A Kansas City elected official could temporarily stop Missouri State sanctioned killing by way of controversial drug cocktails obtained via sketchy methods along with some of the horrific problems that have arrisen during the recent spike in executions.
Here's the story:
Northeast News: MO House Rep. John Rizzo filed a bill to create a task force evaluating the death penalty and halting executions until at least January 2018.
Deets:
"In the bill by Rep. John Rizzo, D-Kansas City, a task force on the death penalty would be established in the Office of the Administration. The task force must consist of: two members from the House of Representatives and two members from the Senate, with each chamber providing one member from each political party; two members of the Missouri Assessment Team on the Death Penalty; a judge; a county prosecutor; a criminal defense attorney, a state public defender; and the Attorney General or his or her designee. The task force would also need to elect a chairperson."
In a Red State this is a long shot but something that's worth considering given the disparity that persists amid the prison industrial complex and among victims of state sanctioned executions.
Capital Punishment is murder.
ReplyDeleteThe pain and suffering the victim and their families go through is more important to me than how you or the killer feels about whether they are comfortable as the punishment is being administered.
ReplyDeleteI think Rep. Bleeding Heart should have to review crime photos and evidence and speak with the families of the murdered, raped, tortured, abused victim. Talk to them and see if you can utter the words of how you feel a moral obligation for the murderer's comfort and feelings.
I am as liberal as they come except for being Pro-Life (for babies not monsters)and I support the Death Penalty.
Rizzo is a flake crook. Byron is a thief sheepshagger.
ReplyDeleteThere are reasons to oppose capital punishment. Sadly, Johnny Joe has chosen the least intellectually interesting argument. The link at the bottom of the post hints at the real problem: the propensity of prosecutors to hold back evidence and offer outright lies in order to obtain convictions. As long as prosecutors use the office as a stepping stone to positions of greater power, state sanctioned executions will always be flawed.
ReplyDeleteThe answer, of course, is to privatize prosecution. The government, like in all matters, tends to fuck things up.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to "Thou shall not kill"? I guess state sanctioned murder is fine and dandy.
ReplyDeleteI think God meant to say "unless you kill then all bets are off"
ReplyDeleteJust another stall tactic
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