formerly present wrote:
1. I don't think the state should be in the business of taking life.
2. It's much cheaper--like an order of magnitude cheaper--to keep this asshole alive and imprisoned for 70 years, compared to the *total* cost to execute him.
3. I want his punishment to last and last and last.
4. I want him NOT to be a martyr. Anyone heard much about this guy lately?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_SirhanHe's been in jail for going-on a half-century now, and most of the last few decades he's been anonymous--just another felon who's been prevented from hurting the general public and from reproducing himself (the two main benefits of imprisonment).
When we give them publicity and pay them attention, the terrorists win--those are *exactly* what they're after.
What's with this abstract concept of "Martyrdom" that Obama and the Left seem so fixated on? Is it yet another example of the mental contortions required for one to be a believer in liberal doctrine?
I have yet to see any concrete examples of harm that resulted in the killing of a member of radical Islam. Those crazy muzzies will come up with literally any excuse to blow up a few hundred people. They don't give a **** whether there's a "martyr" to rally around or not.
Just kill him.