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I'll tell you what is really disturbing...the highlighted statement. What is that? Win a few, lose a few? You wouldn't sound so cavalier about it if it were you that was wrongly convicted.
I am not against the DP in very particular cases, but in this Davis case, many things came to light as of late concerning the credibility of the testimony at his trial. Very sad that The Supreme Court did not use some humanity to make their decision. A new trial might have exonerated him. I shouldn't be surprised though since we have a Supreme Court that considers corporations people. A bit revealing about how some of them view a human life.
My point is that any rational person would look at reality and understand that we have a much much larger problem of the guilty going free than of the innocent being punished.
This guy was bad news didn't he shoot someone else in the face? Weren't casings from that shooting matched to the casings in the officers shooting. So a couple of druggies recanted big deal. Who is this other person he was with why weren't they identified. He admits to being there but says someone else shot the cop. Why wasn't he naming that person?
I wonder when PA will ever get to Mumia? That's another one who date with destiny is long overdue.
A lot of you anti death penalty people are very mistaken about the motivations of the pro death penalty people. We don't support the death penalty because we think it will bring back the dead, or because of revenge (believe me, if I wanted revenge, I could think of a zillion things more satisfying than shooting up a thug with a nice sedative that takes him gently into lala land). We support the death penalty because it IS justice for certain crimes, and also because it ENSURES that the thug will not become a repeat offender, and lastly, because society should not be burdened with the costs of lifelong care of a worthless human being.
The two central assertions of the anti death penalty crowd are not untrue, but are easily remedied. One, that it costs more to put someone to death than to let him serve life in prison - well, sure, if you let him spend the taxpayers' money on endless appeals. Put a stop to that and you'll see how much more economical the death penalty can be. And two, that the death penalty is meted out unjustly - sure it is, but that, too, can be corrected. I like to quote Foreman from House on this one, as he responds to his liberal coworker's charge that more black people are sentenced to death: "Then we just need to start killing more white people." Bingo. Lastly, about the fear that an innocent person may be put to death - of course that's disturbing but it is very rare in our court system. Murderers walk out of jail every single day. Witness OJ and Casey Anthony.
I'm sorry but nothing you have said was enlightening or constructive.. while I understand your position I disagree.. the ends don't justify the means... I'm sorry
ur tone is very disheartening...
we're talking about someone's life..
circumstances could play out to put you or someone you love in the same position..
our justice system is not perfect.. and in most instances wrongs can be made right... but in this.. there's no going back..there's no whoops I'm sorry we made a mistake...
it's wrong on so many levels I'm sorry
You're absolutely right. Had he been aborted, you'd be celebrating the existence he never had! But hey, we can't celebrate the death of a murderer. That would be asking way too much.
Defiant until the end, Troy Davis was executed Wednesday night for the murder of an off-duty police officer.
He convinced hundreds of thousands of people around the world, but not a single court, that he was innocent.
As he lay strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, the 42-year-old told relatives of Mark MacPhail that he was not responsible for his 1989 slaying.
"I am innocent. The incident that happened that night is not my fault. I did not have a gun," he insisted.
... it's really wierd how everyone that's on death row is innocent....that baffles me....lol!
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Troy Davis Gets Executed.
