Bob Calco wrote: > Leland: > > >> I believe it was Illinois were over 30% of convicts awaiting execution >> were found to be innocent, when the state allowed DNA testing to be >> introduced into evidence. A simple solution to the error prone current >> system would be to have the Supreme Court rule that executions are >> cruel >> and unusual punishment. >> > > And this is why folks like you are dooming the Republic. > I believe "Republic" above should be should be "Representative Republic or Representative Democracy, but I'm don't think our Republic/Democracy is doomed. She just need a serious correction in course, or as someone once said:
If we don't change course, we are liable to wind up where we are headed. LOL > It is not the role of the SCOTUS to act as supreme moral arbiter, but rather > to interpret law, within our Constitutional framework. Too many decisions > are based on non-legal considerations and/or plucked straight out of the > justices' arses altogether. > The Supreme Court has a very important role to play in our criminal justice system, so why couldn't the Supreme Court, at some point, rule that the taking of life is unconstitutional. Since the Supreme Court has been silent on the death penalty, the power over this issue falls to the states that use different methods to carry out executions. I think the Supreme Court recently ruled that lethal injection, as a method of execution, is not cruel or unusual punishment, but the bigger issue is the taking of a life by any mean, which seems extremely cruel and unusual to me. A life, once taken, cannot be returned. All life is a gift from God, so only God has the right to take life back. > But why bother anymore? It is all vanity and vexation of spirit. > You're sounding like you're feeling a little hopeless today, but don't worry, it will pass. Regards, LelandJ > - Bob > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
