The Execution
Last night John Muhammed was executed for murdering ten people. He was an ex-Marine that decided he wanted kill innocent Americans. He did this in the state of Virginia and put fear into a great many people. He killed at random and nobody knew where he would next strike. Some were killed at gas stations while they filled up. People would hide behind their cars while filling the tank.
That fear was not isolated in Virginia, it encompassed a much larger area. I recall making sure to look around while getting gas. Additionally, I tried to make myself smaller and stayed behind whatever was around to keep from becoming a target. It was not until he and his associate, Malvo, were caught that I felt secure enough to fill my car in a normal manner.
Good riddance.
posted by Marcel at
12:59 PM
2 Comments:
If you lookup the definition of "homicidal maniac" you will probably see a picture of John Allen Muhammad. This is a classical case in support of the death penalty.
Anti death penalty social liberals try to claim, with no credible evidence, that the death penalty does not deter crime. In my view nothing can be farther from the truth. Their argument ignores numerous plea bargaining cases where criminals confess or expose other people’s crimes for removing the death penalty from consideration. So simply the threat of the death penalty solves crimes and thus reduces crime even if it is not applied. (This is not unlike having a strong national defense is a deterrent to war even if it is not employed.)
I cannot understand why some states prohibit the death penalty. They lose a valuable crime-fighting tool. Other countries like Mexico and France ARE right not to allow the death penalty because, unlike in the US, their laws have a presumption of guilt whereas in the US we have a presumption of innocence. In Mexico if you are accused of murder and are unable to prove your innocence you are automatically guilty. That casts a whole different light on the death penalty.
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John Beauregard, at 4:15 PM
Thank you for all that background.
By
Marcel, at 11:16 AM
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