Wow. Tookie.

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Originally Posted by Beestie

The sympathy for the perpetrator I see in this thread is mind-numbing. Its as though the pile of corpses and ruined lives are a sunk cost and don't factor into the evaluation.

It not just the unrepentant violence that causes me to question his supporters. It is also what he did. He co-authored some books. So what? Why does that prove repentance? I just don't see quantitative reasons that would justify actions by CA's governor.

That capital punishment is wrong because it is too often applied erroneously - now that would be a logical reason. But erroneous prosecution is not being claimed. Somehow because he wrote children's books, that somehow says he is reformed. Woefully too little too late to validate such reasoning. So what am I missing? Where is a signficant fact that would justify a change in sentencing?