Reply #6: I'm not sure why I can't focus on both

[rpannier]

I haven't exactly noticed that people have stopped caring about other crucial issues to focus on the execution of Tookie Williams.
I would point out that the issue of capital punishment, ie "State sponsored Murder" is one of the two-or-three most important issues that face this country And you could logically make the connection between state sponsored murder at home and the propensity for war abroad. Both issues show a lack of concern for human life, human suffering and for finding easy answers to complex problems.
When you look at the countries that murder their own citizens, the death penalty is a crucial issue. I don't know about you, but I am not comfortable being in the same company as China, Singapore, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc.