[ladygreek]

I am conflicted about the death penalty, mainly because of that one innocent person who may have been wrongly convicted. But by the same token, if you have wrecked havoc in so many people's lives by the killing of their loved ones, then I have very little sympathy.

It is interesting how many convicts find religion while in prison, only to forget about it once they get out. If I thought our prison system was really about rehabilitation, then I would totally oppose the death penalty. But you know what? Who eventually gets out alive are those who learned greater survival skills while incarcerated and may come out even more dangerous. I have witnessed it in my own family.

I applaud those who do come out changed for the better, but I believe it is more because of an embedded good foundation (which they rebelled against) that they were able to fall back on as opposed to a re-awakening in prison. Without that foundation, rehabilitation will not happen, and I don't think Tookie Williams has that foundation.