Reference Steve Henley Execution..

Governor Bredesen:   Interesting how insignificant the victims become during a process designed to protect the rights of the accused.   With the number of death penalty cases being thrown out by DNA evidence I would not be confident enough, unless I observed the crime, to sentence anyone to death. Not that I am against the death penalty. I am not. In fact I am for the death penalty in more cases than allow for it today. Prior to our country being established felony cases had two options. Branding and hanging. A second branding conviction resulted in hanging. I vote for that process.   Twenty-three years is a long time to wait. If the death penalty is going to be used it ought to be completed quickly, less than three months. A special series of courts should be established to fast track the cases.   Our Constitution requires a speedy trial. Neither the defense nor the prosecution should be allowed to change that.   No matter, this fellow is dead. Twenty-three years after the crime he was convicted of committing. Talk about inhumane treatment. Locked up for twenty-three years? His lawyers should have insisted that he be freed or executed. Justice demands it.   In the end no one wants justice. If you like the convicted person you want mercy; if you do not you want vengeance. That is good because our system is about winning and losing not about justice.   I wonder if he really did it….   John Jenkins 425 Patterson Lane Gatlinburg, TN 37738   Regards, John Jenkins 865-803-8179 cell Gatlinburg, TN Email: jrjenki@yahoo.com  Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com  Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/ You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato (Doesn't Make Much  Sense When You Read It)