That was called "lynching". It was never a good idea. It's indistinguishable from murder.
or within a week or so.
That was called a speedy trial.
But, I guess illegals and terrorists don’t understand their actions are wrong so, we need to coddle them.
That's where the leftists have gone wrong.
Those of us who actually remember the horrors of the XX Century know that even the war criminals of the Third Reich and the Japanese Empire, men who had committed mass murder and mass torture on an epic scale, received fair trials before they were hanged. Why? So the world would know what they had done, and so we would not become what we had just fought to destroy. You throw away the rule of law at your own peril. You declare people to be mere animals, subhuman, unpersons, at your own peril. A Total State, in which the armed agents of the government can declare someone else an "unperson", and summarily kill that "unperson", can do the same to YOU.
I was referring to horse thieves, murderers, bank robbers etc. in the Old West. Not the lynching of blacks. If a judge was in town, the trial and execution could be done in a day. I did say when someone was caught red-handed ie; irrefutably guilty. When someone was involved in criminal activity, they knew the possible consequences. Now, they can pretty much count on a liberal jury and judge. Just say “I didn’t mean to” or “I didn’t know it was wrong” and the blatant law breakers will get a hug and a kiss for good luck and, possibly, even a nice check. Yeah, that is a good deterrent.
I agree to disagree.
I do not condone capital punishment unless it is an absolutely proven case. I also do not condone taking decades to mete out the punishment.