John Lennon killer says sorry for 'despicable act'

[The Animator]

32. Has anyone ever bother to ask what Mr Lennon would have wanted?

As far as the death penalty debate.
The pros and cons of both arguments are as old as capital punishment itself. Whether or not it’s an effective deterrent or constitutes cruel and unusual punishment are irrelevant until we address a much bigger, deeper problem.

Our justice system is deeply flawed and we have not lived up to our obligation to provide equal justice under the law.

The same justice system that freed Brock Turner, the little shit who raped a girl behind a dumpster, is the same system that has jailed rape victims for killing their attackers in self defense.

We have executed people who were later found to be innocent. That scumfuck Scalia even said “mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached."

People of color regularly receive far harsher penalties for the same infractions as whites for no justifiable reason.

I’m not implying that Champan was innocent. No way in hell. But the existence of the death penalty in general is ludicrous in the face of us knowing full well how fucked up our justice system is.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk...