That is a horrible tragedy; and a failure of our justice system. Why in hell this man would be paroled is beyond me. Why his sentence would be commuted to life with the possibility of parole from the death penalty is also a mystery. Doesn't that defy logic?
I am not saying that tragedies don't happen. What kind of fool would I be? I do believe that this sort of tragedy is so unbelievably rare that it should not be considered in the decision of whether to maintain the death penalty.
People who intentionally take another's life (without consent from the other) don't deserve a second chance. some people will never realize that what they've done is wrong, but most do. None of them should be given a second chance. Anyone who commits a crime deemed serious enough to be killed over should never be given a second chance. they should die in prison.
In Washington there are laws on the books that enable the state to hold sex-offenders indefinitely, and they were just tested and found constitutional in court in the last several months. (I don't know very well what I'm talking about now, but at least the basic idea of what I just said is true.) This is a blow to civil liberty advocates, but I think it is justified. If the people in our prisons can't be trusted outside of prison, then they shouldn't be let free.
I suppose the over-crowding in the prisons was a result of drug peddlers and third strikers? Do you have a third strike law in Texas? These laws, in my humble opinion, are among the worst ever passed.
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Re: Food For Thought
Date: 2001-02-03 10:07 pm (UTC)I am not saying that tragedies don't happen. What kind of fool would I be? I do believe that this sort of tragedy is so unbelievably rare that it should not be considered in the decision of whether to maintain the death penalty.
People who intentionally take another's life (without consent from the other) don't deserve a second chance. some people will never realize that what they've done is wrong, but most do. None of them should be given a second chance. Anyone who commits a crime deemed serious enough to be killed over should never be given a second chance. they should die in prison.
In Washington there are laws on the books that enable the state to hold sex-offenders indefinitely, and they were just tested and found constitutional in court in the last several months. (I don't know very well what I'm talking about now, but at least the basic idea of what I just said is true.) This is a blow to civil liberty advocates, but I think it is justified. If the people in our prisons can't be trusted outside of prison, then they shouldn't be let free.
I suppose the over-crowding in the prisons was a result of drug peddlers and third strikers? Do you have a third strike law in Texas? These laws, in my humble opinion, are among the worst ever passed.