Hey Hey!
Since when are you and I supposed to agree on something?
I have my own opinions about Texas' death penalty; "
don't to the crime if you're not willing to do the time."
What's at question here is the judicial humanity of it.
Texas Governor, and 2012 GOP POTUS Candidate Rick Perry thinks that if they were convicted by a Jury of their Peers, then that's all that matters.
Forget the facts that in some of the cases there's no DNA evidence, or witnesses connecting them to the crime, forget the fact that even an admission of guilt (even if they're lying) still let's the actual murderer go free, forget the fact that in a lot of case the "court appointed attorney" either was a no show at the trial, or was to incompetent to launch any legal defense.
Strap that Mother Fucker to the table and KILL HIS ASS!
Except there's this thing in the American Legal system (
might be the Constitution, maybe you've read it), called
Due Process.
Growing up in Texas I was always taught by my FDR Democrat Grandparents, and Great Aunts and Uncles Due Process is what separates us from the Vigilantes of Western Yore.
Of course that didn't stop some of them from stringing up some "niggra" on the courthouse square because he was merely accused of looking at a "white girl" the wrong way, but being from Texas the logic is supposed to make sense.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, my feelings about the Texas Death Penalty is a little nuanced.
I just figure that if someone is going to charge their balls, and spew their load all over the place every time another Texas Death Row Inmate is Executed, and to garner "political points" in hopes of winning the White House, that person might go out of their way to ensure that the process that led to their personal genital pleasure was done by the book and letter of the law, and ensured that not a single "innocent" died for the crimes of someone else.
Otherwise it's barbaric, and "vigilante," fuck Due Process,
and get me elected bitches, because I'm tough on crime!
But to compare Huntsville, Texas to Auschwitz, Germany?
That's more than a stretch, and takes more away from the atrocities there, than adds to the discussion here.
Mark your calendar
justapixel.
You and I actually agreed on something.
Maybe sometime in the future you and I can mark this date as a personal "holiday" between the two of us.
