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Food for Thought from Justice Stratton on the Death Penalty. Should We Execute the Mentally Ill? State v. Lang. — 1 Comment

  1. I appreciate the link to your comments
    However, Justice Stratton, while bothered by it, is still authorizing the execution of another human being
    Passing the buck to the legislature “to do something” is not very noteworthy for any of us in the anti-death penalty community who will be attending Mr. Lang’s execution someday nor does it appear that it will be of much comfort to Mr. Lang or his family.

    I am consistently bothered by judges who will only speak the truth about the Death Penalty at the very end of their time on the bench or after leaving the bench. We have friends in the legislature who introduce bills all the time and take tough stances on the issue of the death penalty. Their bills are left to die in committee.

    Maybe if one or more of these judges begins to “dissent” rather than “concur with reservations”, we might get somewhere.