Is Arizona a capitol punishment state and what will likely happen...

[yourout]

to this guy if he is found sane?

[Pholus]

1. Yes but I imagine the feds will take this one....

[bluestateguy]

2. Probably get a white conservative jury; a twinkie defense like Dan White in 1979

Get this trial out of Arizona and move it to a real American state.

[kestrel91316]

3. He won't get the death penalty because the VERY RW FBI won't find

evidence that warrants it. And the VERY RW Justice Department won't seek it.

Besides, he is just a lone crazy, so nothing to see here in the way of terrorism or conspiracy.

BTW, IMHO, Sarah "Crosshairs Queen" Palin is just as guilty as the shooter and deserves the death penalty like he does. But it will NEVER happen. RWers get a total pass.

[bluestateguy]

5. And I suppose because he fought in some war that will warrant special treatment for him too

nt

[bluestateguy]

6. And plenty of Left Wingers will provide an assist and fight for his life too

Just watch.

[backscatter712]

4. He killed a 9-year-old child and a federal judge, among others.

If you ask me, he should get the electric chair with a dry sponge, like in The Green Mile...

[FrenchieCat]

7. The shooting death of a Federal Judge and a US representative

makes this a federal crime.

[Inchworm]

8. So he lived, right?

[Jennicut]

9. A 9 year old girl is dead too. He will get the death penalty.

Six people dead, one of them a child.

[Phx_Dem]

10. He killed a Federal judge. The Feds will prosecute him for

that murder as well as Gifford's shooting.

[golfguru]

11. All the people against death penalty will come to his defense

the more famous murders are, the more energized those folks get.

[tekisui]

12. No defense of the shooter, but defense of a system that shouldn't kill.

State administered killing is always wrong. Let him rot away his long life in prison.

[golfguru]

13. I will not relish my tax dollars keeping this scum of the earth alive

He deserves to receive capital punishment promptly. There is no
doubt about his crime. There are dozens of witnesses.

This asshole killed a federal judge and has probably destroyed a
young & vibrant congresswoman's career. She is only 40! She could
have been president or speaker.

I am not for death penalty in most cases but there are always
exceptions and this is one.

[tekisui]

14. You'll pay more to kill him.

I am, without qualification, against the death penalty in all cases.

[ej510]

15. I am to.

[golfguru]

17. I respect your stand on capital punishment

and I hope you respect mine.

[geek tragedy]

16. Federal crime to kill a judge.

This is one instance--an armed attack against the government-- that I have no trouble with the government responding with violence of its own via the death penalty.