I wish more states did this

In an event that is likely to get the anti-capital punishment activists whining in a frenzy of sorts (no change, in other words,) Utah just took care of its 50th death penalty victim, Ronnie Lee Gardner. However, Ronnie’s case is different from most others. He chose to be executed by firing squad over lethal injection. Unfortunately, the state has since done away with that method of punishment. However, because he was sentenced in the 1980′s, his preference was grandfathered in. With 5 police officers happily volunteering to assist (hey, I would too!)

Leftist groups have already gotten up in arms about the firing squad execution, proclaiming how utterly horrific it is. Unfortunately, they neglect to mention how horrific the murders that this man committed were. Even more amusingly, they forget that he chose to be executed by firing squad.

Of course, the Associated Press decided to seek comment from the most trustworthy of sources on this case: the European Union, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Unitarian Church (the only denomination slightly lower on the food chain than the United Church.)

Oh, and in case you missed it, this execution was officially announced on Twitter. Awesome, I know.

Good news for Muslims!

It’s official, Muslims are exempt from the death penalty on account of political correctness.

In October, 20-year old Noor Almaleki of Arizona was subject to an “honor-killing” by her father for becoming “too Westernized.” In other words, she lived with her boyfriend. (He also killed the boyfriend’s mother.) Now, I know what you’re thinking…it’s just a coincidence that a Muslim man killed his daughter, right? Okay you probably weren’t thinking that. In case there was any doubt, however, he said quite clearly in court that “it was an intentional act and the reason was that his daughter had brought shame on him and his family.” Sheesh, what ever happened to the days of sending your kids to their room; not, running them over with a Jeep.

Fast forward four months to now and we see that because the county attorney happens to be a Christian, apparently it can’t look like “a Christian is seeking to execute a Muslim for racial, political, or cultural beliefs.” There isn’t a delicate way to put this, except for I don’t care about your religion. If you commit two counts of first degree murder, not to mention a handful of other smaller charges, do the time whether you’re a Muslim, an atheist or a Buddhist (not a very good Buddhist most likely.) Oh wait, this doesn’t apply to religions because Muslims are the only scumbags who believe it’s ‘proper’ to execute your family for bordering on being an ‘infidel.’ This is the kind of ‘law and order’ that you want to bring to the West? Stay home and do your honor killings there.