This morning the Governer of New Jersey signed a bill that would repeal the death penalty. 8 men on death row will have their sentences commuted to life without parole. This is a pretty big deal in a country where no state has abolished capital punishment in 3 decades. It also comes at a time when the Supreme Court is considering whether or not lethal injection is cruel or unusual punishment.
I can only hope that some sort of domino effect results from one state taking some positive action. Apparently alot of states are seriously discussing it, but down South they are sentencing people to death like it's nobody's business. Infact, just on Wednesday last week the second man ever in Louisiana was sentenced to death for aggravated rape in Shreveport. Aggravated rape in Louisiana is the rape of a person under 12.
In news back home, K-Rudd seems to have made it pretty clear that he intends to push strongly for the sentences imposed on the Bali 6 to be commuted.
Perhaps the most imporant news, it's about 5 degrees outside and I don't have a bloody jacket because I decided to "pack light". I'm a fool who thinks he is immune to the cold, even my sleeping bag is about as thick as a bed sheet.
Emergency shipment of thermals?
ReplyDeleteActually, fuck that, you can get em cheaper for yourself in Aus. I was gonna send you an aid package but then you had to go request one from Cass. Shame.
haha
ReplyDeletejohnny knows you love him. you don't need to prove it through material goods.. i on the other hand... have nothing better to offer!
You're a material girl, in a material world
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