tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post5650335507847338775..comments2024-01-02T10:09:58.744-08:00Comments on Preaching to the choir: The death penalty just won't dieShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-60341800374470960572010-01-24T08:32:07.204-08:002010-01-24T08:32:07.204-08:00I completely understand the people who, having los...I completely understand the people who, having lost a loved one to a murder, want that murderer to lose his or her life, too. But it doesn't make the government any better than the murderer, and why anyone doesn't see that is befuddling. The death penalty is merely the statutes stooping to the level of the basest of human instincts. Isn't LAW supposed to make us better than that?Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-10453044101368862292010-01-24T03:53:58.864-08:002010-01-24T03:53:58.864-08:00Maybe you'd get politicians on board with abol...Maybe you'd get politicians on board with abolition if you loudly suggest at every such hearing that the death penalty law, if it is allowed, should always include a new class of crimes: Any crime committed by a politician in office who votes to keep the death penalty is punished with death. Additionally, add to the list of crimes that any politician who lies or refuses to answer a direct question with a direct answer. Make the penalty a fine generally, but of course, that penalty will be death for the death advocates. Then see how they feel about a streamlined appeal process. Better yet, see how fast the death penalty is eliminated. Yeah, I know, I'm dreaming. I'm sick of these sick f*cks who get to office on the bloodlust of revenge.DBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.com