UPDATE: So what if he’s not guilty?

Posted by Jeff | Filed under /RANT ON!, Politiks(tm)

Did the US Government make a fatal mistake?
If it turns out that this man was executed and was innocent, I wonder if that will start pushing America towards the rest of the other first world countries that do not condone the death penalty?

Why doesn’t the fear of death seem to work? Well … there is no “sting” to death in most cases … religion tells everyone (including those that would be condemned) that the next life will be better no matter what, so there isn’t much that keeps people from doing horrible things … I mean, look at the suicide bombers in the middle east … they truly believe (and are willing to die for it) that they are going to a better place when they die and kill infidels …

perhaps torture or public beheadings or something less humane? the pain of dying is the only thing I could think of in this life that would keep people from being evil if they are committed to doing that … in the case of suicide bombers the entire family must pay? shrug.gif it’s hard to be fair and kill at the same time 00000022.gif

Permalink | January 13th, 2006

One Response to “UPDATE: So what if he’s not guilty?”

  1. Jeff Says:
    January 13th, 2006 at 9:41 am

    Well, it was reaffirmed that he was the killer — DNA evidence says that it was a 1 in 19 million chance that it was not him … although that leads me to believe they had to use mitochondrial DNA which isn’t as foolproof. 1 in 19 million isn’t as slam shut as other types of DNA as that would mean that even in this country alone there are around 15 people that would have come back as guilty of this crime based on the DNA … I’m not sure that having 15 suspects in a crime is a ‘slam dunk’ decision for capital punishment, but it’s about as good as we’ll get I think with this case …

    Story here: http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/12/dna.execution.ap/index.html

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