Thoughts on Justice

In response to Death penalty, who gets it and who doesn't.

I am going to have to side with the Supreme Courts’ majority opinion on this case. I do completely understand the passion that is involved in deciding a case like this. I have a daughter, a sister and a mother, and were someone to rape any of them, I would most definitely want the death penalty for the offender. That said, the law is not supposed to be passionate it is supposed to be blind. Taking a human life, no matter what offense they might have committed, is a grave and serious matter. In this particular case, where one might feel certain that this man is guilty, one might find it easy to decree his execution. Instead, think of a scenario where a man stands accused of a child rape he did not commit. The inflammatory nature of child rape cases often has the accused convicted the instant they are accused. The potential exists that we start to execute innocent people. It is much easier to frame someone for child-rape than it is to frame someone for capital murder. Our system of justice is set up such that we would rather have 10 guilty people walking free than 1 innocent man in prison. It is obvious that the system doesn’t always function as such, but I certainly agree with the philosophy.