Comments on: The Unnecessary Execution of Jose Ernesto Medellin http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/the-unnecessary-execution-of-jose-ernesto-medellin/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:58:56 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tony Tedeschi http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/the-unnecessary-execution-of-jose-ernesto-medellin/#comment-28133 Tony Tedeschi Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:28:44 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2481#comment-28133 Maybe we should have released him so he could kill again on the streets, locked him up for life so he could kill in prison an cost hundreds of thousands to house? ---He who lives by the sword dies by the sword, this scumbag is in hell where he belongs get of your high horse you moron!!! Maybe we should have released him so he could kill again on the streets, locked him up for life so he could kill in prison an cost hundreds of thousands to house? —He who lives by the sword dies by the sword, this scumbag is in hell where he belongs get of your high horse you moron!!!

]]> By: Natchal http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/the-unnecessary-execution-of-jose-ernesto-medellin/#comment-27998 Natchal Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:47:03 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2481#comment-27998 I hope the executions of the others who were senteced to death follow.If we had the death penalty up here in canada I believe alot less of the murders that are committed here would happen.May the 2 younge beautiful ladies rest in peace and may their killers rot in hell I hope the executions of the others who were senteced to death follow.If we had the death penalty up here in canada I believe alot less of the murders that are committed here would happen.May the 2 younge beautiful ladies rest in peace and may their killers rot in hell

]]> By: Brian Koontz http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/the-unnecessary-execution-of-jose-ernesto-medellin/#comment-26011 Brian Koontz Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:52:43 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2481#comment-26011 The Death Penalty is the most overrated issue, by far, of the left. By means of the death penalty the American state kills 60 people per year. This is a miniscule fraction of the deaths caused by the foreign policy of that same American state. It's also a miniscule fraction of the suffering caused by the American state upon the American people. To make matters even worse, the common alternative, *even proposed by the left*, is indefinite incarceration in place of murder. Nevermind that life in jail, many conclude, is worse than being killed at the hands of the state. This issue should be an utter embarrassment to the left, yet groupthink has seized control and refuses to let go. Whether or not the American state sentences 60 people to death a year rather than jail them for the rest of their lives is not worthy of a fraction of the time and interest the left gives it. What should take more of the focus is the prison system itself, in terms of being a means for the state to terrorize the population. The prison system needs to be phased out and replaced by one that cares for all people, and enables people to lead healthy productive lives and to avoid pathologies. If those pathologies cannot be avoided, then they need to be removed from society, but in such a fashion that is non-abusive. The Death Penalty is the most overrated issue, by far, of the left.

By means of the death penalty the American state kills 60 people per year. This is a miniscule fraction of the deaths caused by the foreign policy of that same American state.

It’s also a miniscule fraction of the suffering caused by the American state upon the American people.

To make matters even worse, the common alternative, *even proposed by the left*, is indefinite incarceration in place of murder. Nevermind that life in jail, many conclude, is worse than being killed at the hands of the state.

This issue should be an utter embarrassment to the left, yet groupthink has seized control and refuses to let go.

Whether or not the American state sentences 60 people to death a year rather than jail them for the rest of their lives is not worthy of a fraction of the time and interest the left gives it.

What should take more of the focus is the prison system itself, in terms of being a means for the state to terrorize the population. The prison system needs to be phased out and replaced by one that cares for all people, and enables people to lead healthy productive lives and to avoid pathologies. If those pathologies cannot be avoided, then they need to be removed from society, but in such a fashion that is non-abusive.

]]> By: Danny Ray http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/the-unnecessary-execution-of-jose-ernesto-medellin/#comment-26006 Danny Ray Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:02:41 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2481#comment-26006 I agree with Mr. Joad, What should the author reccomend be done with a predatory killer? I am glad he is dead, that the State of Texas did its duty. And most of all I am glad he will not ever be on my street. left or right an outlaw is an outlaw, And thats just what the name implies someone who has done some so bad they are now OUT SIDE the law. I agree with Mr. Joad, What should the author reccomend be done with a predatory killer?
I am glad he is dead, that the State of Texas did its duty. And most of all I am glad he will not ever be on my street.
left or right an outlaw is an outlaw, And thats just what the name implies someone who has done some so bad they are now OUT SIDE the law.

]]> By: Al http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/the-unnecessary-execution-of-jose-ernesto-medellin/#comment-25996 Al Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:06:47 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2481#comment-25996 Typical brain dead American asshole! Typical brain dead American asshole!

]]> By: Tom Joad http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/the-unnecessary-execution-of-jose-ernesto-medellin/#comment-25993 Tom Joad Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:20:20 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2481#comment-25993 Two teenaged girls raped and murdered while walking home through a park. I'm glad to hear this creep is dead. "If you're looking for sympathy, it's in the dictionary in between shit and syphilis" Two teenaged girls raped and murdered while walking home through a park.

I’m glad to hear this creep is dead.

“If you’re looking for sympathy, it’s in the dictionary in between shit and syphilis”

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