Last night the state of Georgia executed convicted cop killer Troy Davis. He was convicted for the 1989 murder of an off duty police officer. It matters not to me that the Officer MacPhail was off duty, he was still a police officer trying to help a person that was being assaulted. Finally, justice for the victim.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that I support the death penalty. If you kill another human being without just cause, then you too should forfeit your life. It's as simple as that for me.
Now I realize that there are those who would like nothing more than to abolish the death penalty. That's fine. They are entitled to their opinion. The fact that there were hundreds gathered outside the prison protesting the execution was expected. I have no problem with these folks voicing their displeasure. From what I saw on the news it seemed that the crowd was orderly and wanted the Georgia authorities to know that they did not approve.
This execution seemed to be more controversial than most. Lawyers for Davis were claiming that witnesses had now recanted their testimony and that there was sufficient doubt on the guilt of Davis. My question is, when did these folks recant? Should we now convict them of perjury and throw them in prison while allowing Davis to go free? I think not.
At the time of trial witnesses came forward, said their piece and Davis was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. A case like this is automatically appealed to make sure that no errors were made. Apparently none were found. It was appealed again. Same result. Davis' execution date was stayed on several occasions before yesterday in an effort by his lawyers to try to win either a new trial or his freedom. In other words, Davis had his chances.
What this says to me is that the court that convicted and sentenced Davis got it right. So if you are a religious person you believe that last night Davis stood before his maker and was judged. This was going to happen at some point anyway. Everybody dies eventually.
The state of Georgia just made it happen sooner rather than later.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that I support the death penalty. If you kill another human being without just cause, then you too should forfeit your life. It's as simple as that for me.
Now I realize that there are those who would like nothing more than to abolish the death penalty. That's fine. They are entitled to their opinion. The fact that there were hundreds gathered outside the prison protesting the execution was expected. I have no problem with these folks voicing their displeasure. From what I saw on the news it seemed that the crowd was orderly and wanted the Georgia authorities to know that they did not approve.
This execution seemed to be more controversial than most. Lawyers for Davis were claiming that witnesses had now recanted their testimony and that there was sufficient doubt on the guilt of Davis. My question is, when did these folks recant? Should we now convict them of perjury and throw them in prison while allowing Davis to go free? I think not.
At the time of trial witnesses came forward, said their piece and Davis was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. A case like this is automatically appealed to make sure that no errors were made. Apparently none were found. It was appealed again. Same result. Davis' execution date was stayed on several occasions before yesterday in an effort by his lawyers to try to win either a new trial or his freedom. In other words, Davis had his chances.
What this says to me is that the court that convicted and sentenced Davis got it right. So if you are a religious person you believe that last night Davis stood before his maker and was judged. This was going to happen at some point anyway. Everybody dies eventually.
The state of Georgia just made it happen sooner rather than later.
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