Maryland to Kill the Death Penalty
by Big Dog on Feb 22, 2007 at 00:40 Political
It was only a matter of time before the bleeding heart liberals in the Maryland Legislature got around to repealing the death penalty. Now this has not happened yet but it is going to because Maryland is infested with Democrats and the newly elected Governor, Saint Martin O’Malley, is against the death penalty. There are many arguments against the death penalty but one of the main ones is that blacks in Maryland are Sentenced to death more than whites, especially if the black killed a white. While this is true, racism has nothing to do with it. The fact is, there is a lot of black on black killing in Baltimore City but the City WILL NOT seek the death penalty. Baltimore, which was run by Saint O’Malley, is a killing field and it refuses to go after the death penalty and that is why there are no blacks on death row for killing other blacks.
Saint O’Malley testified on the death penalty issue and he made some preposterous statements. Let me start off by stating that O’Malley spouted off statistics. Never, ever listen to this man when he gives you numbers. He gave us numbers for years concerning crime in Baltimore but he seems to use these creative accounting methods in order to skew numbers in favor of what he wants. Here is what O’Malley said:
O’Malley testified that the murder rate in states that had the death penalty was 46 percent higher in 2005 than in states without it. He also said that while the murder rate has been on the decline since 1990, it has fallen by 56 percent in states without the death penalty, compared to a 38 percent drop in states that have it. WBAL
This is interesting in several ways. First, O’Malley uses statistics to show us that in states that do not have the death penalty murder has dropped more than in states that do. It is interesting that he would use statistics about other states to make his point because when you point out to him that states with open carry laws for hand guns have lower crime rates he back peddles and says that Maryland has a carry law. We do but unless you have documented proof (i.e. police reports) of multiple threats or unless you are a judge (or I suppose a well connected person) then you will not get a permit. Even veterans of the armed forces are not allowed to carry a gun. But I digress. I do not know if these statistics are true and if they are, can we show causation? There are many reasons that crime goes up. In Texas, where they have a fast lane to the electric chair, the death rate might be going up. That might be because they have untold numbers of ILLEGALS crossing the border every day and bringing crime right along with them. My point is, O’Malley is using numbers for bluster but they mean nothing.
The question I would ask old Marty is; does having the death penalty cause the smaller decline in murder rates or does actually enforcing the penalty do it? As I stated, Baltimore City does not seek the death penalty and there are around 300 murders there each year (even when Marty was Mayor). In the surrounding counties prosecutors seek the death penalty when it is warranted and guess what? The murder rate is a fraction of that in Baltimore. Harford County had about 9 murders last year.
I believe the death penalty is a deterrent. The criminal who gets executed will never be a repeat offender. If they switch to life without parole there will be nothing to keep murderers from killing correctional officers. Oh wait, The Maryland bills allow people who murder law enforcement officers to get the death penalty. I have read both HB 225 and SB 211 and they both clearly indicate that a person who murders a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or members of other select groups, may receive the death penalty. This is where things start to really make my blood boil. Why is a cop any better than a regular citizen? His life is not worth any more than mine or yours and yet the person who murders him will get the death penalty and the guy who murders your mother will get life without parole.
What makes law enforcement officers better, or worth more? Of the 300 or so people killed in Baltimore City last year I wonder how many were police officers. I have not heard of any but I will say 10 and that is way too high, but we will say it for the sake of argument. That means that out of 300 or so, 290 were regular citizens. You are much more likely to be killed if you are Joe six pack than if you are a police officer. Additionally, police officers get to carry guns. They are armed and able to defend themselves. How much sense does it make to execute a murderer who killed another guy with a gun but only put him in jail if he kills a defenseless person? Police officers have the means to protect themselves and we have already shown that they are very unlikely to die by being murdered. Their biggest threat is automobile accident. In that same Harford County, the first police officer (deputy sheriff) to die in the line of duty in over 100 years died when he had a heart attack and crashed his police car.
