Comments on: Prosecutor to Seek Death For David Ludwig

By: Abdul

Abdul — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:20:53 +0000

You wrote that this 18 year old will be thirty before he gets the death penalty (assuming that he gets that sentence). You’re wrong. He’ll probably die of old age.

Pennsylvania has only executed 4 people since 1976, and all of them gave up their appeals and asked for the end to come. The courts bend over backwards to avoid handing down a death penalty here. It’s like an unofficial moratorium.

By: Ray Phelps

Ray Phelps — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:15:28 +0000

I’m waiting to see if Mike Farrell will ask clemency for the murderers of James Byrd. I know, not gonna happen.

By: Norma

Norma — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:58:49 +0000

Although I don’t favor the death penalty, it’s an interesting take. Thanks for keeping us on our toes intellectually.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Blogging in 2006.

By: BIRDZILLA

BIRDZILLA — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:08:39 +0000

They will ignore him becuase he is white and dont belong to a gang like the crips

By: Heliotrope

Heliotrope — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:40:25 +0000

My money is on Britney Spears and Paris Hilton trying to get face time on David Lugwig’s fate. That should be twenty or more years from now and folks will have to tell their kids why those two air-heads were ever famous.

So far as redemption and salvation for selected murderers is concerned, I would insist that the victims be restored to a productive life as a prerequisite for considering the murderer as “differentiated” from bobbing in the pot of boiling oil.

By: Ted Wegener

Ted Wegener — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:33:26 +0000

I dont think all murders are the same. They all have an evil spirit possessing them no doubt. But they are no more all the same than all homosexuals are the same. Or all drug addicts. Or all drunks.

There is redemption and salvation for some murders and I think we ought to be careful about lumping them all together. I like you La Shwan but your wrong about this.

By: La Shawn

La Shawn — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:25:53 +0000

Nothing like a little medieval punishment to deter would-be criminals!

By: Montie

Montie — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:14:18 +0000

La Shawn,

This is why I secretly harbor fantasies of having you as the next Chief Justice of SCOTUS