In Travis' original editorial called "Ultimate Justice", he basically says that Texas should stop sentencing people to death which "is an outdated unmoral punishment that we need to rise above from and join the rest of civilized society."
"We even lead the nation in the most executions of all time!"
"Hell, in Texas I believe that's a cause for celebration!"
Well, no. People would be celebrating if there were less murderers and attempted murders.
It's sort of ironic that you say hell because that's where most criminals go.
"Capital punishment... is actually 4 times more expensive to execute a person than to give them life."
That's a problem. We need to find cheaper ways to kill them. I suggest a bullet to the head or maybe two just in case. Seriously, there are so many restrictions about how to kill them because we try to reduce their pain and discomfort. Oh the irony! Did their victims have the same luxury? I don't think so.
"... while everyone else in the world is becoming more morally aware and civilized, we are applauding the fact that we execute more prisoners than any other state."
People get to go to court. We don't shoot them or hang them from a tree anymore like people used to do in the olden days. People who commit crimes deserve a punishment and ultimately nothing we, humans, decide is enough for a horrendous criminal.
Yes, only God can sort things out.
"Capital punishment is an outdated unmoral punishment that we need to rise above from and join the rest of civilized society."
Wait a second, immoral? There are rapists and murderers. And the people that believe they should be sentenced to death are, in your book, immoral? Wow.
I think that rapists get off with too short of a sentence and murderers well, they already did something immoral and uncivilized. Didn't they?
"We as a people need to open our hearts to rehabilitation instead of condemnation."
That part made me laugh a bit. Honestly, the only person who believes that everyone can still be saved and that there is hope for them to change is Jesus. I'm not Jesus. I don't think that everyone changes. Some psychopaths will be psychopaths. Other criminals could change and feel guilty, but it's a little too late.
Texas Chain Saw Massacre ring a bell?
Shall we open our hearts to them? No, they'll just eat them!
'As Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu quoted, "To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice." '
Murderers take lives, and we should just let them sit in jail and continue to live while their victims don't.
Come on! If someone murdered you, would you say Kum By Yah and wish them a long life where they are fed, clothed, housed, and breathing.
Everyone is going to die. The only question is when.
People who do heinous crimes deserve to get their lives shortened.
In the past, people were lucky if they lived until what we now call middle age.
Ultimate justice is something that only God can deliver.
We only shorten the time span that people have on this earth.
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