9/7/2023 0 Comments Mike pence count dooku![]() ![]() Pace Michael Dukakis, would I feel differently if, say, my wife were subjected to outrage and death? Of course: that is the human condition, and that is why we disallow direct personal vengeance in favor of a system of law. Those victims must draw whatever solace they may from the state's punishment, as inflicted on the state's behalf. It so perfectly encapsulates my thoughts I will excerpt it here: In America, our criminal law as inherited from England - and specifically embodied in the concept of the "King's peace" - is not meant to provide direct recompense to a victim, or an indirect victim, by means of the suffering of the criminal. ![]() Josh Trevino as posted over a Hugh Hewitt's site an very good bit about the execution of tyrants from the perspective of someone who is against the death penalty.
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