Here's where I stand. If we're going to have a death penalty, then let's have it and stop beating about the bush. If we're not going to have it, then somebody please come up with a better alternative. There has to be some drastic punishment that is reserved for the most drastic of crimes. Sometimes life in prison without parole just doesn't seem right for a child murderer or a serial killer, not when they get free cable, free medical care, free college, free access to a law library... But I don't know what the answer is and I'll freely admit it.

There is a case pending in Tennessee right now, regarding a man on death row for shooting a policeman in Memphis some years ago. There is new evidence which could cause a reasonable doubt as to his guilt, and in that case, I am all for reviewing said evidence and having a new trial if necessary. Refusing to review the evidence would be a miscarriage of justice.