A Real Travesty
The Hollywood elites are all up in arms at the thought that the unrepentant founder of the notorious Crips gang might be executed by the State of California. By all reasonable accounts, Tookie Williams did indeed commit the brutal murders for which he was convicted and he has never repented for any of them.
Meanwhile, a law-abiding citizen sits on death row in Mississippi for lawfully defending his home against an intruder, and Hollywood wastes no breath or ink on his cause.
If the facts of this case are accurate as presented in the linked article, this is a true travesty of justice. Although I'm not opposed to the death penalty IN THEORY, it is cases like these that leave me with no choice but to be opposed to the death penalty AS PRACTICED. Our system of meting out punishments is definitely broken. No system can be perfect, but unless and until the system is improved, I simply can't have sufficient faith in the system to endorse capital punishment.
Meanwhile, a law-abiding citizen sits on death row in Mississippi for lawfully defending his home against an intruder, and Hollywood wastes no breath or ink on his cause.
If the facts of this case are accurate as presented in the linked article, this is a true travesty of justice. Although I'm not opposed to the death penalty IN THEORY, it is cases like these that leave me with no choice but to be opposed to the death penalty AS PRACTICED. Our system of meting out punishments is definitely broken. No system can be perfect, but unless and until the system is improved, I simply can't have sufficient faith in the system to endorse capital punishment.
posted by Eman at 12:04 PM
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We should hold a death watch tonight at 2am. We could drink to his death or morn his continued existence
We should hold a death watch tonight at 2am. We could drink to his death or morn his continued existence
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