[kentbrookug]

Greetings and Felicitations,

Regardless of what you may have seen in "The Fugitive" or "The Shawshank Redemption", those on Death Row are not there by accident.

Even those that have been cleared of a particular crime, are usually involved in others that they never answer for. A rapist is usually not caught, convicted and sent away for his first rape. He is usually not even caught for his first couple of rapes.

Tookie is a good example, as he co-founded the Crips, which makes him partially responsible for every single murder perpetrated by that gang, and also all the collateral damage that gang violence, murder, drugs and crime have brought to many innocent people. He could easily be tagged as the Twentieth Century's Typhoid Mary, bringing death to places it had no business being. He created a scourge that we are still fighting. He is beyond redemption and beyond rehabilitation.

Bring on the needle, it's much more humane than he deserves.

Quite the contrast to my sig, isn't it?

This argument is strange. Does this mean those involved in the drug business should be put to death because someone dies from using, say, Vioxx? They released the drug knowing the side effects and intentionally chose profit over morality.

Your argument that he created the Crips is true. However, he did not create gangs. Gangs have been around for many a year. Birmingham, Alabama was rife with gang activity during the 1980's long before he had anything to do with it. The stories of the time were full of people insisting that America was doomed because the streets would be taken over by gangs.

The difference between you and I is that I believe that everyone can be redeemed. They might not be fit to be released into the general population but that does not mean they cannot be redeemed.

Sincerely Yours,
C. David Neely