Yes, that is a great idea. When making decisions that can result in someone’s death, you better make it quick. I believe he was guilty, and I believe well over 99.999% of people sentenced to death are guilty, the problem is, is that there will always be those few cases where bad luck causes an innocent person to be sentenced to death, and if that were to happen to you, you would want more than 30 days to prepare an appeal. I just saw something on the news a couple weeks ago about a trial in the 90s where the guy was convicted and now after the execution it has been uncovered that some of the DNA lab results may not be accurate. There are too many of examples of people wrongly convicted.

Like many others, I am also against the death penalty, and I don’t appreciate snide comments suggesting that anyone with this viewpoint must be a tree hugging fool who doesn’t understand that some truly deserve to be removed from the population permanently. There is a very strong case to get rid of the death penalty citing costs savings for appeals, the fact that it is not a deterrent for crimes, and that the legal system is not perfect and we should not take any irreversible actions. I respect the viewpoints of others who believe we should have the death penalty mainly because I have never had someone I loved been taken away purposefully by another person so I have never truly felt that anger and desire for revenge.

So don’t lump everyone against the death penalty together as a hippie, and I won’t lump those who believe in the death penalty together as an inbred hick. Nearly all of us wanted him to suffer, some think death is good enough, but I thought keeping him locked in a windowless box for the rest of his life would have been even better.