I say that if Saint O’Malley is so sure that the death penalty does not deter crime and that it might even increase violence then we should not have the death penalty for any murder. What is the purpose of executing a cop killer other than to DETER other criminals from killing cops. If it really has no deterrent value then we just need to abolish it completely. In other words Marty, either we keep it or we get rid of it 100%. Stop being a hypocrite and act like a man. If you are opposed to the death penalty then you are opposed to the death penalty IN ALL CASES.
The death penalty in Maryland was reinstated in 1975. Since that time the state has executed 5 people. That’s right, in 32 years we have executed 5 people. Except for Texas, this is the pattern in most states. Murderers are more likely to die of old age before they ever get the injection. So how much of an effect could Maryland’s death penalty have had on increasing or decreasing murder rates? In effect, Maryland has not had a death penalty (other than to hand out the sentence) and yet our murder rate keeps going up (thanks to Marty’s Baltimore). Maybe if Baltimore had applied the death penalty it would not be a modern day killing field.
The sponsors of HB 225 are here and SB 211 here. Perhaps we should allow them to repeal the death penalty but only if we can execute them if a convicted murderer, murders again. In any event, take a look at the lists. Call them and ask them what their stance on abortion is. I believe most of them support abortion. It never ceases to amaze me that the people who will fight tooth and nail to keep murderers from receiving the death penalty will fight just as hard to allow a woman to murder her unborn child.
Seems to me they have their priorities all wrong.
The number 300 for murders a year in Baltimore City is close to the average. The City has had from around 250 to well over 300. In any event, the majority were NOT police officers.
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I recently relocated to Baltimore from Orlando, FL. due to my wife’s job transfer. I have never seen a bigger sh*t hole of a city in my entire 60 years of living on the planet than Baltimore. The Crime here is a direct result of Liberal control and idiots like O’Malley and Ben Cardin who have destroyed the whole state in general. Drive anywhere out of the city and you will see the most beautiful country in the USA but Baltimore is the septic tank of the state. These Liberal Democrats have destroyed a whole state.
Generally speaking, I’ve met some very fine Blacks who I consider friends, however, on the whole, the Black community here is a disgrace and a direct result of these bleeding heart Liberals who have spoon fed them while pandering for votes. They can’t even speak properly and I’m sick and tired of saying…”what did you say?” Some may say I’m racist, but I’m not. It is just a true and in your face fact.
Prior to my relocation I contacted the Maryland State Police regarding transferring or obtaining a new license to carry a concealed weapon. I was shocked how I was treated and what I learned during that phone call. All they were concerned about was me and my weapons and what I planned on doing with them on my arrival to Maryland. I’ve been licensed for a weapons permit in every state I’ve ever lived in since returning from the Army in 1968. I will continue carrying despite being a criminal for doing so in this loony state of Maryland. You are not safe anywhere in this city…Period! These crack addicts will kill you just for the sake of killing you. They are everywhere. I’d rather serve 6 than be carried by 6.
In closing, my wife and I can’t wait until her employment contract is up and we leave this horrible place. I hate to admit I even live in this cesspool of Baltimore. It’s a Liberal haven of high taxes, high closing costs, high utility bills, high crime, entitlements to the useless and they now they want to stop executing the bastards because of race. The people deserve the government they vote for and the voters in Maryland seem to enjoy their moron Dems.
Well they might as well eliminate the Death Penalty, They don’t use it and when they do it’s got to be so Humane.
Forget it, let the murderers live with the judges that think they can be rehabbed after their stint in prison.
These cultural marxist get around don’t they?
They have virtually ruined the UK which we now refer to as the unhinged kingdom, for sure were we allowed a referendum the death penalty would be back but we now have the infestation of cultural marxist in the EU to contend with.
The media do their best to hide or censor the real murder rate to no avail with the internet we keep contacts across the UK.
Political correctness, multiculturalism the toy’s of the cultural marxist wreck every aspect of life untill our country is no longer our own.
Any American voting in democrats/new labour here must have a death wish!