by Diane on March 14, 2011
Time to Re-Think?
I
’m against the death penalty.
Until I’m not.
Mention a criminal who has sexually abused or murdered a child and I waver. Show me a terrorist who wants to kill Americans because we don’t share his religion and I vacillate. Catch a stone cold cop killer and I think if we don’t punish the murderer to the fullest we allow the very fabric of our nation’s security to unravel.
Yet, with all that said, there seems to be a built in contradiction to killing a killer, don’t you think? [click to continue…]
by Diane on March 15, 2010
Keep the Doors Closed!
Well, that didn’t take long.
And, it certainly didn’t take an Einstein to figure out that in our rush to balance budgets by granting early parole or release to thousands of convicts wasn’t such a great idea. And it sure isn’t saving the money proponents predicted.
Several states embraced the theory that they could save millions of dollars every year by paring down their prison population. They’ve quickly come to realize some things just can’t be measured by money. Like public safety – and [click to continue…]
