Opinion Forum

Beware Rick Perry

August 17th, 2011

By Tom Carter Rick Perry has jumped into the Republican primary race with both feet and mouth wide open. He’s sucking all the oxygen away from other Republican candidates, and before he’s through they’ll all be crawling on the floor and gasping for breath. Don’t think so? Look at his record, listen to what he [...]

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Tags: abortion, Christian, death penalty, jobs, Perry, primary, Republicans, Texas
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Casey Anthony and the Death Penalty

July 10th, 2011

By Tom Carter There’s all kinds of talk in the media and among people in general about the Casey Anthony case. Mostly, there’s anger about the fact that she was acquitted on the charges of first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter. The most outraged are the TV talking heads, many of them [...]

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Tags: Casey Anthony, death penalty, evidence, innocence, justice, mistakes
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Pentagon and White House Cross Swords?

April 27th, 2011

By Dan Miller According to this article, In a surprise announcement, Pentagon prosecutors have declared their intention to re-file war crimes charges against the mastermind of the deadly attack on the American warship, the USS Cole, in the Port of Aden, Yemen on October 12, 2000. Seventeen U.S. sailors were killed and 40 other American [...]

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Tags: death penalty, DOD, DOJ, terrorism, terrorist, trial, USS Cole, White House
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Justice and the Death Penalty

May 6th, 2010

By Tom Carter Raymond Towler was convicted of a heinous crime in Ohio in 1981. It was the kind of crime many believe justifies the death penalty. In Towler’s case, however, he was given a life sentence. Now, through the work of the Ohio Innocence Project, DNA evidence has proved that he was innocent — [...]

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Tags: death penalty, DNA, exonerate, innocent, justice, Ohio, Raymond Towler
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Death by Firing Squad

April 23rd, 2010

By Tom Carter The state of Utah is going to execute Ronnie Lee Gardner by firing squad. That’s his choice; he prefers it to lethal injection. By way of full disclosure, I’ve made clear my unalterable opposition to the death penalty. It doesn’t matter what the crime was or who did it. In Gardner’s case, [...]

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Tags: appeals, cruel and unusual, death penalty, firing squad, lethal injection, Utah
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Multiculturalism in Action

February 22nd, 2010

By Brianna Aubin “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Of course, that was said back in the good old days, when people were simply oblivious to evil. Today I’m not sure that even Edmund Burke would quite understand the idea of a culture that, through the [...]

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Tags: culture, death penalty, justice, Law, multiculturalism, Muslim
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The Tragedy of Innocence

December 18th, 2009

By Tom Carter How can it be tragic to be innocent? Perhaps when someone has been wrongly convicted of a crime and spends many years in prison, sometimes on death row, only to be freed when it’s found that he didn’t commit the crime. I recently read John Grisham’s The Innocent Man. This book was a departure [...]

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Tags: death penalty, DNA, Fritz, Grisham, innocence, Oklahoma, Williamson
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Justice for O.J. Simpson

December 5th, 2008

Today a no-nonsense Nevada judge sentenced O.J. Simpson to as long as 33 years in prison, although he might serve only nine years. This followed his conviction for a long list of 12 crimes, including armed robbery and kidnapping. Finally, justice for O.J. Late and insufficient, but justice still. Just imagine if this judge and jury [...]

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Tags: death penalty, Law
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The Death Penalty

November 7th, 2008

There are a number of contentious issues that have been part of our political discussion for years, regardless of which party is in power. There are reasons these issues don’t go away. First, opinions on all sides are deeply felt and enduring, and second, definitive solutions are beyond the strength and will of politicians. The [...]

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Tags: death penalty, Law
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