My thoughts on the death penalty: I'm against it, period.
Want to know why? There is no better reason than can be found in today's New York Times editorial, An Inexplicable Vote for Death.
There are far too many concrete and proven examples of the miscarriage of justice in death penalty cases tied to the race, social status, and wealth of the defendent versus the victim.
And that's death penalty cases where defendents are SUPPOSED to have the best defense lawyers available. Think how that relates to all criminal cases.
Maybe there is something to the fact that so many prisoners claim they are innocent of the crime of which they were convicted.
Maybe we simply refuse to look outside the walls of our own cubicle of pretended perfection at the vagaries of humanity moving with us toward the ultimate solution of our fate. Do we go forward with dignity and truth, or with fear and self-serving fiction?
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