The caravan of executions started with a US Army veteran in March.
It continued in May with a former Army Ranger who served in the Gulf War, then an Air Force veteran in July, a former National Guard member in August, and a Navy veteran in October.
This week, a former Marine, and next week, yet another Army veteran are scheduled to die in what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called the “most veteran-friendly state in the nation.”
He’s the one who signed all seven of their death warrants. The governor wielding the executioner’s pen is a Navy veteran himself.
What does being a veteran have to do with any of this? Either the state should be killing people or not, their veteran status shouldn’t really be a factor in that decision.
I do have to second this… 4 levels of debate are valid on this.
Should executions be happening period.
if they should, did these people do crimes that should justify the use.
Are we really 100% beyond any remote feasible chance that they are guilty?
Agreed you and me are on board that taking it off at the first question is where it should be. But I also agree, the veteran status of the govorner or the people doesn’t really give me any change to the view, nor do I comprehend how it should.