Well after five long months we finally have a verdict. Scot Peterson is GUILTY as charged. Personal foul, fifteen yards, double homicide, the referees converge and watch the replay. Folks this could carry the death penalty. The kick is up and it’s good!

Ok the angel on my shoulder is telling me I’m wrong for trivializing capitol punishment and a murder trial by using a football sketch. Sorry, but I don’t see what’s taking so long.
If you haven’t figured it out yet …. Yes, I’m all for the death penalty. Pull the switch; push the plunger, what ever it takes. If you can’t find a volunteer, my number is in the phone book.

You see, I don’t buy in to the argument that death is not a deterrent to crime. Even if you could convince me that it’s not (don’t even try … it won’t work) I know for a fact that it will put a stop to that one person’s deviant activities. They will not be “paroled for good behavior” we don’t have to worry about them breaking out of prison, and we (the honest tax payer and generally good citizen) don’t have to pay to feed and house them for the rest of their undeserved lives.

Any more arguments? I thought so. Yes, every once in a while, we’ll get a truly innocent person. Well that is a harsh reality. But really, how many on death row don’t deserve to be there? I believe that the justice system errors to the side of the guilty more often than to the innocent. Most federal prisoners have better living conditions than most soldiers do, and have far more rights. But, since I am drawing a comparison to the military, I’ve got to say “in a war on crime there are going to be some casualties.” It’s just a matter of how can we minimize collateral damage, and how far are we willing to go to protect our families.

I’m not advocating a lynch party here, but if you murder and your convicted you should pay the ultimate price, not for vengeance but for the safety of the rest of society.

I just get tired of hearing how it’s not the criminal’s fault, or how it’s not fair because the policeman might have stuttered when he read them their rights.
My six year old already has a pretty good grasp on what’s right and what’s wrong and even though she doesn’t always make the right choices, I can see on her face, and in her eyes that there is a struggle going on inside even though she doesn’t know she’s caught yet. So, no matter whether criminals know and chose not to acknowledge it or they don’t have that moral compass that guides the rest of us, they obviously can’t function within a normal society and need to be surgically removed.
All life is precious, but when vicious predators slaughter sheep they have earned their extermination.