Bookworm on Feb 21 2012 | Filed under: Death penalty, Hollywood
Tweet I’ve mentioned before that I pretty much sat out the first decade of the 21st century when it came to pop culture, which is how I entirely missed Ricky Martin. Having young children simply left me uninterested in things other than diapers, soccer carpools, etc. Now those same children are bringing me back into [...]
Bookworm on Mar 14 2007 | Filed under: Crime and punishment, Death penalty
Tweet The confessed crime — kidnapping a 9 year old girl, raping her, then burying her alive in garbage bags so she slowly smothered to death. They recommended punishment, thank God — death: A jury decided Wednesday that a convicted sex offender should get the death penalty for the kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old [...]
Bookworm on Jun 21 2006 | Filed under: Death penalty
Tweet I'm no huge fan of the death penalty. I think the risks of convicting the wrong man are pretty darn high. There's also no doubt that, at certain times and in certain places, African-American men have disproportionately borne the risk of getting the death penalty. It's also a very expensive proposition, because those convicted [...]
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