Thursday, December 16, 2004

Did you happen to notice?

Well, it looks like the Scott Peterson trial is done for the time being, endless appeals and 600 some odd death row inmates ahead of him in line not withstanding. I've not focused much on trial itself. However, one thing that caught my ear was the comment made by one of the jurors when asked what prompted him to vote for the death penalty. He allowed that the severity of the crime, the fact that he killed his wife and his unborn son, made it particularly egregious and worthy of a sentence of death. So, let me get this straight. If a man kills his unborn son, a boy named Connor, its a homicide worthy of a second degree murder conviction and a contributing factor in assessing a death penalty. Had Lacy Peterson opted to abort this same child, a boy named Connor, she would have had the constitutional right to do so? Huhwuzzat? There is something wrong with a system of justice that allows for that.

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