let me start by being clear: this is not a commentary about whether the death penalty should or should not exist. it isnt about whether its effective as a deterent or not. it really isnt much about the death penalty at all.
first, a little background about the crime and execution:
A 25-year-old man was executed by lethal injection Wednesday for the torture and slaying of a teenager who was forced to drink hydrochloric acid during a robbery of his home. It was the state's first execution in 60 years.what it IS about, is the fucking asshats that invariably march around whenever anyone gets executed in america, no matter how heinous the crime. this is the kind of thing that just REALLY pisses me off:
Elijah Page gave up his appeals and asked to die for the 2000 murder of Chester Allan Poage, 19, who was also stabbed, kicked and bashed with large rocks in a torture session that lasted two to three hours.
Death penalty protesters gathered outside the penitentiary, displaying signs with sayings such as "Choose life for Page" and "End the death penalty.""choose life for page"??? WTF?? who "chose life" for chester, the victim? i tell you what, it takes a special kind of person to show up holding that sign in defense of someone who TORTURED TO DEATH another person.
sigh what the hell is WRONG with people that both motivates them to carry out this kind of protest, and blinds them to the absurd hypocrisy of it?