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Stanley Tookie Williams Executed

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/13/williams/index.html

i had first come to learn of this cat, actually through that flick Redemption. then read up a bit more on opposing viewpoints. Regardless of what the deal is, I am not a proponent of the death penalty; it’s tough to even fathom that we still have such a thing in the United States in this day. I’ll have to read what people make up about it that would make it biblical, ‘cos i don’t see it, post Advent.

living goes on for the rest of us.

i don’t want to make light at all of the fact that he is responsible for creating an organization that’s responsible for all sorts of evil. But while i do so, i’ll make light of the fact that we *all* are responsible for a single evil that is deserving of death.

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TJ

Amen.

mommyzabs

I'm not sure totally how I feel on death penalty. It is a confusing issue for me, I could argue myself on the topic for hours. However, I am annoyed and offended that this was the man chosen to make a case against it. That people were on a bandwagon painting him as a good man. He can't be that great of an influence, his own son is in prison. Wouldn't want him influencing my children. But i see your point on the death penelty. I can't get my head around a lot of things with the criminal system. I feel like we don't have the capacity to make life and death decisions. But i'm not anti-war, so perhaps that is inconsistant. But I also get so angry about certain crimes- like pedofiles... that i feel like I want those people offed. Maybe that is my sin nature showing, or is it spiritual wrath?

joy

I would definately suggest watching the movie Redemption. It definately put light on Tookie's situation. I'm not sure what I feel about the death penalty either, but this story is pretty amazing!

Oakman7111

There's one really good thing about the death penalty: the guy never does it again. Anything else leaves open the possibility that he'll be freed and repeat the same crime - maybe this time doing you or yours. I'm opposed to killing humans - but guys like this have already demonstrated their lack of a claim to belong to the same species I do.

jon

well see oakman it's like this: *you* are already "free". therefore *you* have the possibility of committing a *first* time crime. should we therefore not lock you up, or rather even, kill you, right now? (visions of minority report in my head :)

not sure if you know the deal with the williams case--he maintains his innocence, the facts seem to be dodgy on his guilt. like mommyzabs alludes to, it's tough sometimes to try to defend one who would seem to be a "guilty kind of person", however i'm standing by my point that mercy triumphs over judgement.

thanks for commenting, all.