First, as you mention in your rant, murders continue to occur despite the possiblity of a death penalty. This is because the death penalty DOES NOT DETER CRIME!

Second, our processes for the death pentalty is more costly than keeping prisoners segregated from society.

Third, our system has hiccups. I’m sure most logical people will admit that the system is falible. Who is going to stand up for you if you are wrongly convicted and sentenced to death? It’s the ACLU and Amnesty International. These agencies are in place not to stand up for the individual’s but for all of our society.

There are trying to do what the courts and legislators will not; impose their minority view upon the rest of us. The people of Maryland want the death penalty, just like those in other states. The ACLU says no, just because your representatives, in effect the people voted for it, that does not make it right.

Look at the Wesley Cook case. Wesley Cook, ok, Mumia Mumbo Jumbo, has gotten so much heat over the years. He is still alive and well in prison because of the ACLU, celebrities, NGOS, and others. He only killed a police officer! The Supreme Court agreed that everything about his trial and sentence was proper, yet he still prevails with help of people like the ACLU. Danny Faulkner was forgotten. No one cares about him and all of the other victims of murder and other heinous crimes.

The really sad thing is that we, the tax payer are stuck with the bill. We have to feed and take care of these criminals until their numerous apeals are exhausted. In many cases, the legal bills are paid for with tax dollars, and human tesources that can be used for other purposes are diverted to defend the death penalty in each and every case.

Many years ago there was a movement in the Criminal Justice world to modify the crimnal codes. One of the reforms was to limit the time, type, and number of appeals in death penalty cases modelled on the United States Code of Military Justice. It was a more efficient model. It died. The legal community, especially the ACLU fought it. It would have severely crippled them. It had nothing to do with rights and everything to do with letting lawyers do what they want.

I am waiting for the ACLU to state that terrorism is a form of expression protected by the First Amendment. This is waht it will take for America to finally say enough!