"Serious and maybe disturbing post..." 'Michael Herr' (Aloha Friday)

Renowned author Michael Herr is back on this awesome Aloha Friday talking about the criminal justice system of where he lives in California. It is a criminal justice system and not a victims justice system, so read what Michael has to say!   Make sure and check out Michael's website at; http://www.michaelherr.com/


ALOHA FRIDAY

January 6, 2012

It's Aloha Friday.

SERIOUS, AND MAYBE DISTURBING, POST

Aloha folks. I expect to see some discussion of the death penalty over the next few weeks. See, a guy that a woman in a trailer park asked to baby-sit her young daughter wound up beating the girl to death and then dismembering her.

Now I'm sure it'll take a long time to try this guy . . . despite the mountain of evidence against him. And then it'll take a while for jury to decide on a verdict. And if they do decide to hand down a death sentence, it will take years and years and years, appeal after appeal after appeal before that sentence is finally carried out. And the odds are pretty good that sentence never will be carried out. Instead perhaps some other inmate, repulsed by a child-killer sharing the same jail with him, will use a shiv (look it up) to slash his throat. Or, just as likely, this piece of excrement will live a long life in his cell until natural causes bring about his end. Possibly a heart attack or stroke from eating too well, not getting enough exercise, and drinking too much booze made in his toilet bowl.

Not good enough for me. I am against the death penalty. I think these kind of people should be released. At high noon. On a day when all the police officers in the town have been assigned duties far away from the courthouse. And have been told to keep their communication devices turned off.

Yes. Release this guy at high noon. Publicize his impending release in the paper. Lock the door behind him and pull the shades once he's outside. Maybe even forget to take his leg shackles off before you release him.

If he's truly innocent no one will touch him and he can walk free.

But if he's not innocent, if he did kill this little girl, then perhaps I and a couple of dozen other like-minded citizens will choose to meet him outside the courthouse. We'll welcome him back into the outside world. Just before he leaves it for good.

Yep. I'm against the State carrying out the death penalty. The State takes too long. Leave it to me instead.

Okay folks, see you next week.

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