Posted by
Playful Walrus on Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:05:26 PM
Maura Dolan of the Los Angeles Times reports some good news.
The California Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the death sentence of Richard Allen Davis, convicted in the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas.
Unfortunately, the guy will probably live for many more years and then die of natural causes.
Marc Klaas, Polly's father, expressed frustration Monday that Davis' appeals were taking too long. He said Polly would now be 28 had she lived.
"I have no doubt that this guy is going to outlive me," said Klaas, 60, a crime victims' advocate.
I respect those of you who oppose the death penalty on religious or libertarian grounds. But I laugh at those who try to argue that it violates the Constitution because it is "cruel and unusual punishment". The men who wrote those words and voted to adopt them as law would laugh at you, too.