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JY had an interesting discussion the other evening and I’d like your thoughts. At the insistence of my hairdresser, we watched a show on 20/20 about the Menendez trial. As way of background, I did not follow that trial closely. I vaguely remember listening to evening updates on local talk radio. That said, as the […]
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This is what real “hate crimes” legislation and prosecution looks like: “
President Trump did, indeed, double down on 
The President has all the more reason, 
Sounds easy right? Just a boring topic that states the obvious. The problem is, when it comes to the criminal justice system, the mainstream media has, on one hand, created the myth that prison is hell on earth, and, on the other, horribly mislead the public about the death penalty. The prison systems in the United States have been locked in the 1960s liberal fantasy that we can — and, worse, should — always try to rehabilitate career criminals.
A favorite tactic of the anti-death penalty crowd is to reach out to fiscal conservatives and other fiscally-minded people and regurgitate outrageous dollar amounts as evidence that the death penalty “costs” millions of dollars.
I supported the death penalty for many years. It seemed only just that a man convicted of a truly heinous murder deserved death, and therefore the state, reflecting the collective conscience of the community, had the right to avenge the brutal death of a murderer’s victim.