Supreme Court: Death Penalty by Lethal Injection, Legal.

The U.S. Supreme Court had put a nation-wide halt on capital punishment, for 7 months.

This time, the anti-capital punishmnet crowd - rather than challenge the constitutionality of the death penalty itself - challenged the method of lethal injection, under the constitution.

The Court, in a 7-2 decision, ruled today that lethal injection is a fully legal way to carry out the death penalty.

The court, under President Bush, has been stacked more in a conservative-leaning fashion. Although this is a non-issue when it comes to the death penalty.

Americans, generally, regardless of their political views, are STRONGLY in support of capital punishment. The latest Gallup poll I have seen on this issue, has shown a whopping 70% of Americans support it. Even Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the top Democrats for the Presidency in 2008, support capital punishment.

Virginia has immediately lifted their moratorium on it, along with Mississippi, Oklahoma, and other states, planning to begin scheduling executions again.

Another issue before the top court, is death penalty for child rapists.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351528,00.html

The court seems to be divided, but no ruling has been rendered yet.

Currently, Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, Montana, and Oklahoma have legalized the death penalty for child rapits. Missouri is considering doing the same.

Only Louisiana so far has carried out an execution for a child rapits.


Thoughts?

oh shit .. this mean we cant shoot them ?

Capital punishment means never having to say you're sorry.

I thought it would be a bit closer than 7-2 but the decision was never in doubt the way Bush has stacked the Court.

Child rapist should be shot and pied on.

Capital punishment means that you have done something that isn't eligible for forgiveness by anyone but god.

Yeah. Thank God this is Canada, where wrongly convicted people won't be murdered by the state.

My thoughts are simple: God forgives, but if the crime is serious enough we should put you 6 feet under.

Fixed.

I'd rather kill the fucker then support his ass in jail for 50 years

In the US, it costs more to kill the fucker.

how so?

you have to maintain the building he's in, you have to feed him and clothe him, and take care of his medical and dental needs

appeals, and more appeals, and some more, so therefor a lot of lawyers fees...

Damn Newf, we chose the wrong profession!