Capital Punishment

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by Lady Sidhe
But I don't think that just because you're poor or a minority that you should be afforded special privileges. If you did something to warrant the death penalty, you should pay the price. Just because you're poor or a minority doesn't mean you aren't dangerous. I'm poor, AND I'm a minority (I'm a po' female native American). Just because so-and-so had a good lawyer who got him off doesn't change the fact that YOU'RE guilty. We shouldn't let one murderer go free just because we didn't get a conviction on another...

Everyone should have the right to an attorney that will be truly involved in their case, that will truly fight for their client, rather than that client being just another file folder in a drawer. I don't think it's an issue of special privileges.

I believe we need to take a more comprehensive look at why the poor and minorities are targets of the death penalty. However, that is not going to be easy...there are a lot of issues involved (social, economic, behavioral, etc.).