Somebody probably on Wednesday [ETA: Found it!] mentioned that anti-death penalty people tend to stop at the moral argument, i.e., it's morally wrong to kill, whoever does it.
So. It is unequally applied, and it's not really a deterrent. As well as being morally wrong. And if there is any chance that the prisoner is innocent, it is judicial murder, and everyone involved should wake every day for the rest of their lives with the stink of innocent blood in their nostrils and the stain of innocent blood on their hands for all to see.
(Sorry. My revenge fantasies can get ugly.)
Troy Davis was executed last night.
Writings on the case:
(There was also an execution in Texas, which is still morally wrong. Apparently the death penalty was not a deterrent in this case either. There was less of an outcry because the inmate was in fact guilty.)
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