abaya

One more time: He HAS been out of society. That is the whole point of incarceration; removal from society. If he had been granted clemency, he would not have walked free from jail. He would have remained in jail for life.

This is the 3rd or 4th post I have made to correct the idea (in this thread) that if you get rid of the death penalty, then you get rid of all punishment for crimes. Look man, the death penalty is NOT the whole system. It is one of the bad parts of the system, if you ask me. Precisely because of what flat5 and others have said; there is NO guarantee of guilt. Money has a big impact on these kinds of decisions... again, no rich people are sitting on death row.

And thank you, Analog, for addressing that issue at last... what is the point of our prison system if it doesn't give credit to prisoners who DO reform and try to change their ways?

Frankly, the blood-thirstiness of some people on this thread shocks me.

... anyway, he's gone now. They had trouble finding the vein, apparently... took 12 minutes to administer the injection last night. Jesus.

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