[vimto]

It seems to me the real problem is the time taken from judgment to execution. It causes a lot of problems and should not be so protracted.

[sofaman]

Apparently this has become a racial issue as well as a death penalty issue. Guilt or innocence be damned.

This man shouldn't be executed because he is Black? He shouldn't be executed because he has done "good work" since he killed 4 people in cold blood?

He is a founder of the Crips. How many innocent people have been killed by the Crips and by the gangs that his creation spawned?

Maybe it's just me but it seems to me that the rationale behind the protests is upside down. I haven't heard one word from the Belafonte's and Jackson's about the victims.

As a parting shot, I don't remember Mike Farrellhaving much to say when Daniel Pearl was beheaded.