"Webber October 25th, 2008 2:46 pm

While I dont support the death penalty I wish some people who are so anti-death penalty would extend justice and fairness to members of other species who are innocent and yet tortured and killed in the name of entertainment, science and dietary choice in holocaust by the day numbers. ..."

WHAT I WONDER ABOUT is why animal-lovers always have to confound the wrongs committed against Nature with the crimes committed against people. WE DO NOT have to mix the two up and can address both as needs to be done; without always treating justice for humans as if it's wrong only because wrongs against the rest of nature are committed and inadequately addressed. Iow, stop such [whining]; it's a good idea to stop it!

For Troy Davis, there should not only be a stay; it instead should be a permanent stay. He should be released and set free from the U.S. system of psychological torture, oppression, repression ... of human rights, and so on! PLAIN AND F*CKING SIMPLE! Let the man go and provide him with all due [compensation]; I'll add.

And when the U.S. requires for the Pope and Archbishop Tutu to call for a stay in order for this to be agreed to by the U.S. [government]; the People of the USA should feel extremely [ashamed] that their chosen politicians are as extremely morally DEVOID as they are. I don't know that it's only due to the calls or pleas of these two church figures that the stay was provided, but it's the impression that this relatively cheap Reuters article can leave readers with. Such pleas should be welcome, but I HOPE that the court did not need for these in order to provide the stay; else, the times are most definitely and extremely, totalitarianly, ... DARK for the USA (and the rest of humanity).

Nietzsche

Alan Greenspan was shocked that the investment bankers couldn't regulate themselves. The US courts don't think that witnesses recanting their evidence is grounds for more investigation.
My broker told me last week that the market would adjust itself, just before the big bailout.

Experts are like everybody else. They believe what they want to believe.

While I dont support the death penalty I wish some people who are so anti-death penalty would extend justice and fairness to members of other species who are innocent and yet tortured and killed in the name of entertainment, science and dietary choice in holocaust by the day numbers.

Especially the pro "animal torture for science" people. If you really wanted to find cures for illness you would be the strongest advocates of using convicted criminals for science--it would be better than execution and actually get some good out of it(that is, if you believe that scientists actually can perform miracles through torture-I am inclined to think its mostly a racket to keep them employed. If they were using criminals for research they would have to explain why cures are not so forthcoming).

Using volunteers would also make sense--since we send people to be maimed and killed for ideology, oil, religion-so why not to battle cancer?

And if you feel more compassion for the most despised criminals and less for innocent beings, well that speaks volumes. Warped sense of ethics.

Read Nat Hentoff's article:

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/24-13

(and comments)

All death sentences in the least doubt should be halted indefintely until thoroughly reviewed and litigated. Actually all executions should be straightway halted; an eye for and eye is rather old and barbaric. Aside from that, the United States has killed rather enough people in the past eight years. Maybe then God would stop punishing us with war dead and wounded, high gas and oil prices, inflation, failing businesses, and poor consumer buying, smaller boxes, cans and liquid containers with less in them for two and three times the old prices. Maybe....

Tom Edgar.

Name a country WITHOUT the death penalty. I'll show you a country with a lower crime rate.

Even by its own statistics the U S A admits that 7% of executions are of those who were innocent.

When a State commits Judicially Approved Murder it is guilty of the same crime for which the sentence has been passed.

The U S A is the only "Advanced" nation to retain the death penalty. It wouldn't be able to join the European Union on that score alone. The USA's serious crime rate and incarceration is way ahead of any of the member countries on a per,capita basis.

Capital punishment has NEVER reduced crime. Singapore and Malaysia have the death penalty for possessing small amounts of heroin. They have been Judicially Murdering citizens for many years and still do so, with an ever increasing crime rate. China actually exceeds the U S A in executions. Nice Communist company you keep.

Saudi Arabia has the death penalty for adultery (and allowing yourself to be raped). Guess what?

There is absolutely nothing to be gained by supporting State approved Killings.
Other than of course revenge, and satiating your own blood lust.

tomedgar@halenet.com.au

Hallelujah!

Thanks to all the Democrats, including Obama who've put this issue at the top of their agenda and worked so hard to make this happen.

Ooops, never mind. I was thinking of different Democrats I guess. I forgot that Obama takes the old Republican position of being pro-death penalty.

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"To know, and not to do, is not to know"

Ursa
United States is sounding more and more like the people we criticize. Axis of evil (Russia, China) The media, ABC,NBC,CBS ect) is just a huge propaganda machine. It no longer reports the truth or shows the struggle of ordinary citizen standing up for are constitutional rights.
Why would you proceed to convict someone when theres evidence that can prove his innocence -There is no real freedom
The only reason this was delayed was because of the possble protest that was planned (Cheers to the citizen's that ban together for real change)In 25 day's this will be the same issue.
Troy Davis deserves a new trial and are justice system should be admonished.

One of the most important reasons for abolishing the death penalty is the fact that innocent people are sometimes executed. And even if you believe that execution is an appropriate punishment for certain crimes, it most certainly is imposed disproportionately on minorities and the poor.

Thank you Amnesty International, and all the lawyers, reporters, media, and supporters that are involved.