Texas decides that having a last meal of your choice gives walking dead too much privilege. They’ve now abolished the last meal.
Here are the last meals of some of the more famous killers. I didn’t know they could get booze.
Addendum: Through Calitics, I learned of an effort to put an initiative on the California ballot to ban the death penalty. They call themselves “Taxpayers for Justice.” But if their wording is accurate, it looks like Californians are more hawkish on punishment issues than ever. The first two paragraphs:
September 22, 2011 – A new pollreleased Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) showed 54% of Californians prefer life imprisonment with no possibility of parole, with only 39% preferring the death penalty.
The PPIC report shows a clear preference for life in prison with no chance of parole for all adults across the state. Support was strongest among residents of Los Angeles (62%), Latinos (67%), and California residents under 35.
I mean, life in prison with no chance of parole for all adults across the state? That’s tough! I guess the rest of us would at least prefer that a crime be committed first.
The bill is SB 490.
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September 22, 2011 at 6:07 pm
'Blunt
Texanistan never fails to disgust me….here’s wishing they secede and take Kansanistan with them.
September 22, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Anonymous
You little lefties are just so clever! Here’s one ….. here’s wishing Blunt goes and plays on the 405 in rushhour!
September 23, 2011 at 7:11 am
Joel Mielke
When is Texas going to execute a corporation? They’re people, and they commit crimes.
September 23, 2011 at 8:14 am
Eric Kirk
There is an idea floating around about a corporate death penalty.
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=1810
http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2010/05/halliburton-bp-it-time-corporate-death-penalty
September 23, 2011 at 9:12 am
moviedad
Hi, “Little Lefty” here…This latest murder by the state demonstrates what a Texas Judge said a few years back when another innocent man was trying to get his execution stayed. It went something like: “…the guilt or innocence of the defendant has no bearing on his case.”
I’m sure a lawyer could make sense out of that statement. I think the defense was using “procedural” issues to free his client after the court refused to release him based on his exoneration by DNA evidence.
I think the man was finally released but you get the picture.
All the wars and problems associated with rebellion come from the same root; injustice. Injustice completely undermines the legitimacy of the government.
It wasn’t a proven fact that this man was innocent; but there was enough evidence to have new trial. But they’re playing politics. and they don’t mind killing another black man to prove they’re cold-blooded enough for the “Traitor’s Tea-Party” But we all know which black man they really want to kill…..
September 23, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Not A Native
Off Topic,
The deliberations at the UN with regard to Israel/Palestine and the speech by Ahmadinejad should be of interest to local self declared progressives.
And even the recent media flurry about Obama losing the “Jewish vote” (though its difficult for me to understand why less than 2% of the population is a bellwether of anything).
Eric , what are your self declared opinions?