There's one thing about the Chimpster Family you can give them credit for: Consistency. I don't think there's a single member of that family that can say they've never met an Executioner they didn't like. Despite calls from family members of the victims (so what about these "victim's rights"?), the Florida Division of the 1600 Crew executed a former minister-turned-felonious-bastard murderer, who bravely shot two living, breathing men down in cold blood to "save unborn babies", but really because he disagreed with their politics. I can't quite get how the lethal injection of the murderous minister makes the two men he killed come back.

The whole capital punishment dance between "law and order" types, and those of us who would rather let the miserable idiots rot in jail will never be resolved (I believe) until the courts finally take the decision out of the hands of stupid people...meaning legislators and pandering prosecutors. But that's an argument for another time.

The miserable murderous bastard should have been locked up in solitary confinement, fed once a day through a slot under the door, taken out thrice weekly in irons for excercise and a hose-down for 20 minutes and returned to his cell, with not a word spoken to him.

The man executed today is destined to do whatever corporeal bodies do. Rot. Decay. Turn into worm-food. I would rather he have been left alive for all the long years of his life; alone, unknown and eventually forgotten. Even Gary Gilmore didn't want that.

I shed no tears for that corpse, but is a debate over what is a reproductive rights issue, a choice made by an individual woman and perhaps a spouse/significant other worth three more lives? Are shotguns now to be used to settle all political debate? I would hope not, but it seems that this man wanted that to be his legacy...how sick.