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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (53960)	8/7/2002 2:58:03 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Whatever one's position on the death penalty, I think there can be broad agreement that the legal environment of the death penalty is a quagmire. The SC keeps changing its mind and its ground. They refuse to declare the death penalty to be cruel and unusual, but they keep reinterpreting what is and isn't permitted to the states. The result is a very expensive and resource-consuming mess. Which perhaps is what anti-death-penalty advocates want, since it gives them the ability to argue the same basic points over and over and over. IMO, we need a clear and definitive decision on when the death penalty is and when it is not permitted, and if it's going to be permitted, write clear rules and get on with it.