Murdaugh's crimes were death penalty eligible. Mercifully, it was not sought.
That mercy is not, in my view, to Murdaugh.
Putting this defendant to death serves no one. The judge, in pronouncing sentence, told him he was certain his wife and son would visit him every night as he fell asleep in prison, with no hope of freedom.
I think that judge's pronouncement makes clear the error in the death penalty. It is too kind to the criminal. It allows them to escape their crimes.
All that said, on purely moral grounds, I am unequivocally opposed to the death penalty in any and all cases.
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Let's end the
RED of blood running in the streets from traffic stops and people brandishing sandwiches, the
WHITE supremacy ethnic cleansing of people of color,
AND BLUE invisible shield of protection for cops who cause wrongful deaths and torture.
I saw an earlier article on the death penalty and Murdoch
WHAT? I just misplaced my reading glasses.
Had an evil thought. But I am also totally opposed to the death penalty.
However ...
I believe we are finally recognizing that the application of the death penalty is unfairly racist in certain states where it's still allowed. Rather than applying the death penalty in the hugely disproportionate way in black vs. white convictions, I believe we have the moral calling to banish the blind misuse altogether.
This is the 21st Century, and it's time we abolished the death penalty. I don't see how politics should even enter into this question. We claim to be civilized and educated, moral and "Christian," so why should it be necessary for the government to kill anyone? If the government has the power to legally kill citizens, who gets to decide which citizens should be killed?
