Agree or disagree with capital punishment, I think it's disrespectful for a state to announce an execution on Twitter & Facebook. Utah AG thought the best way to announce the guy's death was on Twitter, right after his tweet about the delicious ribs the AG had eaten for dinner.

mmmmmmm......ribs.

I might have some tonight.

With a nice tasty bbq sauce, some fava beans, and a fine chianti.

There is no bad medium when the news is good.

I don't think the AG wanted to waste hemp.

Facebook, Twitter...whatever it takes.

I think it was FAR more "disrespectful" for the perp to have commited his atrocity on the victim. Get a grip on your misplaced compassion.

I don't see it as disrespectful, because the perp deserves no respect.

I do, however, find it classless and inappropriate if he did do this.

Twitter outrage.

7. Author: HockeyDad Date: 06/18/2010 04:28 PM Reply

Twitter outrage.

now does that me you have expressed outrage via Twitter, or you are outraged at Twitter, or your outrage makes you twitter???????

I'll twitter the answer.

would that be a tweet?

IMO, execution should be public and announced as widely as possible.

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I'm assuming you're being serious, and I totally agree with your thoughts if you are. Maybe the reality of what people would see would have an impact on some of the scum that commit these crimes.

Unfortunately, it won't happen. These criminals have more rights than any of us do.

although I do not necessary disagree with executions being more public, I really doubt that public executions would have any meaningful affect on preventing crime (at least not on the ones that end up on death row).

they should start caining people in public.....humiliation always works well

SCARLET LETTER OUTRAGE!!!

The Jury members and Judge should be required to view the execution of the person they condemned..

wheel,

^with per diem.

Ok, so maybe the word disrespectful was the wrong word to use, as it seems I was conveying sympathy for the condemend killer. I am all for capital punishments and victims rights.

I just thought that the use of social media by Utah's top cop seemed inapproproate, ie; I just had tasty ribs & we just killed someone.

#16 Why? He either did it or he didn't do it. In this case he murdered people. He's responsible for his own death, not the jury. He caused his death by committing a crime that is payable by death. The jury may make the decision but they're no more responsible for his execution than the death of the person he murdered; both burdens fall on him.

They're not picking lobsters out of a tank at a restaurant, choosing which one will soon arrive on their plate. They're rewarding a man who has condemned his own life by allowing justice to strip him of it. Them watching doesn't change whether or not he committed the murder does it? Shouldn't whether or not he committed the murder be the ONLY thing that determines his guilt or how he pays for his crime?

With all of that said, where do I volunteer as one of the marksman?

Country

re 12

Yes and hell yes.