"Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.” Antonin “Benito” Scalia expressing the most disgusting thing ever uttered by a Supreme Court Justice
The conservative Supreme Court in deciding to hear the Kentucky Lethal Injection case regarding cruel and unusual punishment has caused many states to stand back and wait before they execute anyone else. Our Governor Perry, our elected prosecutors and judges – whose campaigns to get elected are fixed upon how thirsty they are to kill people – are angry. Here in Dumbass we not only do more executions than most other countries, but it is this county where the vast majority of death sentences are decided. You cannot get on a jury, be a judge or a prosecutor unless you advocate capital punishment. That right there seems to be a bit prejudicial regarding the law.
A few weeks ago we killed three in one week, a banner day for Texans! Executions have become so ubiquitous here since George W. Bush giggled Carla Faye Tucker into the death chamber, one would think The Houston Chronicle would no longer cover them, after all, the same thing happening three times a week isn’t news. But they do cover each one. These front page obits have fallen into a consistent formula. First comes the three names of the executed and the time of death. Then a long piece on the bloody details of the horrendous crime. Next comes the picture and story of the wonderful kind innocent victim, and finally the Christian Kick the surviving family members get out of watching someone put to death. All very Texan to be sure.
Please do not be fooled as to why the Supreme Court – made up now of five conservative followers of Jesus Christ – is going to hear this case. Jesus wants them to codify and federalize the chemical formula so Texas and the other 33 states who use capital punishment as a deterrent – which all have higher murder rates than the 16 which do not – can hurry up the process without so much legal shenanigans going on. Like any good American Christian, the more executions the better, it’s what Jesus would do. More on Death Penalty from Rack Jite