Re Troy Davis- SCOTUS and President Obama could have done something to delay this. They did not. I wished they had and I would love to know the reason they passed on it. Since I believe that Justice should be a publically open & clear process, Justice was not served, whether or not he actually committed the murders.
Re Lawrence Russell Brewer- Hallelujah! Justice has been served & none of us who think so are going to be one bit bothered by the scorn exhibited here.
“Hallelujah” is obscene. I feel viscerally ill at the glee exhibited here over another person’s death. Death is never a cause for joy.
That’s a reasonable request. Cite.
Regards,
Shodan
SCOTUS, yes. Obama? Don’t think so - purely a state matter, so he has no pardon/clemency ability. As I understand from reading, even the Governor of GA couldn’t have stayed the execution - that power is invested in a board of some sort.
Re: SCOTUS - my understanding is that each justice is responsible for various areas of the country for quick appeals/injunctions. Assuming I’m not wrong, who covers Georgia?
You wanna feel viscerally ill? Read what he was executed for. By his own free will, he chose a path that removes him from consideration as a fellow human being & instead lower than a mad dog that needs to be put down. So again, I say “Hallelujah, Just and True are Your Judgments, O Yahweh, for Lawrence Russell Brewer has shed innocent blood and so his blood has been shed, as You have rightly decreed.”
And if that be vile, disgusting, barbaric and obscene, make the most of it.
Why should SCOTUS and President Obama have interceded? There would have been no reason based on legality to interfere with the decisions of the jury and the twelve appeals courts who had already reviewed the conviction and found it to be correct. How much more open and clear could it be, and how many more appeals would have been enough?
Indeed!
I couldn’t care less about the desires of people who would prefer that murderers live out their lives reading books, watching TV, telling jokes and visiting with family members, when they’ve deprived someone else of their lives and ability to do the same. And I’m far more desirous that the people who’ve been murdered and their families and loved ones get justice, than I am in indulging some would-be claimant to the moral high ground’s idea of what is “civilized”.
Yes it is by definition. When I think of what James Byrd Jr went through, all these years later, it still turns my stomach. I’m glad Brewer got what he deserved.
There is no such thing. There just isn’t. A human is a human. There is no act or thought that can take away a person’s humanity. When you devalue human life you devalue all of us, and yourself. Cripes, this is basic primary-level humanity. One feels mournful at the transgressions, and mournful at the deaths.
“I take no pleasure in the death of they who die; but turn, and live.”
Fuck your gleeful Christian bloodthirstiness.
Nobody can claim the moral high horse while you’ve got your pimply ass glued to the saddle, gently stroking its flaxen mane with your “My Pretty Pony” hairbrush, you milquetoast prig of an apologist for all manner of bad behavior, you.
Which is firmly rooted in the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings.
It really isn’t, see above. This isn’t the thread for a discussion of Christian vs Jewish theology, but it’s very telling that you’re not owning this.
What I found more disturbing were recent comments by him that not only was he unrepentant about the murder, but that given a chance he would do it all over again. Apparently during a prior incarceration he became so embittered towards the black and hispanic population that it later prevented any possibility of feelings of remorse or contrition, no matter how egrigious or horrific his crime was against another human.
While death row is an unpalatable option for many observers, you really can’t conveniently begin there as the point and place for which the unacceptable begins. A system that allows and perpetuates such hatred must itself be subject to scrutiny and resolve to fix what obviously just doesn’t work.
Yahweh was the Judge at his trial? You would think that would have gotten more press coverage.
Honestly, what can Obama do. The guy wasn’t convicted of a federal crime.
And even, if he was, you have to remember this is the Obama administration we’re talking about, an administration which has been notoriously careful about picking its battles. And I can’t imagine this is a battle that they would have had much of a stomach for.
This is an excellent point.
Eh - I spent six months as a neocon in college, and I was much older than the OP. I was just young. I got better - so, too, may the OP.
As for my country - many, many Americans oppose the death penalty. In fact, most states have either officially repealed the death penalty or simply stopped using it decades ago. I don’t deny that the death penalty is evil, but I think it unfair to paint the entire Union with that brush.
Well, Little Curtis doesn’t volunteer his age on every message. (Just how long has he been 14?)
As a Texan, I’m quite aware of the heinous act The Departed committed. But now the White Power guys have a new martyr! None of our state’s Murderous Millionaires (and we’ve had a few) have ever been strapped down for an injection. Although the older ones would have made the acquaintance of Ol’ Sparky…
Wow. Christian bloodthirstyness is justified thusly?
And some say that Christianity is a religion of peace and love. Who knew?
Yet another reason to be proud to be from Michigan, the first state in the union to ban capital punishment. So two of our more backward states executed people last night. I’m sure the right wingers got a woody just thinking about it.
Jesus, he’s been 14 for about 3 years now. Doesn’t he ever have birthdays?
Yeah, we European Jews have kind of known that for oh, a good 1300+ years now!
It’s always nice to get that little pinch of “well, it’s actually the JEWISH bits of the bible where all the malicious hateful parts are, I think you’ll find” antisemitic goysplanation, too.
ETA: For the record I was unaware of the OP’s age (and still am, actually)…