Famous Last Words
July 30th, 2008 by Michael
”Tell the governor he just lost my vote.”
* CHRISTOPHER EMMETT
* right before his death by lethal injection. Emmett argued that Virginia’s execution methods were unconstitutional and Gov. Tim Kaine declined to intervene (from time.com)
Can we face the obvious now? Capital punishment is a bad idea, not because some people don’t deserve to be hung by the neck, but simply because of the danger involved in a society that allows the state to carry out executions.
Christopher Emmett probably deserved to die since he was found guilty of murdering another man over money to buy crack. What bugs me about state executions can be found right here because Governor Tim Kaine declined to intervene.
Now I don’t think that it is up to the governor to decide on the life and death of person. What bugs me is that I am pretty sure his decision to stay out of the fight was politically motivated. And if the political climate had been otherwise I am pretty sure that Gov. Kaine would have stepped in and made whatever decision the political climate demanded.
In my world allowing the death of a person based on political climate is pretty dark. But then again Christopher Emmett deserved to die…right?
