Scalia: Constitution does not forbid execution of the innocent


	Scalia: Constitution does not forbid execution of the innocent

jklugman

8-17-2009 9:06 PM

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8-17-2009 11:15 PM

masbury

Zounds! I guess that's what they mean when they talk of judges without "empathy," but it scarcely seems wise. Scalia is more interested in following procedure than in pursuing justice. Killing an innocent person is murder regardless whether the person who orders the killing is a mob boss or a federal judge.

Scalia is advocating we turn off our consciences and do whatever the State commands. Forget it.

8-18-2009 12:35 AM

BartendingBear

wordnetweb.princeton.edu defines justice as the quality of being just or fair.

I guess that would make Scalia a Supreme Court Injustice, by definition.

8-18-2009 1:01 AM

zizzy

Protecting the system at all costs.

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