Um, no. Not wanting to waste time actually thinking about this, do you think
stealing a horse in NYC meant as much as stealing one in Wyoming? For me
setting national standards is just another (imagine that word with the
weight of the world on it) law on the books. Here's all I can say about
anything: the president and the HoR majority should be the same party, the
senate the other party. Why? True fraking deadlock, nothing happens, no new
laws.
Horse stealing should be a crime governed by state laws, but the legal
procedures associated with a capitol offense should be uniform. The same
rights to council, the same procedures for appeals (or at least the same
general guidelines). Even if you believe that capitol punishment is morally
and legally justifiable it seems to me that you must accept that it is an
extreme measure, and it must be made as fool proof as possible. This it would
seem to me is the place where the federal government should step in.
