dear god, you are an aweful liar.
then again so am i. should i want you to think that everything is alright, or should i let you know that everything has turned to shit? which would hurt you most?
i think i'm going to mexico...where are you now?
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Senator Russell Feingold
517 E. Wisconsin Ave, Room 408
Milwaukee, WI 53202-4504
Dear Senator Feingold:
I would like to applaud you for your recent activity regarding legislature on the death penalty. I am pleased that a senator of my state would take action regarding such a noble cause. I think the death penalty is a barbaric practice that has no place in a democratic nation like ours.
However, after reading the letters you’ve written to President Clinton, I would like to offer up a few suggestions. Rather than alter the process, I would like to see total abolition of the practice, as it is a cruel (and often times, unfair) punishment. Governmentally sanctioned killing should be unconstitutional. An inmate on death row is fully aware of his or her fate. It is inevitable that they are going to die by the hands of the law. Wouldn’t that impose unfathomable mental anguish upon an individual? What about the 8th amendment? Is the death penalty not cruel and unusual punishment?
Not only is cruel, the death penalty is ineffective and unjust. Take for example Juan Raul Garza of Brownsville, Texas. Garza was the first person ever to be execution under the federal Anti-Drug Abuse Act since the law’s introduction in 1988. Garza was tried and convicted for several murders that occurred in a marijuana-smuggling ring in Mexico. Though he should have been punished somehow, Garza’s trial was unjust. He was tried in the U.S for crimes committed on foreign soil and more importantly by a misinformed jury. The jury was under the impression that Garza would be free after a minimal period if he was not sentenced to death; they were not aware that there was possibility for a life sentence without parole. Garza was executed on June 19th, 2001, on the same table as Timothy McVeigh. whose was the first federal execution since the reintroduction of the death penalty.
Something needs to be done. America is known for it’s merciless death sentences, being one of few nations to permit execution of mentally ill and retarded people. Also, we are one of 6 countries in the entire world to execute child offenders. Since 1997 there have been 10 known executions of child offenders worldwide, 8 of which occurred in the U.S. There are also major inequalities regarding the death penalty including racial (most inmates are minorities), social (lower-class who are appointed attorneys), and geographical (more executions occur in the south than anywhere else) issues that prove the punishment is not fair.
This cruel practice needs to stop. The death penalty is not something that can be revised into a more effectual policy. It is ineffectual, cruel and unjust. Although I appreciate your efforts, I must plead that you help do away with this archaic display. People’s lives are at stake. Appeal to the nation and do your part to help put an end to this cruel practice.
If you find the time, I would be interested to hear from you. Once again, I greatly appreciate your efforts toward this noble cause and would like to thank you for your time.
Yours sincerely,
Rosy Ricks
517 E. Wisconsin Ave, Room 408
Milwaukee, WI 53202-4504
Dear Senator Feingold:
I would like to applaud you for your recent activity regarding legislature on the death penalty. I am pleased that a senator of my state would take action regarding such a noble cause. I think the death penalty is a barbaric practice that has no place in a democratic nation like ours.
However, after reading the letters you’ve written to President Clinton, I would like to offer up a few suggestions. Rather than alter the process, I would like to see total abolition of the practice, as it is a cruel (and often times, unfair) punishment. Governmentally sanctioned killing should be unconstitutional. An inmate on death row is fully aware of his or her fate. It is inevitable that they are going to die by the hands of the law. Wouldn’t that impose unfathomable mental anguish upon an individual? What about the 8th amendment? Is the death penalty not cruel and unusual punishment?
Not only is cruel, the death penalty is ineffective and unjust. Take for example Juan Raul Garza of Brownsville, Texas. Garza was the first person ever to be execution under the federal Anti-Drug Abuse Act since the law’s introduction in 1988. Garza was tried and convicted for several murders that occurred in a marijuana-smuggling ring in Mexico. Though he should have been punished somehow, Garza’s trial was unjust. He was tried in the U.S for crimes committed on foreign soil and more importantly by a misinformed jury. The jury was under the impression that Garza would be free after a minimal period if he was not sentenced to death; they were not aware that there was possibility for a life sentence without parole. Garza was executed on June 19th, 2001, on the same table as Timothy McVeigh. whose was the first federal execution since the reintroduction of the death penalty.
Something needs to be done. America is known for it’s merciless death sentences, being one of few nations to permit execution of mentally ill and retarded people. Also, we are one of 6 countries in the entire world to execute child offenders. Since 1997 there have been 10 known executions of child offenders worldwide, 8 of which occurred in the U.S. There are also major inequalities regarding the death penalty including racial (most inmates are minorities), social (lower-class who are appointed attorneys), and geographical (more executions occur in the south than anywhere else) issues that prove the punishment is not fair.
This cruel practice needs to stop. The death penalty is not something that can be revised into a more effectual policy. It is ineffectual, cruel and unjust. Although I appreciate your efforts, I must plead that you help do away with this archaic display. People’s lives are at stake. Appeal to the nation and do your part to help put an end to this cruel practice.
If you find the time, I would be interested to hear from you. Once again, I greatly appreciate your efforts toward this noble cause and would like to thank you for your time.
Yours sincerely,
Rosy Ricks
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