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30 YEARS OF SHAME

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Florida marks the 30 year anniversary of the re-institution of the death penalty. The title of the post links to the Herald's article. John Spenkelink was executed May 25, 1979 for the kind of murder that now-a-days would not come close to meeting the aggravating factors required for the death penalty.Since that infamous day Florida has executed 64 individuals. Who really believes not one of them was innocent? Do we really believe that there is no level of human brutality that merits death as a retribution? No. Indeed Dade has recently convicted several men for a kidnapping, sexual abuse, and execution of a young woman at roadside that by all accounts was so brutal and so terrifying for the victim that execution seems to be a just punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on May 24, 2009 (boomark / email).