death penalty news August 10, 2004
USA: Doing a Death Penalty Claxton?s Way is Overkill! I am always surprised when I read my name in someone else?s column. I am flattered too, that anyone would think an opinion of mine is worthy of agreement or rebuttal, or even mention. I have one ?e-pen pal? that has called all columns in Useless-Knowledge.com ?trivial and censorious?. I find that interesting. Why would someone look at a murderer like double killer, O.J. Simpson, or double killer, Mark Hacking, or the killer of more than 160 Oklahomans, Tim McVeigh; shrug their shoulders and suggest it was okay; that we shouldn?t judge the murderers; that we should keep them alive or outright free them; or that we should allow them the freedom of prison life with three square meals a day; be nice to them, write books about them and eventually release them on parole if they promise to be good and never kill anyone ever again? I would never say that. Now, granted, O.J. Simpson was acquitted. So he gets away with murder. Oh! Come on! Argue with me that he really didn?t do it. Tim McVeigh was permitted a pleasant, drug induced exit from the real world; while the jury still hasn?t been seated for the Hacking murders. But a standard has been established. Everyone in America still gets a trial. Now, I want to say everyone gets a FAIR trial, but there is nothing fair about actual murderers being allowed to go free. If you have enough money, or can get enough money to pay the lawyers who take money cases like murders, then fairness does not enter in. It is all about winning and building a reputation to make more money. So, only poor people get the death penalty in America. Now, if those opposed to the death penalty really wanted to completely thwart the system of justice that demands a life for a life; they would all get together, take up a collection, and get all these killers Johnny Cochran and a pair of ill fitting gloves. CASE DISMISSED! I?m sorry. Murderers deserve to die. Murderers are not civilized people needing understanding. Murderers are anti-social predators who do not care one minute for innocence or morality. Someone must always be dead for a murderer to feel satisfied. It is interesting that anyone would want Osama Bin Laden on trial. He is a proven killer that, if found in his cave tomorrow, should kiss a burning flamethrower or the barrel of a Mark 19 Grenade Launcher. I would kiss the soldier who pulled that trigger. (Yes, Yes, I know that?s not very Christian-like.) Let me just try to save all you liberals out there, that just had the urge to condemn my faith in God again, some of your valuable time. If Bin Laden came to the U.S. for trial, liberal lawyers of the ACLU would trip all over themselves to defend that rat-puke. Why? He?s worth over 30 Million Dollars; that?s why. With that kind of cash, he?d get probation. His defense would be ?Brainwashed by Wahabbism?, which is probably already a creditable defense. Serial killers can pile up the grave stones. It doesn?t matter. ?No Death Penalty?; because he was abused by his mother. Snipers can pick arbitrary targets from the trunk of a sedan rigged as a snipers cage. ?No Death Penalty?; because he was just a baby and Islam had nothing to do with it. I?m sorry. People who plan out and execute executions for their own personal pleasure; unless they are homicide bombers who always do the world a favor by blowing themselves to hell while killing innocent women and children; deserve the same fate as those bastardly cowards. In fact, we have to stop all this humanitarianism in our execution of murderers by taping a stick of TNT to each murderer?s chest, lighting a long fuse and letting them sweat until BOOM! (Yes, Yes, I know, that?s the not being very Christian thing again.) I don?t know why Mr. Claxton Graham took my argument (which I really thought was a private, off-line communication; silly me.) to such, if you?ll excuse the pun, Overkill! I agree that every state in the union should have its own code for dealing with those who would murder its state?s citizenry. If the state code insists on a death penalty, then get it over with. Why have death penalties at all if you are going to allow killers 14 years of appeals? If you are not going to have a death penalty, then figure out how you are going to punish (or not) murderers, then punish them, or not. So much hassle because, in America, there are a million laws (minor exaggeration); and no one is enforcing any of them. Every new murderous situation adds law, and still victims rot in graves while killers get food, a roof and a spot on ?20-20?, ?DATELINE?, and ?Larry King Live?. I said nothing to Claxton about ?adultery? (a whole lot of extra alimony), ?fornication? (withhold all anti-STD drugs for 6 months), ?disobedience to parents? (a good whack on the ass), ?rape? (6 months in a cell with ?Bubba?), ?blasphemy? (God already has that one completely covered), ?perjury? (your book will not be allowed to be longer than Bill Clinton?s ?My Lie?) or ?bearing false witness against a neighbor? (same penalty as last). No. I didn?t mention any of that. Nor did I mention the where or the when of executions. But Claxton?s idea of making them public ?stoning and hanging? isn?t half bad at that! There are a lot of people who are allergic to gun-smoke and the smell of burning flesh. Gas might cause an increase in ?global warming? and would never be acceptable to environmental liberals. We sure wouldn?t want to upset them. Not only that, but stones and Ropes are recyclable! Hey! It?s a WIN, WIN! As much as I like Claxton?s ideas though I do have to admit they are ?overkill?. I only told him that I believed murderers deserve what their victims got. Anything less seemed wrong, and, as I was thinking about it; it seems very anti- humanity to allow murderers to walk away from death. But I?ll think more on that. The United States is still a land of laws. Each state should be permitted to deal with the most evil elements within its borders. We who do not live in a state that has determined its form of capital punishment have nothing to say until we move there and have a personal stake in those laws. Mr. Graham worries about the one or two ?innocent? people that might fall through the cracks the current liberal-leaning justice system is leaving everywhere. Well, that is a valid care for sure. I am just as concerned about the ones who get to kill again because their gloves did not fit after being soaked and dried in the blood of the previous victims. Just one last thing: Terry Nichols, today, was given 161 life sentences for the 161 people he helped to kill in Oklahoma. Okay, the law spoke there too. See Claxton? Not everyone dies in a state having a death penalty. But Mr. Nichols now claims a faith in God and has asked forgiveness. (The Judge was anything but forgiving in his statements.) But this is a good thing. We Christians can forgive Mr. Nichols because he is truly repentant and has turned his life over to God. Mr. Nichols gave God the glory for sparing his life through the charity of the jury. This was also proper, because in faith, a true Christian gives thanks to God in everything. So you see? Justice has been served; the life has been spared; and God gets the glory! God receives no glory when people die and punishment is not exacted. My personal opinion is that if Mr. Nichols is truly repentant and truly trusting of God, he will surrender his life to the executioner as a testament to that trust. I believe such a testimony would only serve to bring more glory to God. So Claxton has his very extremist view of capital punishment, leaning toward the lenient; while I have my not as extremist (albeit humorous and sarcastic) view of capital punishment, leading toward real justice. You are all very free to draw your own conclusions. Pre-meditated murderers deserve their day in court, followed by their last meal on their day of justice. It is that simple. ------------ About the Author: Michael John McCrae is an Independent, Conservative, Christian who has been personally insulted as a voter because John Kerry thinks the "Heart and Soul of America" lays in the "X-rated sexual innuendo" of Whoopi Goldberg. Well, Michael McCrae thinks America is better than that. Michael McCrae believes there is at least some morality left. So Michael McCrae is going to leave this here (until after the election) as a reminder to all of what John Kerry and John Edwards believe the Real America to be. They believe America's "heart and soul" resides in the "X-rated sexual innuendo" of Whoopi Goldberg. You can draw your own conclusions. Email: [email protected] (source: Opinion, useless-knowledge.com)
