Post by davidsf on Jul 15, 2020 5:59:31 GMT -8
Another promise kept by Trump... but some might have missed it.
Yesterday, Daniel Lewis Lee was Executed for a crime (or crimes) he committed in 1996 and for which he was convicted and sentenced to death in 2003.
By the way, there are three more awaiting their, now, imminent execution.
in my opinion, executions should be rare and limited to heinous crimes such as the ones Lee committed. While I do not particularly favor executions by hanging, I do not really concern myself much with the method, and really do not buy any argument that puts the comfort or discomfort of the criminal as the reason for proscribing their execution. That, to me, is a straw man since death is THE ultimate discomfort.
now, I do realize well-intended people (and at least one reprobate) will disagree with me and I’m sure someone will accuse me of hypocrisy given my Christian values. But the Bible fully supports each person owning and paying the consequences of their actions.
what are your thoughts about this case or about executions, in general?
Yesterday, Daniel Lewis Lee was Executed for a crime (or crimes) he committed in 1996 and for which he was convicted and sentenced to death in 2003.
Lee was convicted of torturing and killing a family of three in Arkansas in 1996, dumping their bodies in a lake.
Postponed from December, his execution had been rescheduled for 16:00 (20:00 GMT) on 13 July, but was blocked by a ruling from District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
"The court... finds that the likely harm that plaintiffs would suffer if the court does not grant injunctive relief far outweighs any potential harm to defendants," the judge said.
Her ruling was consequently overruled by the Supreme Court, which said: "The plaintiffs in this case have not made the showing required to justify last-minute intervention by a Federal Court."
Postponed from December, his execution had been rescheduled for 16:00 (20:00 GMT) on 13 July, but was blocked by a ruling from District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
"The court... finds that the likely harm that plaintiffs would suffer if the court does not grant injunctive relief far outweighs any potential harm to defendants," the judge said.
Her ruling was consequently overruled by the Supreme Court, which said: "The plaintiffs in this case have not made the showing required to justify last-minute intervention by a Federal Court."
By the way, there are three more awaiting their, now, imminent execution.
in my opinion, executions should be rare and limited to heinous crimes such as the ones Lee committed. While I do not particularly favor executions by hanging, I do not really concern myself much with the method, and really do not buy any argument that puts the comfort or discomfort of the criminal as the reason for proscribing their execution. That, to me, is a straw man since death is THE ultimate discomfort.
now, I do realize well-intended people (and at least one reprobate) will disagree with me and I’m sure someone will accuse me of hypocrisy given my Christian values. But the Bible fully supports each person owning and paying the consequences of their actions.
what are your thoughts about this case or about executions, in general?
