tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post5176760741180534021..comments2024-01-01T23:38:43.414-08:00Comments on The Oncoming Hope: Troy Davis and the Death Penaltytheoncominghopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471519506797609837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post-28990861674397762242011-09-28T16:37:33.742-07:002011-09-28T16:37:33.742-07:00I think that's a really fair point. I have alw...I think that's a really fair point. I have always thought of criminal justice in terms of prevention rather than punishment. <br />Really, how do you balance out the death of the living?theoncominghopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post-42543789819985595352011-09-28T13:47:22.127-07:002011-09-28T13:47:22.127-07:00Over the years whenever I've heard someone exp...Over the years whenever I've heard someone express either support for or opposition to the death penalty I've asked them a simple question - "Do you see the primary purpose of a prison sentence as punishment for the criminal or as protection of society from the criminal?" The people who answer "punishment" are almost always those who favor the death penalty and the people who answer "protection" are almost always those who oppose the death penalty. In my opinion it's this fundamental difference in the concept of the reason for prisons that drives the debate today.<br /><br />On a related note - back about 10-15 years ago the U.S. was one of only four nations on the planet that would put people to death for crimes committed as a minor. The other three were Yemen, Iran, and Saddam Hussein's Iraq.Chipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post-85749740106844793542011-09-22T13:59:00.344-07:002011-09-22T13:59:00.344-07:00because I specifically wanted to write about Troy ...because I specifically wanted to write about Troy Davis. And as a born and bred Texan, I don't think it's fair for Texas to be getting all the stick on this issue.theoncominghopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post-41959038469402347582011-09-22T13:56:55.489-07:002011-09-22T13:56:55.489-07:00So why no blog post about it?So why no blog post about it?Blastor138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post-83285688974953449132011-09-22T13:48:32.235-07:002011-09-22T13:48:32.235-07:00Indeed I am. Even the family of the man he murdere...Indeed I am. Even the family of the man he murdered asked that they not pursue the death penalty. It's not justice, merely bloodymindedness. He should live with the knowledge of his crime.theoncominghopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139769202527811820.post-2734973865432034882011-09-22T13:45:40.006-07:002011-09-22T13:45:40.006-07:00So, are you up in arms about the White Supremacist...So, are you up in arms about the White Supremacist that was put to death in Texas yesterday?Blastor138noreply@blogger.com