says it's wrong to kill him, but doesn't know it was wrong of him the kill somebody else, not buying it
Posted on 02/19/2019 8:12:53 AM PST by GIdget2004
I think it's a legitimate question why he would be competent to stand trial, but not competent to be executed. I'm not interested enough in the issue to read the opinion, though. That said, it's not a very high intellectual bar to say okay if your lawyers ask if they can request that the state not kill you. Even a blanket statement such as, "I don't want to die," totally to be expected from even the most feeble-minded among us, would likely constitute sufficient consent.
It’s time to stop calling Roberts one of the conservatives on the court. He has sold his soul to the left.
If you have a bad dog, you put him to sleep. You do not try to assess his intellectual capabilities. Did he take into account his intellect when he killed a store clerk during a robbery? No, he just killed him. He should be treated with the same compassion he meted out.
Still a comfortable liberal majority on the Supreme Court.
says it's wrong to kill him, but doesn't know it was wrong of him the kill somebody else, not buying it
Bad call. If he’s intellectually capable of killing to steal what he wants, he’s intellectually functional enough to sit in an electric chair.
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.