Slog - Comments on The Endorsement of a Lifetime http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime Dale Bishop, a mentally disabled man, was sentenced to death in Mississippi and killed by lethal injection Wednesday night. His final words: "For those who oppose the death penalty and want to see it end, our best bet is to vote for Barack Obama because his supporters have been working behind the scenes to end this practice," Bishop said. … "God bless America. It has been great living here. That's all." Probably not the best endorsement for Obama, but it’s a sad and poignant call. Capital punishment is plagued with problems: upholding convictions is exorbitantly expensive, sometimes the penalty can... Copyright 2008 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:11:37 -0800 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:42:55 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by clintonsarmy We won't support flip-flopping NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

]]> clintonsarmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082088 Life Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:17:21 -0800 Comment by johnnie This post should really point out that Obama is not against the death penalty and actually worked to expand its application in Illinois. Not exactly a friend of those on death row.

]]> johnnie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082105 Life Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:30:14 -0800 Comment by Ziggity @2: This is why mentally disabled people's political commentary should be taken with a grain of salt. Or better yet, as is the case with @1, ignored.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082115 Life Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:36:39 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle Ironies abound.

The killer is serving a life sentence -- having been tried separately, not having been mentally ill, and not having requested the death penalty (in a bout of deeper-than-usual depression).

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082117 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082117 Life Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:37:35 -0800 Comment by Mr. X Um, the term "re-defeat" implies that he lost, which he didn't (not that I should dignify this idiocy with a response, apologies for feeding the particularly stupid troll).

]]> Mr. X http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082121 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082121 Life Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:40:29 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Mississippi goddamn.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082148 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082148 Life Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:55:54 -0800 Comment by lark Dominic,
Weird all around. It's already been said but Sen. Obama is pro Capital Punishment. In fact, he's to the right of me on it (I support CP). He supports the Death Penalty for child rape too (I don't). Evidently, that inmate didn't get it.

]]> lark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082162 Life Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:20:02 -0800 Comment by I'm black! Really! You sounded sexy on NPR today, Dom. Talkin' about all those zoning restrictions and stuff.
HAWT!

]]> I'm black! Really! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082184 Life Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:46:38 -0800 Comment by Epimetheus "upholding convictions is exorbitantly expensive,"

I wonder why that is? maybe the automatic appeals? I wonder how many wrongly convicted people would like an opportunity to appeal, (with the risk of losing) or would prefer to just be forgotten to "to rot in prison"

Sure the stories of people on death row being found innocent make the news, but what gave the impetus for the sometime extraordinary investigations that resulted in the finding? could it be the impending execution?

]]> Epimetheus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082269 Life Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:19:53 -0800 Comment by Andy Niable @8 is right. Smokin hawt.

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082389 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_endorsement_of_a_lifetime#c1082389 Life Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:42:55 -0800