Reply #55: Thanks!

[Withywindle]

Funny thing is, I'm even opposed to the death penalty in general because of how it's usually practiced: racist, classist, very open to corruption and abuse. There've been enough Death Row inmates totally exonerated of the crimes they were accused of in my state(IL) that the horror of the possibility of killing an innocent person is enough to make me think we shouldn't take that risk.

But that said, if there's damn good evidence (as it appears there was in this case), I'm all in favor of putting truly rabid animals down. I'm staunchly opposed to my tax dollars being spent to feed and house a murderer and torturer (because rape IS a form of torture, one of the worst--if I don't want it done at Gitmo, I sure as hell don't want it done here either) when there are so many poor and homeless people WHO'VE NEVER HURT ANYONE who deserve those baloney sandwiches and roof over their head far more.

Newsflash: getting through decades of life **without** raping and killing someone is not difficult. I have no pity for anyone who fails to meet that most minimal of standards for the species.