The Death Penalty
Europe is aghast that many States in the US “still” have the death penalty. Many on the Left not only want the death penalty rescinded, but they also want the voting privilege restored to convicts the minute they are freed. Next, they will want all life sentences reviewed after 5 years of being jailed, with the objective of proving that these murderers have had a total reformation since conviction and are no longer a threat to society. I suppose I’d try that dodge too if I were sitting in death row.
On top of that, the SCOTUS has ordered that under 18s be protected from the death penalty. That allows gangs to murder, knowing that they will not be put to death for it, and that they may well be out on parole in 5 or so years, and can vote, vote, vote! Oh glorious day!
That this decision was even partially influenced by European decisions and law is un-American, and anti-Constitutional. We should not draw upon foreign law to create our own simply because it is the fashon of the day in EU Land. The only repair for these decisions is to be able to appoint better judges to the Supreme Court, which can’t come soon enough for me.
As Charles Colson said, “Take away the death penalty, and what you have done is to give murderers a life, yes in prison, but they can still think, dream, play, talk, write, study, and enjoy their time, even run businesses, and have a wide telephone network.” That is insufficient punishment for brutally, and unfeelingly taking another’s life.
Their victims have none of this: they are in the ground. The taxpayer must then support these murderers for the rest of their lives. No thank you!
# posted by Mannning @ 4:01 AM
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