Comments on: Georgia Executes First Inmate In 7 Months

Death Penalty Had Effectively Been On Hold While Supreme Court Ruled On Constitutionality Of Lethal Injections

[libh8er]

there is a reason why the rest of the free world has shunned the practice of capital punishment.
Posted by chefjohn4 at 09:01 AM : May 07, 2008

It should only be reserved for cases where the DNA and other evidence leaves no doubt as to the guilt of the defendant.

[libh8er]

My God what drives you!
Posted by chefjohn4 at 09:12 AM : May 07, 2008

The hope that, one day, misguided liberalism and leftwing liberals will go the way of the doh-doh bird.

[chefjohn4]

clew37 - How ''bout "An Eye for an Eye", if you want to talk about mistranslations. If you finish that one it says, "Vengence is MINE sayeth the Lord". And since when are people judged with the same scale as rabid dogs?

[chefjohn4]

libh8er-

My God what drives you! I mean besides hate.
Thomas Jefferson said that "The only true American was one with an open heart and a liberal mind." Go hug a Democrat, you''ll feel better.

[chefjohn4]

mishy121-
How would you feel if one of your kids or your husband was wrongfully accused and the one lying on the gurney? Would you believe that it was "just the price of justice". Look around you, there is a reason why the rest of the free world has shunned the practice of capital punishment.

[mishy121]

I do understand the argument that innocent people are possibly put the death and that DNA exonerated several inmates who were on death row.I must admit I do have very mixed emotions on the subject. My question is what are we supposed to do with the worst that society has to offer that are on death row? I work 2 jobs my husband works we pay our taxes and are productive citizens. The money that we are paying to keep these people alive could be put to better use. There are several people here in this great country that are elderly for example that there are no funds available to help. My overall feeling is if you take a life and jury feels that beyond a shadow of a doubt you were the guilty party, you should have to pay with your life. Let the punishment fit the crime. The number of appeals should be lessened. I do feel for the possible innocent people that this policy may affect, but the families of people these inmates killed deserve some kind of justice also. What if it were your spouse or child that was murdered, wouldn''t you want the person responsible to pay? I know I would.

[libh8er]

No government in the world should have the right to kill anyone for any reason.
Posted by closethippy1 at 05:13 AM : May 07, 2008

I''d be willing to bet that you are a ''pro choice'' lib. I''d also be willing to bet that you have no problem with medically assisted suicide.

[libh8er]

Convicted in 1988......this slime ball had 20 years on the back of the tax payers. That''s about 19 years and 364 days too long. Justice delayed is justice denied!

Brian Nichols will be another one. This guy killed several people (including a judge and a federal officer) in an escape attempt. So far, his apponted legal team have blown thru several million dollars and one judge in an attempt to keep him from going to trial.

Is it any wonder more and more people are taking the law in to their own hands?

[fibonacci_]

You won''''t see anything because when you are dead, you are dead. Remember before you were born? Of course not. Because you weren''''t alive. That''''s how it will be when you die.

Posted by rudy654

Exactly.

[closethippy1]

No government in the world should have the right to kill anyone for any reason.
We''re handing them too much power by allowing them to execute people. They don''t need that much power.
It''s bad enought they''re taxing us and limiting our personal freedoms.
If we keep telling the Israelis and Palestinians to stop killing each other no matter how much each has suffered then we should follow our own advice and stop executing people.