[Paradox]

but he has to answer for the crimes he was convicted for. I completely agree. I am simply saying that it is a shame that any good he might be doing now will be cut short. He deserves what he is going to get, however, for the barbarity he displayed with his victims.

[BlueStateDepression]

I am simply saying that it is a shame that any good he might be doing now will be cut short.

I would offer that the real shame is talking about Tookie's deeds in prison instead of saying what a shame it is that the good being done and would have been done by the folks he murdered was cut so short by the acts of a cold blooded killer.

[GregoTX]

I rekon you and I look at the death penalty differently. IMO, a person sentenced to 15 years for a series of thefts, assaults ect is a candidate for an attempt to be rehabilitated. A person sentenced to life or capitol punishement does not. A death row inmate's attitudes or actions be they positive or negative would have no bearing on his sentence. Most condemned inmates claim jail house conversions. Good for them, I hope their conversions are real, I hope they had a change of heart and feel remorse. Doesnt change the penalty. Murdering a strangers in robberies cant be forgotten.

I gather from your perspective that a persons actions and attitudes AFTER a capitol penalty sentence is given would be an argument for clemency. Many people see it that way, but I take a different position on that.