“Exhibit F” for a Swift and Expanded Implementation of Captial Punishment

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335951,00.html

They drugged, bludgeoned and strangled their 16-year-old victim to death then they knelt over her lifeless, bloody body to kiss before dumping her in a wheelbarrow.

Stasinowsky and Parashumti, who had been together just a month, have offered no explanation or motive for the killing other than that Stacey “annoyed” them.

Court hearings have been punctuated with laughter, smirking and smiling.

Even during sentencing submissions in January, the couple was told twice by Blaxell to stop their light-hearted behavior as the graphic details of the crime were read.

Prosecutor Dave Dempster described the killing as a sustained attack that lasted at least half an hour. He has demanded strict-security imprisonment — a non-parole period of at least 20 to 30 years.

 

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That a society would leave open the possibility for these murderers to taste decades of potential freedom is repugnant.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

- Mary Wollstonecraft

“Exhibit E” for a Swift and Expanded Implementation of Captial Punishment

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,334818,00.html

LONDON — YouTube is facing criticism for making it too easy for people to upload violent or sexually explicit content to the Internet after a 25-year-old mother was filmed while being raped.

A three-minute video showing the mother sexually assaulted by three boys after her drink had been spiked was uploaded soon after the incident, which took place in November.

In the clip, which was filmed with a mobile phone, the mother appears to be unconscious, with her head lolling from side to side, as she is repeatedly raped. Her 2-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son are heard crying in the background.

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“…the mother appears to be unconscious, with her head lolling from side to side, as she is repeatedly raped. Her 2-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son are heard crying in the background.”

“…the mother appears to be unconscious, with her head lolling from side to side, as she is repeatedly raped. Her 2-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son are heard crying in the background.”

“…the mother appears to be unconscious, with her head lolling from side to side, as she is repeatedly raped. Her 2-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son are heard crying in the background.”

“…the mother appears to be unconscious, with her head lolling from side to side, as she is repeatedly raped. Her 2-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son are heard crying in the background.”

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Did that sink in?

I believe it is important to place oneself in the shoes of the victims and the victims’ loved ones when contemplating the horror of these kinds of crimes and the appropriate punishments. Close your eyes. Picture your daughter/mother/wife/sister being repeatedly raped in the immediate presence of her small children. Picture it, and then tell me a decent and responsible government would allow these perpetrators to continue to draw breath.

And yes, I believe capital punishment is fitting for “boys” of this age (14-16). They were mature enough to drug and rape a woman. They are mature enough to face the appropriate punishment.

 

“Exhibit D” for a Swift and Extended Implementation of Capital Punishment

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331732,00.html

PEORIA, Ill. — A central Illinois couple faces first-degree murder charges in the death of their 5-month-old baby, who was found unresponsive in a car seat that had been placed in a crib.

…police found the infant sitting in his own waste, all the while strapped into the seat which was in a crib.

During the eight days the baby was strapped in the seat, both Hermann and Sargent were home, “playing video games, watching TV, feeding and caring for themselves…”

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“Executing a murderer is the only way to adequately express our horror at the taking of an innocent life. Nothing else suffices. To equate the lives of killers with those of victims is the worst kind of moral equivalency. If capital punishment is state murder, then imprisonment is state kidnapping and restitution is state theft.”

- Don Feder

Well said.

 

“Exhibit C” for a Swift and Expanded Implementation of Capital Punishment

INDIANAPOLIS — Four men were arrested Saturday in connection with the fatal shootings of a baby, a toddler and their mothers while the women held their children in their arms, police said.

Police said Yarrell, her 4-month-old daughter Charlii, Hunt and her 23-month-old son, Jordan, were shot multiple times in the face and torso.

Yarrell and Charlii are pictured above.

Please tell me why these men should live. Justice demands they pay with their lives.

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“Exhibit B” for a Swift and Expanded Implementation of Capital Punishment

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317689,00.html

A man believed to be linked to a 1999 sexual assault in Maryland involving a cattle prod was mistakenly released from prison due to a clerical error…

On Oct. 23, 1999, a masked man forced his way into an apartment and told the woman living there that he would kill her baby if she made any noise. He then forced her to perform a sex act, shocked her with a cattle prod and punched her “numerous times” in the head before fleeing…

 

Unfortunately, Mr. Moore is still at large. If and when he is apprehended, Mr. Moore will not face the death penalty - despite brutally raping a woman with the assistance of a cattle prod. Why?

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Mr. Moore has been apprehended and attempted to kill himself in a Louisiana jail. He is in critical condition.

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“Exhibit A” for a Swift and Expanded Implementation of Capital Punishment

I am preparing a post on the death penalty right now, but couldn’t resist posting this news story from Fox News.

Tillie, who was armed with a handgun, shot Parker in the side of the head and in the arm after Ford stopped for gas, but before he could fire a third shot, Goggins jumped over the seat between her mother and Tillie, begging him to stop, the Detroit News reported. Without hesitation, Tillie reportedly pumped six shots into the child.

The first grader is in stable condition…

Mr. Tillie has inspired me to post these horrendous items whenever I see them as a way to display the sickness of a society that refuses to deal appropriately with those members who exhibit a wanton disregard for human life. Mr. Tillie is “Exhibit A” in the case for a swift and expanded implementation of capital punishment in this nation.

Swift, because Mr. Tillie’s victims should not be required to wait years and decades for justice. I believe a convicted person facing capital punishment should be allotted, at most, 12-18 months for appeal. Those involved in the system know that a death row inmate will string out a series of appeals over several years, not because there is any legitimate belief in innocence or a miscarriage of justice, but merely to postpone the inevitable. A system could be established wherein competent counsel for the convict could put forward every possible and reasonable appeal in one hearing.

Expanded, because I don’t believe premeditated murder is the only crime worthy of execution. Here, for example, Mr. Tillie had every intention of destroying a woman and her young daughter. What sense does it make to award Mr. Tillie with a lesser sentence, because he failed to accomplish his deadly aims? He did, after all, discharge eight rounds at close range into his two victims. His incompetence should not serve as a mitigating factor in his charging or sentencing.

Also, I believe most Americans would consent to executing child rapists and other violent sexual predators. I don’t know where it is written that only those who successfully murder another human being are eligible for execution.

I look forward to the discussions that arise from this series. I am particularly interested in a critique of capital punishment from a Christian/Biblical perspective.

 

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