Comments on: It’s over for Tookie http://www.thicke.org/archives/2005/12/13/its-over-for-tookie/ An aggregate of Marc Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kathy http://www.thicke.org/archives/2005/12/13/its-over-for-tookie/comment-page-1/#comment-2799 Kathy Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:12:12 +0000 http://www.thicke.org/?p=680#comment-2799 The problem I have with the death penalty - especially in this country - is that it is almost a form of entertainment for some people. I overhear people saying things like "I'll be glad when *he's* dead," and I can't help but wonder how different is that from the attitude of the killer? Oh, but the killer did something really bad, so he "deserves" to die, I hear you cry. In the killer's eyes, whoever it was that he killed also "deserved" their death, for whatever reason his brain had come up with. The only way a civilized society could even think of the death penalty - if it could bear to think of it at all - should be through a mist of tears at the horror of ending another's life. The problem I have with the death penalty – especially in this country – is that it is almost a form of entertainment for some people. I overhear people saying things like “I’ll be glad when *he’s* dead,” and I can’t help but wonder how different is that from the attitude of the killer? Oh, but the killer did something really bad, so he “deserves” to die, I hear you cry. In the killer’s eyes, whoever it was that he killed also “deserved” their death, for whatever reason his brain had come up with. The only way a civilized society could even think of the death penalty – if it could bear to think of it at all – should be through a mist of tears at the horror of ending another’s life.

]]> By: adam http://www.thicke.org/archives/2005/12/13/its-over-for-tookie/comment-page-1/#comment-2754 adam Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:36:44 +0000 http://www.thicke.org/?p=680#comment-2754 I have only one problem with the death penalty. I have been a proponent of death in cases that are savage in extreme. I believe that this is a punishment that is a last resort to punish a criminal. I take NO joy in this--it is a bitter, hollow justice. He committed a crime where he made a conscious choice to take 5 lives where he KNEW his life would be forefit if he was caught and prosecuted. He was and received the death penalty. Unfortunately the 5 victims and the sheriff's deputies that he LATER killed trying to escape do not get a choice or a chance to appeal. Who speaks for them or their families? I have seen the actual pictures and a 12 gauge shotgun fired point blank= CLOSED CASKET. Rather than have Tookie or Charles Manson released, pardoned , or given clemency, I believe that this punishment is unfortunate but appropriate. I defend and support life whenever possible however, the dealth penalty has its place in our system. God used the dealth penalty after a certain time--look to the flood, the story of Lot, The Israelites spending 40 years in the desert untill an entire generation died. The church applied the death penalty itself. We must protect the innocent. Life in prison does not mean anything anymore. Witness the parole hearings for Manson and others who have no business getting released. My issue with the death penalty is more pragmatic-related to cost-it simply costs the state too much money. However, there are still cases where it needs to be applied. I have only one problem with the death penalty. I have been a proponent of death in cases that are savage in extreme. I believe that this is a punishment that is a last resort to punish a criminal. I take NO joy in this–it is a bitter, hollow justice. He committed a crime where he made a conscious choice to take 5 lives where he KNEW his life would be forefit if he was caught and prosecuted. He was and received the death penalty. Unfortunately the 5 victims and the sheriff’s deputies that he LATER killed trying to escape do not get a choice or a chance to appeal. Who speaks for them or their families? I have seen the actual pictures and a 12 gauge shotgun fired point blank= CLOSED CASKET. Rather than have Tookie or Charles Manson released, pardoned , or given clemency, I believe that this punishment is unfortunate but appropriate. I defend and support life whenever possible however, the dealth penalty has its place in our system. God used the dealth penalty after a certain time–look to the flood, the story of Lot, The Israelites spending 40 years in the desert untill an entire generation died. The church applied the death penalty itself.

We must protect the innocent. Life in prison does not mean anything anymore. Witness the parole hearings for Manson and others who have no business getting released. My issue with the death penalty is more pragmatic-related to cost-it simply costs the state too much money. However, there are still cases where it needs to be applied.

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