Comments on: The Clemency Hearing notice never tells the story…the death of Sohail Darwish http://glasscityjungle.com/wordpress/2009/12/the-clemency-hearing-notice-never-tells-the-story-the-death-of-sohail-darwish/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:25:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tim Higgins http://glasscityjungle.com/wordpress/2009/12/the-clemency-hearing-notice-never-tells-the-story-the-death-of-sohail-darwish/#comment-347607 Tim Higgins Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:09:14 +0000 http://glasscityjungle.com/wordpress/?p=10873#comment-347607 I am often unsure about the death penalty as punishment. The process is so convoluted and endless that the threat of death as punishment is mostly mitigated to potential perpetrators. That being said, it is the law of the land currently. I hope that every means available is used to determine the guilt or innocence of criminals. I hope that good judgment is used by prosecutors in asking for this penalty and by jurors in exercising it. I do not believe that religious conversion in jail, remorse in the face of death, or watching a movie are an excuse however. Neither is paranoia an excuse for entering upon the original criminal act. It was not an accident that the original crime was perpetrated or that it was done with a gun. Neither is bad aim an excuse once the trigger is pulled. Unless or until the law is changed, it must be served. (BTW, great research on this LisaRenee.) I am often unsure about the death penalty as punishment. The process is so convoluted and endless that the threat of death as punishment is mostly mitigated to potential perpetrators.

That being said, it is the law of the land currently. I hope that every means available is used to determine the guilt or innocence of criminals. I hope that good judgment is used by prosecutors in asking for this penalty and by jurors in exercising it.

I do not believe that religious conversion in jail, remorse in the face of death, or watching a movie are an excuse however. Neither is paranoia an excuse for entering upon the original criminal act.

It was not an accident that the original crime was perpetrated or that it was done with a gun. Neither is bad aim an excuse once the trigger is pulled.

Unless or until the law is changed, it must be served.

(BTW, great research on this LisaRenee.)

]]> By: TPD http://glasscityjungle.com/wordpress/2009/12/the-clemency-hearing-notice-never-tells-the-story-the-death-of-sohail-darwish/#comment-347422 TPD Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:30:22 +0000 http://glasscityjungle.com/wordpress/?p=10873#comment-347422 Do the crime, accept the punishment. There are always going to be doubts at a trial but this seems pretty cut and dried. He's had 10 extra years. The victim died in 1993, let justice be served. And I'm sure that he's behaving in jail and sees the errors of his ways now. Too late. TPD Do the crime, accept the punishment. There are always going to be doubts at a trial but this seems pretty cut and dried. He’s had 10 extra years. The victim died in 1993, let justice be served.

And I’m sure that he’s behaving in jail and sees the errors of his ways now. Too late.

TPD

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