... to die. Bleeding-heart liberals and non-sensical ignoramuses (well-meaning though some are) are interferring with justice in America. What they call justice is not justice at all.Our system of punishment was designed to achieve justice for society as well as victims. If the man to the right is given clemency it accomplishes much:
The California Conservative has an excellent round-up of major blogging on the Williams' issue, plus a straw poll which was running over two-to-one for execution at the moment.
- It will cheapen clemency in general; clemency will be left with little meaning for those who truly deserve it.
- Court proceedings become an exercise in futility; disenfranchising both juries and judges.
- Since punishment is calculated to fit the crime, if the ultimate outcome is less than a good fit, justice is mocked.
- Criminals at all levels will be encouraged to play games with the system; the more notorious the killer the bigger the games that will be played (for example Williams).
- The MSM and the entertainment industry will have been given active roles in our justice system; they should be given no leverage in clemency decisions at any level, at all.
- As an example of how careless clemency can affect things, consider how Clinton's pardons (a form of clemency) of several criminals (e.g., Marc Rich, now a suspect in the UN oil-for-food scandal) at the end of his presidency sullied an already sullied office.
Capital punishment; Clemency; Crime and punishment; Death penalty; Tookie Williams
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