well, just 13 days ago he was with some 60 other tennesseans lobbying on behalf of hr 3895, a moratorium and study bill…and we were all asmile because it was a bellwether day for those working on the death penalty in tennessee…

and now he’s back on the hill this morning but a little grimmer due to the reason for his unexpected return … hb 2924 (sb 2490) which would expand the death penalty to include those convicted of child rape …

now all things being equal the emotion behind such a bill is understandable, nearly every human is horrified by the even the idea of a sexual predator attacking a child … but all things are not equal …

more than 120 people have been exonerated from the nation’s death rows since 1976 and over half of all death sentences are overturned on appeal due to serious constitutional error …

the death penalty system is unfair, inaccurate, ineffective, and costly … expanding such a system, when we should be examining it, is irresponsible; it’s like fighting fire with gasoline…

so on friday, after the house bill PASSED OUT OF SUBCOMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY the lil’ dude devised a mobilization plan targeting 4 key members of the house judiciary committee and they received letters and calls immediately pointing out the problem and asking them to help STOP the bill in the judiciary …

the $15 million price tag alone should derail the bill and besides, if we have that kind of $$$ (which we don’t), it should go into treatment and compensation funds for the victims, and not be wasted in pursuit of wrathful revenge … we should ALWAYS be thinking about the healing of the victim of a crime as our first priority…

we’ll update the story with a comment later today when our fearless jesuit volunteer returns … until then ponder this, the senate sponsor raymond finney — is a former president of blount county right to life and a member of tennessee right to life …

peace out – <3

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