Abolishing death penalty is bad idea
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Editor,
The woman in a recent letters column and 10 “Republicrats” wanting to repeal the death penalty need to get their facts straight. I know two of the testifiers at the hearing wanting repeal, and they are on entitlements and wanted any so-called money saved to go to the victim’s families. That’s your and my tax money, folks. My heart does go out to the grieving victims and also families whose relatives perpetrated the violent crime. Repeal is not justice and shows no mercy to the victims.
I am talking of the violent pre-meditated murderers where there is absolutely no doubt. They are hardened, and some have gone on to commit further murder and rape in prison. I also have two friends who went to Deer Lodge for much lesser crimes, and instead of coming out rehabilitated, came out broken men due to sexual predation by “lifers,” who refer to new prisoners as “fresh meat.”
There is a definite reason for the expense of those on death row. Check with your local vet on the price to put a pet cat or horse down. Between $45 and $150. And the same drug will put a man down, humanely, if that is your concern. A whole box of ammo is around $20. A surge of electricity, no more than your monthly light bill. No, the real reason for the waste is the expense of the ACLU and other lawyers with their endless appeals based on technicalities. A lawyer friend of mine said it is job security, and you may see lawyers on opposing sides having drinks, a fancy meal, or on the golf course together even when they know the prisoner is guilty.
Another question haunts me. Why are so many wanting to abolish the death penalty in favor of aborting innocent little children?
Walter G. Mangels
Polson
