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Originally Posted by NBC
Except in Texas where the appeals process is short and the routes are limited.
I'd agree about the tragedy of executing an innocent person, absolutely. This was a cut-and-dry case and therefore many people have little problem seeing a monster like this put to death.
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My main opposition to the death penalty is that it precludes any possibility (however remote) of reform. People can change. Not saying it's likely. Just that there is 0% chance now.
I like that this person (if they had to die) was killed in an unusual fashion. It will raise awareness that the government regularly puts people down like animals. Texas kills something like 200 people a year - mostly uneducated minorities with poor legal representation at their trials. Nobody even notices because it's out of sight out of mind.
If a society is going to endorse taking human life, it's not too much to ask that everyone is aware of it and is forced to consider it each time it happens.
I'm not saying it should be televised... but that might bring home what capital punishment actually is.