Hasn’t life in prison been punishment enough for Charles Manson?
Loading ...“Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation Wednesday repealing New Mexico’s death penalty, making it the second state to ban executions since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976,” accordiing to the Associated Press.
Why doesn’t California repeal the death penalty? What is the good of having a Legislature full of Democrats if we cannot get rid of the death penalty?
It takes millions of dollars to kill criminals on death row, due to legal fees and other related costs. So why bother? Life in prison is no walk in the park.
Beyond the cost issue, the fact is many innocent people have died due to the death penalty. “If you’re going to put somebody to death, the … criminal justice system has to be perfect, and it isn’t,” said Richardson. He is right!
Moreover, this barbaric practice is not something a civilized country like the U.S. should be promulgating. It is time to end the death penalty in the U.S. – and at least here in California.
It is ironic that the same Talibani Republicans who are against abortion are also for the death penalty, for the most part. What a bunch of hypocrites!
Kudos to Governor Bill Richardson for reversing his former position on this issue and doing the right thing.
Would it be cheaper to have convicted murders who are sentenced to death, sent to planned parenthood and aborted instead of fried or gassed?
“barbaric practice” What?, killing unborn children or killing murderess monsters?
I really don’t get it, why is it ok for a murderer to get life for their crimes and an unborn child gets death for the crime of its parents not practicing safe sex.
*Samantha Runion…..we rest our case!
Death penalty abolitionists are more of the minority fascist “ba’athi” variety, that ensure that more innocent people will die because such people are kept alive.
You have blood on your hands.
Perhaps the most infamous case of a death penalty opponent directly causing the murder of an innocent is that of novelist Norman Mailer. In 1981, Mailer utilized his influence to obtain parole for a bank robber and murderer named Jack Abbott on the grounds that Abbott was a talented writer. Six weeks after being paroled, Abbott murdered Richard Adan, a 22-year-old newlywed, aspiring actor and playwright who was waiting tables at his father’s restaurant.
Mailer’s reaction? “Culture is worth a little risk,” he told the press. “I’m willing to gamble with a portion of society to save this man’s talent.”
Opponents of capital punishment give us names of innocents who would have been killed by the state had their convictions stood and they been actually executed, and a few executed convicts whom they believe might have been innocent. But proponents can name men and women who really were — not might have been — murdered by convicted murderers while in prison. The murdered include prison guards, fellow inmates, and innocent men and women outside of prison.
People like you are sick. More of the murder loving rants from people who easily mingle with others who rant about “civil rights violations” because fewer babies are killed in abortions.
Mr Freedom,
Arts right. It’s all the Democrats fault.
Very few people I know would truly forgive someone who murdered one of their family members.
I say if you kill someoone you need to be punished for that crime, including be sentenced to death.
Mexico might benefit if they adoptedthe death penalty.
With fingerprint and DNA tech no more innocents are being executed wrongfully. Besides, who the heck cares what that traitor Richardson is doing? He probably did it because no one gives a crap about him anymore and he wanted some attention.
Last week it was kill the babies, this week it’s save Charlie Manson. Nut world!
get rid of it!!!!
they should just get rid of it or well kill thenm in it aswell we not dolls we humans