Comment Approved: So, this isn't really what this rule is for. Almond is advocating for, what appears to be, public execution for murderers. That's not really the same as calling for murder. It's actually advocating for a judicial killing, as the result of a crime, but in a public space.
Which, by the way, most executions still are open to the public.
Which, by the way, most executions still are open to the public.
All judicial killings must be open to the public. To do otherwise allows the government to kill without the knowledge or consent of the government, in secret. That is a fundamental aspect of tyranny, and it is to be avoided.
There is room to argue whether a just government is possible, or whether any government can have the moral authority to kill one of its own citizens, but that executions must be open to the public (if they are performed) should be inarguable.
The three-strikes law championed by Clinton came about because judges were being too lenient on career criminal blacks. It was an enforcement problem where the law was selectively applied way back then.
Equal application should be unerodably entrenched in constitutional law, and the fact it isn't is an enormous oversight.
There should be an equity of outcomes for killers in the court room.
... at the wall, or in the town square.
I like the way you think.
Comment Reported for: Rule 2 - Violent Speech
Comment Approved: So, this isn't really what this rule is for. Almond is advocating for, what appears to be, public execution for murderers. That's not really the same as calling for murder. It's actually advocating for a judicial killing, as the result of a crime, but in a public space.
Which, by the way, most executions still are open to the public.
All judicial killings must be open to the public. To do otherwise allows the government to kill without the knowledge or consent of the government, in secret. That is a fundamental aspect of tyranny, and it is to be avoided.
There is room to argue whether a just government is possible, or whether any government can have the moral authority to kill one of its own citizens, but that executions must be open to the public (if they are performed) should be inarguable.
The three-strikes law championed by Clinton came about because judges were being too lenient on career criminal blacks. It was an enforcement problem where the law was selectively applied way back then.