Originally posted by Gh0stFT
i know its the wrong thread, but why kill him after 25 years in prison ?
I doubt the Deterrence and the Death Penalty works this way,...
you payed him the daily meat for 25 years, others who didnt done
anything bad to someone died because of hunger in the same country.
For me this is just a ****** TV Show.
I am married to German citizen, so I understand just how deep the misunderstanding is in Europe over how we Americans think and act. We realize that the death penalty does not deter crime; certainly not twenty-five years after the fact. A concealed .38 revolver tucked under your armpit ... that deters crime.
Tookie was not put to death for deterrence. He was put to death for retribution. Eighty-four percent of us attend religious services every week. That is a much higher number than anywhere in Europe. We believe in God; we believe in the sanctity of human life. Tookie Williams took four human lives. Lives that had hopes, dreams, joy, and sorrow. Lives that those people had a right to live. He took those lives under what we Americans consider "Special Circumstances" i.e. in a particularly callous or heinous way. This is why we put him to death. Retribution, not deterrence or revenge
Of course, in Germany you would be paying for his room and board for the next twenty-five years, but that is another story .
-Rotax447
