This week's "The View From BGSU's University Hall" is a very interesting one. Jack Ford suggests taking a close look at both Blackwell and Strickland's position on Capital Punishment.
As always I recommend reading the entire article but here is one particular part I found of interest:
In Ohio, we have the sixth most populated death row in the country with the 195 inmates on death row. There are 96 black males on death row.
Joe Clark may speak on the matter from the grave. Clark was the fellow who was recently executed but only after a botched first attempt. It was surprising that the execution screw-up did not result in a hue and cry over cruel and unusual punishment. How long does it take for a botched execution to rise to the level of being cruel and unusual?
Now, it has been pointed out that Clark took a life himself in a cruel way when he committed murder but that does not give the state license to do anything less than to dispatch him in a quick and effective manner.
Also worth checking out is this La Prensa interview with Lourdes Santiago.
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The trouble with Lourdes is that she has a difficult time being true to her word. I understand that she did not want the council appointment and told Bob Vasquez that same thing.
Of course, she changed her tune when Carty called and reminded her that her council seat would be a great stepping stone to the judgeship that really tugs at her heart.
"I have completely (once again) missed something here...."
Kate- most of what Lisa printed was of Ford; at the bottom of the article was a link to the Santiago story.
Kate, sorry for any confusion - I wanted to list both in the title since I was pointing out two articles.
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Kate,
Watch out for the politcos that use education in their campaign platform but have no responsibilty or authority over our schools, that includes council, mayor, commissioner, etc.
If Ohio is sixth in its number of death row inmates, it means that Ohio isn’t very good at the swift and certain delivery of justice…
Regarding cruel and unusual punishment:
How could one even consider “cruel” the application of the death penalty to someone, for killing another? And unusual??? When you execute someone, they are supposed to die. Sometimes, if it takes a little longer (say 15 - 20 years, as with the countless appeals), I think you get my drift.
The State, being comprised of people, don’t always do things as quickly/efficiently as they should. Maybe killers should factor that into their decision making processes, before killing their victims.
Kate,
”If a politician talks about lower taxes and the office they are campaigning for offers no capacity for them to have any control over that issue - I'm writing them off.”
Good point!
However, do you feel the same way about politicians that talk about “creating” jobs?
To my knowledge, businesses, not politicians create jobs. The only way that I know of that a politician can “create” a job is by taking the money for that job out of OUR pockets…
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