tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065910512732060865.post1098829215697015113..comments2023-08-07T09:56:04.428-05:00Comments on Better Than Machines: When in doubt, kill 'em anyway.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154351095467482965noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065910512732060865.post-2657566619995953262011-10-20T23:39:14.938-05:002011-10-20T23:39:14.938-05:00I haven't been by here in a while and have mis...I haven't been by here in a while and have missed a lot of good stuff.<br /><br />I'm adding you to my blogroll so that doesn't happen again.<br /><br />This was certainly a travesty -- as a former Georgian, it made me feel sick.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065910512732060865.post-37708507585121677262011-09-29T13:47:12.171-05:002011-09-29T13:47:12.171-05:00There is no credible evidence that the death penal...There is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than long terms of imprisonment. States that have death penalty laws do not have lower crime rates or murder rates than states without such laws. And states that have abolished capital punishment show no significant changes in either crime or murder rates. The death penalty has no deterrent effect. Claims that each execution deters a certain number of murders have been thoroughly discredited by social science research."<br />American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) <br />"The Death Penalty: Questions and Answers," ACLU.org<br />Apr. 9, 2007Camp Papahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918758148818443535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065910512732060865.post-2309171005615041672011-09-28T18:41:53.137-05:002011-09-28T18:41:53.137-05:00I agree Veronica. All executions are wrong. I ju...I agree Veronica. All executions are wrong. I just hope the ones where there are serious questions about guilt will bring attention to how arbitrary and reckless the whole system is. <br /><br />I was glad to read there was a small protest outside the Texas execution of Lawrence Brewer that night. And in that case, the victim's family was pleading for the state not to execute Brewer. <br /><br />The victim's son said, "You can't fight murder with murder. Life in prison would have been fine. I know he can't hurt my daddy anymore. I wish the state would take in mind that this isn't what we want."Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11154351095467482965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065910512732060865.post-76859959125042517612011-09-22T21:49:57.665-05:002011-09-22T21:49:57.665-05:00When I heard the news, I was likewise horrified an...When I heard the news, I was likewise horrified and stunned, and I was also wishing that my citizenship in a country that I admire in so many ways did not make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. <br /><br />And though it is much more difficult to rally around the cause of the man they executed in Texas on the same night, I still wish that our country would decide not to execute ANYONE -- and that we would all decide to be horrified by all executions, and not only the executions of the (possibly) (probably) innocent. Perhaps the horror of what happened in Georgia will help people rally to make a big change?Veronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17460212502492881040noreply@blogger.com