Reply #44: Honestly, I'm sitting here hardy believing my eyes at how y'all

[Bread and Circus]

are going gaga over this guy. First off, someone made a really good post about how he may not have been guilty of murder. Anyone put to death by the state is sad and a horrible thing imo. When a person who is innocent of the crime with which they are sentenced to die is executed, that is a state crime in my eyes. I 100% believe the death penalty should be abolished, the main fact being that we can't always be 100% sure of guilt and there is no way to correct that punishment once carried out. Outside of that practical issue, I think the DP is wrong on other moral grounds as well.

However, you guys are blowing the pizza gesture way, way out of proportion. This is not an "act of redemption" or a "redeeming" act. Sure, it was a kind gesture but that's about it. The folks that actually got the pizza deserve more credit.

And about shaking this guy's hand in heaven? I seriously have to say, WTF?!? :wtf: You really want to meet this guy in heaven and shake his hand? I'd say giving him a hug would be more appropriate, if anything. We are all worthy of love, empathy, and forgiveness. But a handshake doesn't seem to fit here.

Furthermore, in the eyes of many this guy was a drug addict who tipped the scales of fate such that a cop died. He made a bad choice that day and sounds like he made many mistakes. I hope he truly repented and sought forgiveness from the family of the victim of that day. If he did, then I think that is redemption. If he sought to do good with his time on death row for all those years, that is redemption.

But a free pizza? It takes alot more than that to convince me.