Re: Arnold Denies Tookie
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While I'm certainly very anti-death penalty, I don't get why everyone is so concerned with trying to get this guy off.
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I think this case calls the very morality and effectiveness of the death penalty into question. Should be a prime example of why you are anti-death penalty.
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A quadruple murderer who, in spite of evidence, maintains innnocence and claims to have been reformed at the same time (who is also indirectly responsible for the havoc caused by the Crips) is basically one of those cases where as long as the DP is in place, it's an easy decision.
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No matter what his crimes, the decision to put him to death should never be "easy", Schwarzenegger even said as much. To say that neither the work since he's been in prison nor the future work he could've done mean anything is being very shortsighted.
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Not to be prickish about it, but I doubt that California sentencing guidelines take future work done in prison into account. If he's innocent, that's one thing. But all the children's books in the world don't invalidate the fact that four people lost their lives in a malicious act by this man.
I believe that he can find redemption for his soul. I believe in forgiveness. But, that doesn't mean he's off the hook, or that he didn't do the things that got him there in the first place. In a sense, this is the broken window fallacy converted into human form.
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