Thursday, February 17, 2011
Unfortunately makes sense.
The Wash state legislature is being urged to eliminate the "death penalty" to save money.
As things stand, this is a good move.
If we had an actual death penalty, enforced the old-fashioned way, the question wouldn't even be worth asking. If murderers were hanged certainly and immediately** after finding them guilty, the death penalty would remove incurably evil people from the gene pool, and would serve as a real deterrent.
But that's not what Wash does. Like most states, it "imposes" the "death penalty" on some defendants, then spends millions of dollars on lawyers to argue both sides of the case for twenty years. Meanwhile, the prisoner is kept in privileged first-class accommodations to avoid any added opportunity for newly invented "appeals" by the Soviet-front Anti-Civilization Lawyers Union.
This accomplishes exactly nothing for public safety; it only guarantees a career to evil lawyers, supports ACLU, and protects the worst prisoners from the rapes and other nastiness that we provide for less serious criminals.
Since this is what the "death penalty" means in reality, let's get rid of the expensive pretense.
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** When I say immediately, I mean immediately. Like this:
Gallows in the courtroom, hangman's hand on the lever.
"We find the defendant guilty, your honor."
"So say you all?"
"Yes, your honor."
THUMP!
¶ 7:36 AM
As things stand, this is a good move.
If we had an actual death penalty, enforced the old-fashioned way, the question wouldn't even be worth asking. If murderers were hanged certainly and immediately** after finding them guilty, the death penalty would remove incurably evil people from the gene pool, and would serve as a real deterrent.
But that's not what Wash does. Like most states, it "imposes" the "death penalty" on some defendants, then spends millions of dollars on lawyers to argue both sides of the case for twenty years. Meanwhile, the prisoner is kept in privileged first-class accommodations to avoid any added opportunity for newly invented "appeals" by the Soviet-front Anti-Civilization Lawyers Union.
This accomplishes exactly nothing for public safety; it only guarantees a career to evil lawyers, supports ACLU, and protects the worst prisoners from the rapes and other nastiness that we provide for less serious criminals.
Since this is what the "death penalty" means in reality, let's get rid of the expensive pretense.
= = = = =
** When I say immediately, I mean immediately. Like this:
Gallows in the courtroom, hangman's hand on the lever.
"We find the defendant guilty, your honor."
"So say you all?"
"Yes, your honor."
THUMP!
¶ 7:36 AM
