Death row diary offers a rare glimpse into a morbid world

[Flashmann]

1. glimpse into a morbid world

Yep...Morbid,creepy,poignant...Reinforces my deep and long held opinion that the death penalty only provides an escape from a dismal existence,locked away with no hope of ever being free again,in a feeble attempt to satisfy the blood lust of,mostly people unconnected,personally,to the preceding tragic events.People,who in large numbers,while identifying as "pro life", salivate at the prospect of an execution,almost to the point of sexual arousal.Who would pay to witness someone being drawn and quartered,(I've actually had a "pro-life" guy tell me that).
I know people like this and I'm sickened that I'm acquainted with them.People who stand on their precious "pro-life"soap-boxes and proclaim the DP should be applied in cases,mundane in comparison,such as burglary.In too many instances,these guys are the ones who shriek the loudest about out of control Gov. spending,ignoring the fact that it costs much more to house and execute a condemned inmate,than to keep him in a "Super Max".

Pardon the rant,but this subject touches a raw nerve with me,having had a friend be wrongly convicted of a murder he was innocent of,sentenced to die,(Joe Burrows,Illinois),then,thankfully,later cleared and released...He was one of the early cases later cited by Gov.George Ryan,in instituting Illinois moratorium on the DP.