Consider this article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_lethal_injection_1;_ylt=AiMV8Pw_1UZCMHjE7dXxTokE1vAI
One of these inmates gunned down two policemen, in front of witnesses no less, when they came to arrest him. The other is a mentally retarded guy who was probably set up by the real killers. At the very least, there is lots and lots of reasonable doubt. No criminal record, no motive, no forensic evidence. One guy deserves to die, the other does not. Yet prosecutors don't really seem to care. It's just a mark on a scorecard to them. As long as the death penalty is applied so capriciously, it needs to be stopped. I support the death penalty in principle, but it seems that the police and the state prosecutors are too callous, too corrupt, too incompetent, and waaaaay too dumb to handle these life and death decisions.
What should we do?
2007-09-25
04:58:52
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