One of the things that most disturbs me about the case in Georgia is the standard set in the appeal-- he was expected to prove his innocence, not that he was not guilty, which is the usual burden of proof. When that is the standard for a death penalty case? 
Rothgo, I think you've hit on one of the problems with this as a political issue (rather than a moral one). Arguing against the death penalty for a child rapist is asking for political trouble. "He supports_____!" I can see the headlines.
I suppose, though, that would reveal some of the differences between real conviction, which I certainly don't expect in contemporary American politics, and political pragmatism or even self-preserving cynicism, which I do.
The worst are those who are now trying to advance political careers on the backs of the executed. With all of the posturing about justice for victims, such people are actually victimizing doubly. f-ing hypocrites, indeed, Wanderlust.

Rothgo, I think you've hit on one of the problems with this as a political issue (rather than a moral one). Arguing against the death penalty for a child rapist is asking for political trouble. "He supports_____!" I can see the headlines.
I suppose, though, that would reveal some of the differences between real conviction, which I certainly don't expect in contemporary American politics, and political pragmatism or even self-preserving cynicism, which I do.
The worst are those who are now trying to advance political careers on the backs of the executed. With all of the posturing about justice for victims, such people are actually victimizing doubly. f-ing hypocrites, indeed, Wanderlust.
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