I can't make up my mind about the Death Penalty. I can think of no punishment too severe for many rapists, pedophiles, and murderers--and I see little reason to sustain them, for a lifetime, at public expense. But what if the jury were wrong? And what might be the effect of state-sanctioned killing on our collective psyche?
The state wanted the schizophrenic Death Row inmate restored to competency so he could be executed. A defendent should be competent to stand trial; but, once convicted and sentenced, why must he be competent to die?
After another temporary eleventh-hour stay, he was put to death at 1:37 AM; odd timing--I wonder if they had to wake him up to kill him.
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