I’m very much against the death penalty. My state doesn’t have it anymore, and good riddance. However, those kinds of checks are necessary, if it absolutely must occur.

…don’t we all? It’s one thing to support basic human decency without going out of your way to defend a clearly predatory industry or person, as she did. As the lack of oversight here allowed this individual to rape 300 people.

It’s not that. She supported Gerard Depardeau. It was a controversy about sexual assault in the French film industry. There’s a bunch of articles covering it.

Press, and family of the inmate, if I recall.

I believe it’s very important that these executions are observed. If the state gets to operate with impunity and no witnesses, many of these states have shown they don’t have what it takes to act ethically with regards to the death penalty.

Every execution would be, “flawless”, with no witnesses to say otherwise. Many victims families most likely wouldn’t care either way, so it’s the rest of the publics duty to ensure that executions are conducted in the most humane manner possible.

I’m sure Brigitte Bardot will be along shortly to protest the injustice…of a sex criminal suffering the consequences of their actions.

Like the great warrior philosopher Wesley Snipes once said, “Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill.”