Re: CAPITOL PUNISHMENT
If you can guarantee that you have the right guy, the crime is heinous enough, and the DP is applied fairly (regardless of race and geography), I'm for it. However, our criminal justice system is a construct of humans, thus it has built-in imperfections.
Moreover, statistics show that the DP is assessed disproportionately against blacks and hispanics. Finally, a capital murder committed in Los Angeles is much less likely to garner a DP than one that is committed in DP central (Houston). Because we can't always guarantee that we have the right guy, and because the DP is NOT applied fairly, I guess I'm out. . . .