Government Involvement

Tara attempts to speak for conservatives:

"As conservatives are generally skeptical of government, I find it curious that they generally have no qualms with putting the government in charge of deciding the value of someone's life."

Being a reformed Conservative, I'll attempt to address this point. Of course conservatives are skeptical of government. However, it doesn't mean no government at all. Government is necessary for certain things and enforcing laws and protecting liberties is another one (don't respond to this with any mention of our current president. It's irrelevant to this discussion).

Certain crimes, in my opinion deserve death. On the way to work, I heard of a man who stabbed 5 of his children, killing two and then killed himself. SOB got off easy. I'd have preferred he not even get death and spend life in prison at the mercy of the other prisoners. Call me a bastard. I can live with it.

I don't have a problem with the death penalty being handed out to a criminal convicted by a jury. But since we now have access to DNA evidence, I would be open to extra provisions being necessary for death penalty.

And to balance that, I'd fast track every death penalty appeal. No living for 10-15 years on Death Row waiting for appeals. Fast track it. Either it gets overturned or you get put down.