WeatherGirl’s Station

We're back from Blighty, regular life has recommenced. Our favourite alternative student radio station is still KUMM. To listen to the live feed online visit them at kumm.org. Phi and I have a show Sundays from Noon to 2pm CST and Sub Evil Boy is on air 8am - 10am CST Sunday.
Villiany wears many masks, none of which are more dangerous than virtue. Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow(1999)

1/3/2005

A little good news …

Filed under: — WeatherGirl @ 10:17 am

… for once on the death penalty. The US Supreme Court has ruled that it is ‘cruel and unusual’ to execute 16 and 17 year olds. For a little more detail check out this article.

Must say I’m surprised given the support for punitive punishment over here. Let’s hope we can keep moving in this direction and remove the death penalty permanently. It doesn’t work as a deterrent, it’s applied in a discriminatory way and the risk of killing an innocent person is too high to justify its use. (The US Supreme Court has actually said that innocence is not a good enough reason to challenge a conviction.)

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