I was in court recently on an 88-defendant gang case in Federal Court in Los Angeles. The judge asked the U.S. attorney how many of the defendants were “death-eligible.” The U.S. attorney responded that they were waiting for approval from Washington, D.C. on 9 of the defendants. It struck me that this prosecutor, who seems like a very nice guy, is a murderer. He is going to ask a jury to kill 9 of the people who were sitting in that courtroom, and the United States government was going to give him the authority to do that. The judge, who is also a very nice judge, seemed completely unfazed by the whole procedure. How can we as a nation condone killing when we’re trying to punish people for killing? Where is the logic in that?
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