Well, I guess it’s all fine then.
Apparently, the courts are not too overly concerned with the truth only the process, which needs finality, so … duh.
Funnily enough, the AG for the not-so-great state of Oklahoma doesn’t want to kill an (impliedly) innocent man, but the authorities that have the power to prevent the execution of this innocent man aren’t interested.
See, what had happened was, this guy, working as a motel maintenance man, beat the owner of that motel to death with a baseball bat.
Pretty straightforward, no arguments there.
But then, see, this guy, this “I could just kill a man” fella, see, once the detectives investigating the case got ahold of him, wanted to … oh dunno, branch it out a little, make it a little more investigative-eey, and may have – not certain, but may have – suggested to the killing man that he killed that man for hire, and was hired to kill the motel owner by the motel’s manager, one Richard Glossip.
Now see, there is no—none—zero—zip—zilch—nada additional evidence or information or testimony or suggestion to tie Mr. Glossip to this crime, apart from the words of the killing man, who, coincidentally and without coercion (of course not), offered up Glossip in exchange for his own life and got life in prison as a swap.
What is so wrong with America? {2 Peter 2:12}
Apart from being the only westernized nation that still practices killing people who kill people to demonstrate killing is wrong … we do seem to glory in death. Not as much as China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, but still …
Yes, murder — under most circumstances — is generally unpleasant, and most folks (outside of the military and police … but these days is there really a difference?) will never commit that act.
But for those that do … do we really think Timothy McVeigh suffered more than Charles Manson?
Charlie got crazier as the years went by (fun fact: the prosecutors had to get Manson even though there was no proof he committed any murders … they were more worried about his influence over others) but Timmy seemed brutally rational right up until his last day, almost (but not really) honorable … he accepted death as his penalty and walked right into it with eyes wide open.
Being forced to live isolated in a cage somehow seems worse … US tax dollars go towards myriad other ridiculous things (Space Force? Really? Just let Jeff and Bill and Mark do that) but keeping a bad person caged and away from everything seems more fitting … akin to a lifetime of time-out.
“Now you sit there and think about what you did! And here … have another slice of nutraloaf.”
Imagine that for 40 or 50 or 70 years …
Now that’s paying a debt to society.