Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2003 7:13 A.M.
Death Penalty I just finished reading this This story, for anyone who chooses not to read it, is about a man in Texas that received a stay of execution at the 12th hour, only moments before he was to receive a fatal injection. He was strapped to the gurney. This man is 44 years old and been on death row since 1980. He has been on death row since the age of 16. He has claimed his innocence since his arrest. Fortunately for him, he has been granted a new trial. It seems that many errors were made in his first trial. This brings up the subject of the death penalty. This is again, why I have always been against it. Won't it be something if this man is found not guilty the second time around. What will they say to him? "Gee, we are sorry you missed you senior prom."
"Gee, too bad you have been here since before you were old enough to vote."
"So, I guess you don't have any kids, huh?" The upside of this? He will be alive. Far too many prisoners have been executed only to find later on that they were innocent. I hope to God that if the first trial was tainted with misinformation and inept handling of his case that somebody is held accountable. You will never be able to repay the man his life, but I hope they make every effort to do so. The death penalty is too easily brought under fire to still be used today. People are sentenced to death many times simply by testimony from witnesses who heave made plea bargains for reduced sentences, by known drug addicts and by others with their own agendas ie, ambitious district attorneys, media seeking lawyers and such. Often too, is a case where evidence will be overlooked and sometimes omitted simply because it is an election year and they want to look good in the common court of popularity. I hope he is found not guilty and I hope Texas rethinks their stand on capitol punishment. Some would say that it costs too much to keep murderers in prison. To that I would say, put them to work. Build factories where they can produce something, anything constructive. I cannot imagine serving on a jury, sentencing a man to death only to find out later that we didn't have all the facts and he was not guilty. Do I think any crime deserves the death penalty? Yes. But I still don't think it is up to man to make that decision and carry out the deed. We execute a man for his crime, but what does that make the executioner? It is ok to commit murder of the guilty if it is in our job description? I don't think so. Murder is murder is murder, whether it is by the hand of a drug dealer or the executioner. It is wrong in both scenarios. Well, anyway, that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
Later� Later,
Cosmic
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