Comments on: Death Penalty Concerns http://listics.com/200708231292 “History may only rarely be written by the losers, but it is always written by the writers.” -- David Weinberger Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Doug Alder http://listics.com/200708231292/comment-page-1#comment-45564 Doug Alder Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:07:25 +0000 http://listics.com/200708231292#comment-45564 As another concerned Canuck I can say I'm very grateful Canada did away with the death penalty some 3 decades ago. Tuesday we were reminded yet again of how unjust capital punishment can be when Steven Truscott, who at age 14 was tried as an adult and <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/truscott/" rel="nofollow">given the death sentence</a>, was finally able to clear his name. Capital punishment is abhorrent. There are no courts that do not make mistakes and the all too apparent corruption in law enforcement only ensures that innocents are executed by the state. It is abundantly evident to those of us who live outside of the US that the governing bodies of the US are filled with blood lust. As another concerned Canuck I can say I’m very grateful Canada did away with the death penalty some 3 decades ago. Tuesday we were reminded yet again of how unjust capital punishment can be when Steven Truscott, who at age 14 was tried as an adult and given the death sentence, was finally able to clear his name.

Capital punishment is abhorrent. There are no courts that do not make mistakes and the all too apparent corruption in law enforcement only ensures that innocents are executed by the state.

It is abundantly evident to those of us who live outside of the US that the governing bodies of the US are filled with blood lust.

]]> By: vicki http://listics.com/200708231292/comment-page-1#comment-45398 vicki Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:41:23 +0000 http://listics.com/200708231292#comment-45398 I find it hard to believe that Americans are so barbaric in a such enlightened times as these that they still have the death penalty but to impose this on a person that was not capable of the crime of murder is truly barbaric. Tell me, when are the American public going to awake to the state of enlightenment that the rest of the 1st world has reached. It is rather scary for the rest of us to think of Americans hold such distructive powers in this world when their system still allow such barbaric reactiveness. This comes from a concerned Canadian. I find it hard to believe that Americans are so barbaric in a such enlightened times as these that they still have the death penalty but to impose this on a person that was not capable of the crime of murder is truly barbaric. Tell me, when are the American public going to awake to the state of enlightenment that the rest of the 1st world has reached. It is rather scary for the rest of us to think of Americans hold such distructive powers in this world when their system still allow such barbaric reactiveness. This comes from a concerned Canadian.

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