Is Georgia going to execute an Innocent man?

[KSUViolet06]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/21...ion/?hpt=hp_t1

SCOTUS has denied the request.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

You should be outraged whether he is innocent or not. It is long past time we abolished the death penalty.

[Always AlphaGam]

Mr. Davis was executed at 11:08 PM.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Always AlphaGam

Mr. Davis was executed at 11:08 PM.

While I was grocery shopping. I received a mass text from an acquaintance who lives on the west coast. It had all sorts of racial slurs aimed at whites and was talking about getting violent and rioting. Ummm...I was really bothered by that...really...it almost made me forget to pick up my gorgonzola salad.

Now is not the time for all of that. It is especially not the time considering that many people don't know what they are angry over beyond the surface level details that they have read. If people are outraged there are plenty of nonviolent ways to have a voice and fight toward change.

/end rant

[Tulip86]

Originally Posted by Always AlphaGam

Mr. Davis was executed at 11:08 PM.

It was the first thing I saw on the news this morning (it made headlines even here) so sad.
May he rest in peace.

[katydidKD]

I'm speechless.

[KSUViolet06]

My hope is that maybe this causes other states to examine similar capital punishment cases (there are probably many more just like Mr. Davis on death row.) Will that actually happen? Who knows.

[DaemonSeid]

Question: While everyone is discussing the finer points of Troy Davis' execution, who feels that Lawrence Brewster, also put to death tonight, should have lived?

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Question: While everyone is discussing the finer points of Troy Davis' execution, who feels that Lawrence Brewster, also put to death tonight, should have lived?

#1- where have you been?

#2- yes. I think Brewster was a vile and repugnant man, but the death penalty is applied unfairly and fails at what it purports to do, deter crime. Lifelong imprisonment without the possibility for parole is less costly and doesn't risk killing innocent people since we know that our judicial system is irreparably flawed. I also find the game of chicken played at the time of executions to be particularly repugnant.

[DubaiSis]

Here's my opinion - life in prison is a lot harder on the person than killing them which I personally think lets them off the hook. And as a bonus, if it turns out the person was in fact innocent, it can be righted later. Plus, if a person was heinous enough (Jeffrey Dahmer) the prison population will take care of the problem. I think he lasted 2 weeks in prison, a damn site shorter than if he'd have gotten the death penalty which would have taken years to process. So my bent is really toward upping the punishment, not religious value.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Here's my opinion - life in prison is a lot harder on the person than killing them which I personally think lets them off the hook. And as a bonus, if it turns out the person was in fact innocent, it can be righted later. Plus, if a person was heinous enough (Jeffrey Dahmer) the prison population will take care of the problem. I think he lasted 2 weeks in prison, a damn site shorter than if he'd have gotten the death penalty which would have taken years to process. So my bent is really toward upping the punishment, not religious value.

This.

[honeychile]

Just out of curiosity, have any of the posters read Grisham's The Confession? I'm far from his biggest fan, but if you want to discuss the death penalty, it gives you a lot to think about.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

As my husband said, if a cop is killed SOMEBODY has to die. Fair? Just? No. But probably accurate.

Maybe in TX but not in MI

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Here's my opinion - life in prison is a lot harder on the person than killing them which I personally think lets them off the hook. And as a bonus, if it turns out the person was in fact innocent, it can be righted later. Plus, if a person was heinous enough (Jeffrey Dahmer) the prison population will take care of the problem. I think he lasted 2 weeks in prison, a damn site shorter than if he'd have gotten the death penalty which would have taken years to process. So my bent is really toward upping the punishment, not religious value.

But wouldn't upping the punishment include....DEATH PENALTY?

It's been my observation that most criminals are very selfish people....their crimes are based on personal gain and they value themselves and their life much more than others. If the death penalty was an "easy out" like you said, you'd have people ASKING for death during sentencing....yet it's always seems to be the other way around...

[agzg]

I actually support the death penalty in theory, but don't trust humans to carry it out perfectly and justly every time.

I do not support the death penalty (in any case, even if he or she was guilty, even if he or she was a vile human being) in practice, due to the systemic problems with humans running and participating in a human justice system.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by agzg

I actually support the death penalty in theory, but don't trust humans to carry it out perfectly and justly every time.

I do not support the death penalty (in any case, even if he or she was guilty, even if he or she was a vile human being) in practice, due to the systemic problems with humans running and participating in a human justice system.

Me to.