One of the definitions of justice in my dictionary is "The administration and procedure of law." This man killed an innocent woman - a wife and a mother who was innocently riding along the freeway. According to Ohio law, he can be put to death for that. I'm personally against the death penalty, but it is the law. If they sentence him to death, that will, according to the definition, be justice.
Unlike most of my fellow travellers 
on the left, I'm in favor of the death penalty. But only in circumstances where guilt has REALLY been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. That standard is almost impossible to achieve in our justice system, as I've seen in far too many court rooms. Criminal trials are open to the public - you should go down to the courthouse a few times to watch if you think the system works.
Even then, there are reasons not to apply it - Tim McVeigh would be my perfect example of someone who deserved to die, but now we've lost one of our few possible ways to identify and prosecute his accomplices in the Aryan Brotherhood.
Speaking of that vegas commercial...did anyone catch saturday's SNL with the "whatever happens in Thailand stays in Thailands" spoofs?
Nathan--I missed that, but I would have liked to seen that SNL. I can't think of anyone more desrving of ridicule than the perverts who travel over there to have sex with children. Can you tell us who was the host so we can look for it the next time it's on?
I'm going to agree with Cov on this one--the death penalty is too often used, but I would support it in specific types of cases: mass murderers, serial killers, and rapist/murderers. Then, you get into an argument of how many would you have to kill to get consideration. How about 10 or more? It's arbitrary, but it makes sense.
Off topic - but anyone going to the Cincinnati Tomorrow walk tomorrow should save their thirst for the Cock and Bull. $8 liters of Harp, Guiness, Newcastle, or a dozen other good imports. And gorgeous servers, though I don't think Mandy, Andrea and Jill work on Thursdays.
The host of SNL this past weekend was Ben Affleck. It began with a funny bit - Jimmy Fallon and Rachel Dratch as the two Boston teenagers at a friend's wedding....but it was a GAY wedding. Ben Affleck was marrying Seth Meyers.
"Smitty, since I met you, I've discovered pahts of myself I didn't know existed. Specifically, the queeah pahts."
Outstanding comedy. Is SNL starting to get its groove back again? Outside of the 2000 Debate sketches (and anytime Will Farrell played George W. Bush), it was just kinda ok.
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The Thailand stuff centered mainly around dead hookers and such but it was hilarious...entire thing was good
The TV Funhouse was great this week too. It had a "Passion of the Dumpty" spoof which hit Gibson really hard.
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