March 22, 2005

Hewitt: Too Bad the Killer's Dead

Let me toss out another aspect of the encroaching Culture of Death: the rise in popularity of the death penalty. The Minnesota reservation shootings have brought out bloodlust in Hugh Hewitt:

I am certain I am not the first to post on this, but had yesterday's shooter in Minnesota not turned the gun on himself, he would never have been eligible for the death penalty because of the recent Supreme Court decision. He killed young people, teachers, a security guard and his grandfather, but the Supreme Court has ruled that no civilized society could even consider executing him for his massacre.

That is an absurd result, and the Supreme Court's foolishness is underscored by yesterday's carnage.

Months ago, I worked on a post explaining my philosophy of life. Guess I better get around to finishing it. To be really brief regarding my opposition to the death penalty: since an adequate prison system is enough protection to society capital punishment is merely vengence.