tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post1097714603816875082..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: The Legal Implications of Loads of LitigationDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-69616587603552888762008-04-17T06:45:00.000-07:002008-04-17T06:45:00.000-07:00I think it's more than just about how "broken" or ...I think it's more than just about how "broken" or not broken our system is. You could have the most infinitely unbroken justice system, and as long as it is run by humans and not some perfect ubermensch I will always claim it completely immoral and against due process. Yes, I do think there are some people that deserve to die, if for nothing else but to be rid of them.<BR/><BR/>What I do not believe is that any justice system, ever, has the ability to be correct about conviction every, single, time. I guarantee you that we have already executed dozens of innocent men and have no idea about it. Let them sit in jail for the rest of there lives, and if they truly are innocent then they'll have the rest of their lives to prove it. Once you execute them, they're gone, and then any further evidence that exonerates them just illustrates the naked immorality and stupidity of supporting the death penalty. If you support the death penalty, and an innocent man dies because of it, then you yourself are a murderer and deserve to be executed.<BR/><BR/>I don't trust the government enough to decide which citizens get to live and which ones get to die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-88125735680575728582008-04-16T15:27:00.000-07:002008-04-16T15:27:00.000-07:00It's more to do with their alleged fondness for de...It's more to do with their alleged fondness for democratic preferences than with pragmatism. Both of these judges declare that because the American people of the several states have voted for legislators who like executing criminals, for the judicial system to severely impede those executions -- to the point that they never actually occur -- threatens democracy. If something is definitely unconstitutional (like a ban on flag burning), the majority's democratic preference can be blocked in order to defend the minority's First Amendment right. But because SCOTUS has held that the death penalty is legal for people who were mentally competent adults at the time of the crime, the democratic preference for executions should not be impeded.<BR/><BR/>You hear a lot of scorn from folks like Scalia toward the EU's ban on the death penalty and conditioning entrance to the Union on a country's banning execution -- they see this as part of the democracy deficit in the EU.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.com