Death Before Justice

As the standards of the United States seem to slip from the enlightenment of humanism into the ever-darker depths of moralist mindlessness, Amnesty International makes a point that regardless of emotion should have been picked up by the governor of California:

Death Penalty: Williams denied clemency, execution scheduled for tomorrow: "By refusing to stay Williams’ execution, Gov. Schwarzenegger has failed to demonstrate genuine leadership on this issue. In his prepared statement, he said that he was placing his trust in California’s criminal justice system, which the Senate Commission is currently investigating. Last year, the legislative body recognized the pervasive flaws plaguing the system and tasked the Commission with discovering and exposing the potentially lethal errors and bias that have metastasized throughout the state’s administration of the death penalty."